Logitech MediaPlay Cordless Mouse

CNET editors' rating: 3.5 stars Very good
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Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 33 reviews
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CNET editors' review

• Reviewed by: Patrick Houston
• Edited by: Rich Brown
• Reviewed on: 11/10/2004
• Released on: 09/20/2004

Logitech's MediaPlay Cordless Mouse breaks new ground by giving you fingertip control over the most basic functions of your computer's audio/video player. In addition, it extends the mouse into a promising new role: remote control. Along with the usual pair of buttons and a scrollwheel, the mouse comes with the an array of media control buttons, including a player launch button, volume controls, play/pause, and skip forward and back buttons.

What's more, the MediaPlay Cordless Mouse comes with a USB minireceiver that allows the mouse to operate from as far away as 10 feet. To make the reception that much better, you can also park the receiver in the included small desktop stand, allowing you to skip through a playlist or crank up the sound from across the room.

Logitech sculpted the mouse into a shape that makes it feel like a remote when you're holding it away from a desk surface. The bottom of the mouse is also sealed, an innovation in optical mice that still allows the sensor to read the scrolling surface with precision but blocks out errant hairs and other debris that could get inside and gum up the works.

We tested the MediaPlay Cordless Mouse with Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, and Musicmatch, using stored MP3 files and a music CD. We also tried it with Real Network's Rhapsody music service. In all applications, the MediaPlay Cordless Mouse worked as advertised. We were able to skip through playlists, control the volume, pause and play while using all three players and the service. The package includes Logitech's MediaLife software, a Windows XP Media Center-inspired media management suite that, while not quite as feature rich as the bona fide original, still provides you with a handy way to organize and play your media files.

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• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 33 reviews
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• 4.5 stars

  6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

  "The best mouse for this price"

  by jims2020 on June 21, 2005

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• 2.0 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  "Low cost long range wirless mouse w/ good funtionality"

  by fullArmor on February 1, 2006

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• 4.5 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  "Much better than my last wireless"

  on January 24, 2005

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