Keyspan Digital Media Remote Control

As more and more people connect their PCs to their stereos, the computer is becoming an integral part of the home theatre. There's nothing's quite like opening your favorite digital audio player, putting your entire list of MP3s on shuffle play, and listening to whatever comes up. But when you're trying to relax, it can be a pain to adjust the volume, skip tracks, and pause if you have to go to your computer to do it. Keyspan has solved this problem with its Digial Media Remote, a small, USB remote control that lets you command any digital media application (or any other program, for that matter) on your computer from up to 35 feet away.As more and more people connect their PCs to their stereos, the computer is becoming an integral part of the home theatre. There's nothing's quite like opening your favorite digital audio player, putting your entire list of MP3s on shuffle play, and listening to whatever comes up. But when you're trying to relax, it can be a pain to adjust the volume, skip tracks, and pause if you have to go to your computer to do it. Keyspan has solved this problem with its Digial Media Remote, a small, USB remote control that lets you command any digital media application (or any other program, for that matter) on your computer from up to 35 feet away.

A remote for all seasons
Keyspan's receiver is a small USB device designed to hold the remote when it's not in use--a convenient feature that's sure to cut down on time spent searching for the gadget. It comes with software for Windows and the Mac OS that lets the remote direct most digital media applications as soon as you install the software. When you find an app that doesn't respond well to the remote's commands, it's simple to program the buttons to correspond to the right keystrokes for that app.

Because you can customize the buttons for any application, the Keyspan is useful for more than just music and video players. You can use it with a Web browser or with Adobe Acrobat to thumb through PDF files, or you can switch among active applications. We even tried using it as a game controller, although the inability to use two Keyspan buttons in concert pretty much nipped that experiment in the bud. Hide Review