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Wireless Keyboard & Mouse Suggestions Please!

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BenAfk

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I am setting up one of my older machines as my Divx movie and MP3 player in my home entertainment room. To make this work I was thinking that a good RF wireless keyboard & mouse would provide the necessary interface, allowing some occasional web browsing and the ability to power on the computer and play music / movies. The unit should work from a distance of approximately 15 - 20 feet and be able to receive the signal through the cabinet door of my entertainment unit.

Can anyone recommend a suitable device that would work (hopefully someone who has tried this before).

Thanks for any advice you can offer
 
i have the logitech iTouch wireless keyboard and the logitech optical cordless mouseman. they're good. i don't know if they work 15ft though. i haven't tested that. they're good though. i'm probably going to get rid of them cuz i hate having to change batteries. i hear the microsoft wireless intellimouse is really good though. i might have to look into that one. i reccommend Logitech stuff. they're good. also, intel has some wireless stuff that's supposed to be good.
 
I second the Logitech Cordless Freedom Optical. I have had mine for about 3 weeks and love it. I haven't tested it up to 15-20 feet, but it works flawlessly from about 10'.
 
Logitech all the way here bud 🙂

Used mine up to about 20 feet with no problems, I guess it is almost like line of sight concerning the distance and things inbetween which may disrupt the IR
 
Thank you all for your suggestions. I have sworn by logitech for my mousing needs for the last 6 years.
 
I've been looking for something like this too and came across this globlink iFree combo (sold at newegg).. there's a review of it at overclocker's club here

newegg link

There's a wireless mouse/kb combo, and another keyboard that has a trackball built in (which is the one that overclocker's club reviews)..

Hope to try it out soon.. good luck
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EDIT: btw, the description at Newegg says the effective range is 6 feet, but the guy at overclocker's club got it to work at about 17-18 feet..
 
I'd advise going with the Logitech Wireless Freedom or Optical Freedom. Ive used them from atleast 15ft away in my g/f basement to control her computer and it works great except its real hard to read small text on a 17in moniter from 15ft away 😉 Maybe I need glasses. Anyways, I'd recommend the Optical Freedom over the wireless because the mouse is optical and will work on any surface where the Wireless Freedom has a ball mouse and is a little more picky over what surface you rub it on.

Ok...that sounded sick but whatever 😉
 
I just got a Logitech Cordless Optical Freedom kbd/mouse set. I think it's great. It's certainly an improvement over my KeyTronic keyboard and MS Wireless Intellimouse Explorer.
 
Another vote here for the Logitech Cordless Freedom Optical. I have owned all of the cordless desktops since the original. This one is by far the best!!

 
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