[slinkelist] RF remote mouse
Scott Specker
sgspecker@home.com
Fri, 17 Dec 1999 11:02:55 -0600
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I tried a couple of different scan converters for my TV (including DVD
Anywhere) and wasn't happy with any of them. I'm just gritting my teeth and
biding my time until I can get an HDTV and do it right. One of my big
criteria for DTV is that it has a direct VGA (computer) input. So far, only
some of the front projection devices offer this.
I'm hoping that when I get a DTV into my system I'll be able to easily surf
the web and control CDJ. I've got my fingers crossed ...
Scott
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From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On
Behalf Of Tom Hammond-Doel
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 9:22 AM
To: skurzet
Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com
Subject: Re: [slinkelist] RF remote mouse
Yep. Not too impressed. I had to set the monitor to 480x600 just to get
adequate resolution. Others may have had better luck, or my TV is simply
too old. The range they claim is also suspect. If you don't have that far
to go (on the order of 30-40') it might be OK. The remote mouse has even
less range capabilities. Check out an earlier blurb about the X10 remote
mouse.
skurzet wrote:
Troops: Possible answer to the out-of-sight hardware control
predicament. Stumbled over an X-10 blurb
http://www.x10.com/products/offer60.htm for an RF remote mouse and 2.4 GHz
A/V sender/receiver intended to control a PC DVD player and send the
pix/sound to a tv via RF. Price is $70. It occurs to me that this would be
a super way to control Slink-e when the PC is in a remote location. The
X-10 RF mouse should control the PC. A 1024X768 or better composite NTSC
output video adapter or scan converter should send a good PC screen to the
local TV or video monitor along with the PC's sounds using the DVD A/V
sending facility. Has anyone tried this? Stan
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[slinkelist] RF remote mouse<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Yep. Not too=20
impressed. I had to set the monitor to 480x600 just to get =
adequate=20
resolution. Others may have had better luck, or my TV is simply =
too=20
old. The range they claim is also suspect. If you don't =
have that=20
far to go (on the order of 30-40') it might be OK. The remote =
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even less range capabilities. Check out an earlier blurb about =
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<FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D-1>Troops:</FONT></FONT> <FONT=20
face=3DArial><FONT size=3D-1>Possible answer to the out-of-sight =
hardware=20
control predicament.</FONT></FONT> <FONT face=3DArial><FONT=20
size=3D-1>Stumbled over an X-10 blurb <A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.x10.com/products/offer60.htm">http://www.x10.com/produ=
cts/offer60.htm</A> =20
for an RF remote mouse and 2.4 GHz A/V sender/receiver intended to =
control a=20
PC DVD player and send the pix/sound to a tv via RF. Price is=20
$70.</FONT></FONT> <FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D-1>It occurs =
to me that=20
this would be a super way to control Slink-e when the PC is in =
a=20
remote location. The X-10 RF mouse should control the =
PC. A=20
1024X768 or better composite NTSC output video adapter or scan =
converter=20
should send a good PC screen to the local TV or video monitor =
along=20
with the PC's sounds using the DVD A/V sending=20
facility.</FONT></FONT> <FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D-1>Has =
anyone tried=20
this?</FONT></FONT> <FONT face=3DArial><FONT=20
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