Home Theater PC

[vikingm03]

I use the k400 great keyboard it's very light and not too big. It has a on/off switch so the kids can't mess with it during movie playback.

30 bucks at target or cheaper online.

It uses a bluetooth dongle and has very good range my pc is 17' from where I use my keyboard and have not had a problem.

It also has macro button vol up/down, pc power on off ect...

Good luck!

couple of sites with good info first one is on HTPC remotes

http://lifehacker.com/5935151/the-remote-control-conundrum-how-to-choose-the-right-remote-for-your-home-theater-pc

http://htpcbuild.com/

http://lifehacker.com/5936546/how-i-...-for-under-500

I also use that keyboard. You listed a lot of the good details, but there are a few more! It has a built-in track pad (just like laptops) so you don't need a mouse and a flat surface to move a cursor around when sitting on a couch. Also, it uses AA batteries, which may be helpful to know for some people out there (like myself) trying to consolidate the types of batteries needed in your house. It's a very nice keyboard to control a HTPC. The downsides: it is a ~$30 keyboard, thus it doesn't have great keys on it and I wouldn't want to be using it for work all day or anything. Also, it's not actually a bluetooth receiver, it's some proprietary protocol so you MUST use their receiver, which isn't a huge deal I guess.

I agree with ebencikiv, it's a great keyboard for watching movies on a couch with

[Darryl Licht]

Logitech Harmony!

[dandan3000]

If you plan on playing games on I hear there are some Unofficial drivers for the PS4 controller that allow use of its track pad as mouse. No keyboard functionality like wireless mini keyboard though.

[NorCal Einstein]

I've been running a HTPC as the primary device connected to my TV for about 3 years now with a Logitech K400 and Logitech DiNovo Mini connected to it. I primarily use the DiNovo Mini when I'm inside XBMC picking movies/tv shows, and the K400 gets used when I'm navigating around outside XBMC because the trackpad is much easier to use.

I've tried other input devices like the one from Lenovo, or using a Android tablet with virtual keyboard, or using the XBMC app on a tablet/phone and at for now I'll just stick with my K400/DiNovo Mini combo until something else catches my eye. The DiNovo Mini is nice and compact and that's fine 90% of the time when I'm in XBMC. The other 10% is interacting with services/servers/other configs, and in those cases having a keyboard closer to normal size is really nice. I would get pretty irritated if I had to do everything with my DiNovo Mini.