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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>wow I didn't know it only
supported Symbian, thats a real shame - yep it would be a deal breaker with most
people because of the lack of functionality of the Symbian product
line.</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<DIV dir=ltr><BR>Cheers,</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Dean</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org on behalf
of Raphael Pooser<BR><B>Sent:</B> Mon 12/5/2005 10:31 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Discussion about mythtv<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [mythtv-users]
Touchscreen<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Dean Collins wrote:<BR><BR>> you might be interested in
PlutoHome, not sure how much functionality<BR>> you can drive from your
mobiel handset though.<BR>> <BR>> Cheers,<BR>>
Dean<BR>><BR>>
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*From:* mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org on behalf of R. Geoffrey Newbury<BR>>
*Sent:* Fri 12/2/2005 5:27 PM<BR>> *To:* Discussion about mythtv<BR>>
*Subject:* Re: [mythtv-users] Touchscreen<BR>><BR>> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005
16:52:30 +0100, Peter Osterberg wrote:<BR>><BR>> >Jeff Simpson
wrote:<BR>> >><BR>> >> I have serious
thoought of buying one of those expensive boxes<BR>> with a<BR>>
>> built in touchscreen. This is mainly because I
find it annoying to<BR>> >> have<BR>>
>> to light up my projector when I only want to
start a music track. I<BR>> >> think it would
be really cool if all the standard Myth display<BR>>
>> could be<BR>>
>> presented on the touchscreen and the menu could
be navigated<BR>> with just<BR>> >> my
fingertips.<BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >> If you are
thinking of having multiple screens anyway, why not just go<BR>> >> the
console<BR>> >> with keyboard and mouse route? Use the projector for
actually<BR>> >> displaying video + etc,<BR>> >> and use the
monitor for the menu systems. It would probably cost<BR>> >>
significantly less than<BR>> >> a touchscreen system, and you can still
operate it with a remote or<BR>> >> arrow keys very easily.<BR>>
>><BR>> >To navigate using the keyboard is of course my second
option but it<BR>> >isn't quite as cool as navigating with a touch
screen.<BR>> ><BR>> >I didn't know that it was possible to tweak the
Myth GUI to oprerate on<BR>> >two separate screen as you describe. Are
there any HOWTO available that<BR>> >describes how to set that up?<BR>>
><BR>> >I can see how I can manage to get xine or mplayer to display on
any<BR>> >device using command line options but how do I do this with the
"player"<BR>> >that Myth uses for displaying TV or recorded
shows?<BR>><BR>> Another route would be to use a programmable remote, such
as the Phillips<BR>> Pronto, Marantz RC9500 or Sony RM-VL710 series. All of
these are<BR>> programmable with macros. The Phillips and some of the Sony
RM-AV series<BR>> have touchscreens. And one of those would be much cheaper
than a full<BR>> computer box with touchscreen.<BR>><BR>> Lots of
cell-phones are java enable these days too, and have bluetooth.<BR>> You
could program your cell phone as a remote...<BR>><BR>> I have a
Sony-Ericsson T610 and there are at least 2 remote programs for<BR>>
it...<BR>><BR>> Geoff<BR>> R. Geoffrey
Newbury
newbury@mandamus.org<BR>> Barrister and
Solicitor
Telephone:<BR>>
905-271-9600 <BR>>
Mississauga,Ontario,
Canada
Facsimile: 905-271-1638<BR>><BR>>
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seems pluto needs not any phone but a symbian OS phone, which are not<BR>that
numerous right now and generally the most expensive (not counting<BR>M$ smart
phones). I was considering toying with pluto but a symbian<BR>phone is a
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