Navigate Your Home Theater PC With One Hand

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The GlideTV Navigator is an excellent tool for the home theater PC system.

At first glance, the GlideTV Navigator looks like a strange bowl with a touchpad mounted in the center. The device could also be mistaken for some type of funky universal remote that uses an on-screen menu and type pad. The latter may be more appropriate, as the purpose of this device is to make loading and playing multimedia on a home theater PC (HTPC) super simple.

While the touchpad takes up most of the physical space, there is room left over for a few additional buttons: volume control and playback control, dedicated Escape, Enter, Back, and Function keys, an on-screen keyboard (Windows version only), and more. The device is also compatible with iTunes, Windows Media Center, Hulu Desktop, SageTV, Boxee, the PlayStation 3, and more.

Dvice even wrote a small review, reporting that the device was pleasantly surprising "with its clever functionality." Although it comes highly recommended, consumers will have to shell out $150 for this convenience tool.

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9 Comments Comment from the forums
  • maigo
    rather have a track ball
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  • Rather have an air mouse.
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  • 08nwsula
    maigorather have a track ballbarf
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  • is it bluetooth cause i saw ps3 support
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  • ominous prime
    What am I supposed to do with the other now? Oh right, hint hint wink wink.
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  • hillarymakesmecry
    I'd rather have the Dinovo. On-screen keyboard seems pretty lame.
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  • zak_mckraken
    ominous primeWhat am I supposed to do with the other now? Oh right, hint hint wink wink.Gross. +1
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  • WyomingKnott
    ominous primeWhat am I supposed to do with the other now? Oh right, hint hint wink wink."Beat" me to the punchline on that one. +1
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  • ccarrot
    diNovo mini - does all this AND has an actual keyboard, for those of us who actually need to do things on the HTPC besides goof around with iTunes...
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