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oh this is so cool...

just got my ATI Remote Wonder...
and BOY is it neat. I can control every aspect of my PC from anywhere in my house. volume, programs, DVDs...even total mouse control.

To bad it doesn't have a full keyboard, thats all that is missing. :D

I started winamp, advanced to the song I wanted, started the browser, navigated to firstones forums, and started this topic all without touching my mouse or keyboard until I started to type. How cool is THAT?

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  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    Good to know it works as advertised :)

    I have been wanting one of them - but haven't been willing to spend the cash yet.
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    Thats just silly :p
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    [url=http://www.girder.nl/]Girder[/url] and the remote for my TV tuner card. Works fine for me.
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    I got it for $35 including shipping off e-bay. :) Pretty good in my book. I've already programed Alt-Tab, the start menu, and winamp to various buttons. I can browse the net from across the room now, no problem. :)
  • C_MonC_Mon A Genuine Sucker
    hmm, I think my mouse and keybord works fine.
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    It is $36 new from Newegg...

    And C_Mon: When you use your computer to watch TV and Movies, you need a remote. My VCR hooks to my TV Tuner on my Computer. My Computer plays movies via it's DVD. It is my only TV and only DVD player. Thus I need a remote. I plan to get one once I find a job. Unfortunately I am STILL looking for one...2 months since I graduated from college! &*(&*^$$#$#@$%
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    heh...my goal is to have my PC being:
    My stereo: Check
    My DVD Player: Check
    my TV: Not Check

    I need a TV Tuner card. I also need a 60inch plasma screen...but that part can wait. :D
  • BekennBekenn Sinclair's Duck
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by A2597 [/i]
    [B]I can browse the net from across the room now, no problem. :) [/B][/QUOTE]

    Yeah, but can you [i]read[/i] it?
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    yes.

    20/15 vision baby!
  • I ruined my eyesight by reading too much at night. :(
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I spend nearly all my time using computers (CRTs, no less) and yet I'm the only one in my family who doesn't need glasses (in fact, I have perfect vision).
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    I need glasses. I'm just VERY picky. when I hit 20/20, it's time for another perscription. 20/20 just looks so blurry to me now. I LIKE being able to see individual blades of grass from 100 yards (~100 meters) dangit!
  • Looking out my window... I can't see any individual blades of grass; we don't have any. I can, however, make out individual weeds for about twenty feet. :p

    I remember when I first got my glasses (which I don't wear), I was amazed at being able to make out individual leaves while driving on the highway, and everything was so much more distinct and three-dimensional. Of course, they also give me migraines. :p
  • CurZCurZ Resident Hippy
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by the_exile [/i]
    [B]I ruined my eyesight by reading too much at night. :( [/B][/QUOTE]

    Hmm.. are you sure about that? I remember reading several scientific articles about the whole night-reading-ruins-your-eyes thing being a myth.
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by the_exile [/i]
    [B]Looking out my window... I can't see any individual blades of grass; we don't have any. I can, however, make out individual weeds for about twenty feet. :p

    I remember when I first got my glasses (which I don't wear), I was amazed at being able to make out individual leaves while driving on the highway, and everything was so much more distinct and three-dimensional. Of course, they also give me migraines. :p [/B][/QUOTE]

    I can top that. first time I put on my glasses I was amzed at being able to make out the huge text on the posters at wal-mart. (Cheapest place to fill glasses prescriptions)

    you might try contacts BTW. That should erradicate the migrain problem. :D
  • BekennBekenn Sinclair's Duck
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by CurZ [/i]
    [B]Hmm.. are you sure about that? I remember reading several scientific articles about the whole night-reading-ruins-your-eyes thing being a myth. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Agreed; I used to read in the dark all the time as a kid, still have great vision.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Does reading with a dim torch count as reading in the dark?
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Bekenn [/i]
    [B]Agreed; I used to read in the dark all the time as a kid, still have great vision. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Yes, reading in the dark does not affect your eyesight in that way.
  • [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by A2597 [/i]
    [B]I can top that. first time I put on my glasses I was amzed at being able to make out the huge text on the posters at wal-mart. (Cheapest place to fill glasses prescriptions)

    you might try contacts BTW. That should erradicate the migrain problem. :D [/B][/QUOTE]Contacts [i]would[/i] do it, because one of the things that causes migraines is objects in close proximity to my face, especially pointy ones (as best as I can tell, anyways). I repeatedly tried to explain that when my doctor sent me to a fucking [i]physical therapist[/i], but no one seems to believe me. Not wearing anything is just as easy. :)
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    soo....the act of putting the contacts in would give you a migrain? Yikes...

    I do understand the physical theripist though. Try a Chiropractor. Thats how I got rid of my migrains. (Seriously, took but one adjustment and I was headach free for over a month. and concidering I would get migrains VERY frequently...well. :) )
  • TyvarTyvar Next best thing to a St. Bernard
    I had natural 20/15 and my eyesite is still probably slighly better then 20/20. I can make out individual pine needles on the tree 20 yards from me :D

    problem is my eyes cant agree which one is dominate so focusing is odd, it messes with my shooting.
  • [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by A2597 [/i]
    [B]soo....the act of putting the contacts in would give you a migrain? Yikes...

    I do understand the physical theripist though. Try a Chiropractor. Thats how I got rid of my migrains. (Seriously, took but one adjustment and I was headach free for over a month. and concidering I would get migrains VERY frequently...well. :) ) [/B][/QUOTE] I didn't even think of that... I just know that being able to see the rims of my glasses causes pain... it feels like sort of having said rims jammed into my eyes until they scrape the back of my skull. And I still don't think it's anything a chiropractor could fix. Considering what causes it, I think I'm just crazy. :p
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by the_exile [/i]
    [B]Contacts [i]would[/i] do it, because one of the things that causes migraines is objects in close proximity to my face, especially pointy ones (as best as I can tell, anyways). I repeatedly tried to explain that when my doctor sent me to a fucking [i]physical therapist[/i], but no one seems to believe me. Not wearing anything is just as easy. :) [/B][/QUOTE]

    I'm curious, how did you react to the glaucoma test?
  • MTMT Ranger
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by A2597 [/i]
    [B]my TV: Not Check

    I need a TV Tuner card. I also need a 60inch plasma screen...but that part can wait. :D [/B][/QUOTE]

    I recommend avoiding the ATI TV Wonder VE Remote Control Edition. My computer crashes every 15 minutes or so when watching TV with that thing and the software it came with it, even when updated. You lose around 5 minutes getting your computer started up again.
  • [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sanfam [/i]
    [B]I'm curious, how did you react to the glaucoma test? [/B][/QUOTE] The one where they spray water in your eyes? I don't seem to recall ever taking it.. :shadow1:
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