Lenovo Accessories: Multimedia Backlit Remote & Keyboard $35, Notebook/Netbook Stand $7, P950 Headset $11, Wireless Mouse (N3903A) $12 & More + Free Shipping (expired)

Quote from satnav4 : I love my Harmony remote, but not to run an Android stick or htpc. My Mk802 II runs almost everything. I have the Mk808 on order. What horsepower do you think you need.?

I have a dual core motorola atrix phone. 1ghz 16gb internal, tegra2 video and many videos dont play smooth or with hardware acceleration. Large high res vids can be very choppy or audio out of sync. Are the sticks that much faster and bettet than my phone?

What video player do you use?

I would love one if they are really fast enough to play everything you can throw at it smoothly.

Good deal on the remote, but I think the Logitech K400 may be better... just wish it was backlit.

Quote from satnav4 : I love my Harmony remote, but not to run an Android stick or htpc. My Mk802 II runs almost everything. I have the Mk808 on order. What horsepower do you think you need.?

Again, there's plenty of folks who run HTPCs from a Harmony without an issue. They're probably not android sticks though (full out HTPCs) and likely have a more tv like interface.

As far as the Android stick (MK802, etc) like you mention: I think they're great, as long as they're used as a front-end. I like the Raspberry Pi for the same reason, though it's obviously not as flexible. The HTPC I have planned will serve both headend and frontend duty (OTA DVR, streaming video and sending multichannel audio to my AVR). I've not yet seen anything less than a full HTPC which will do all of these without issue. Several come close, but all have some limitation, and on the more basic devices, that limitation tends to be handling flash video. Yes, that'll likely improve over time but I'm also not willing to wait until it does. I'm still considering one as an extender on another display.

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I'm using a Logitech k700 with an Imito mx2. The k700 trackpad is a bit cumbersome to use because you have to click the mouse button since there's no tap-to-click feature. The wife is fast enough with either keyboard style. Is the n5902 better with navigation and swiping than the k700's trackpad?

All these items are junk.

Quote from thetony : Again, there's plenty of folks who run HTPCs from a Harmony without an issue.

I don't know how you could. Perhaps there is a Harmony remote with a track pad and keyboard of which I am not aware. My Harmony is a point and shoot that runs about 6 devices. I have no way to type on it. It is useless as a htpc controller.

excellent, my n5901 just died. repped!

Compared to the original multimedia remote w/ keyboard, I really don't like the mouse. It is a lot harder to navigate than the ball version, which isn't perfect either. Regardless, this is a useful product that doesn't have many competitors for the quality at this price point. Good deal.

Got this last time and it's been the best product I've tried so far for controlling my HTPC from the couch. I was using the Logitech keyboard with touchpad on the right, which was much larger and overall OK to use but I quickly found that without backlighting, it was a repeat problem when trying to use it when the lights are out.

Not this p.o.s. keyboard again. Mine goes into a coma and is sometimes impossible to wake.

Watch out when paying through their optional Amazon portal, my order was stuck for over a month and they never bothered to email me, the order page just kept saying "Order processing" With a shipping date that kept moving forward a few days.

How is the headset? Any suggestion for price range $10-$15?

Quote from satnav4 : I love my Harmony remote, but not to run an Android stick or htpc. My Mk802 II runs almost everything. I have the Mk808 on order. What horsepower do you think you need.?

Not to mention that the MK808 has been OC-ed up to 1.7 ghz.

If you're getting a MK808, get a PS-Vita power supply (about ~$10 on Amazon), use a dremel to break off SONY's proprietary garbage for a standard USB port and use that instead. The provided power supply in the MK808 is a POS and may result in reboots when the MK808 is running intensive tasks due to not being able to provide stable power.

Quote from MyBallsItch : I have a dual core motorola atrix phone. 1ghz 16gb internal, tegra2 video and many videos dont play smooth or with hardware acceleration. Large high res vids can be very choppy or audio out of sync. Are the sticks that much faster and bettet than my phone? What video player do you use? I would love one if they are really fast enough to play everything you can throw at it smoothly.

The sticks works for me if you're running the operating system at 720p as opposed to custom ROMs which enable full 1080p (too choppy).

I use ES File Manager + MX Player and have no problems streaming 4gb MKV files over my WIFI network.

Hope this helps.

I'm contemplating getting the Remote for my MK808 but I don't know if $35 is worth the money....