Wireless Media Centre Keyboard with Trackball
Posted on August 17, 2007
Filed Under PVR Project
With the PVR project, I wanted a keyboard for the PC so that I could browse the web if I needed to, as well as using it as the remote control. With web browsing and using any GUI platform, using a mouse is easier than learning keyboard shortcuts. Therefore I wanted a wireless keyboard that had a trackball navigation device. After a fair bit of searching, I found one for £35 at Gizoo which had everything I wanted and actually looked nice too.
The trackball took a little while get used to, but now I use it all the time. I often use it for browsing the web, and the thumb wheel in the top left corner makes scrolling web pages really intuitive. I installed without the need for any drivers at all on Ubuntu, literally plug and play.
I suppose that it is a little overkill compared to a remote control, but it does do its job very well!
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