> It's fine if you want to drive your entertainment system with a keyboard and > mouse, gets in the way if you just want to use a remote control. Possibly true, but when I can buy a region free DVD player for the equivalent of $70 thats not been my main interest 8). My remote is a very nice little black infra-red ps/2 keyboard mouse that doesn't look at all out of place with the remotes. > I think computers are great & all, but i don't want to feel like I'm using one > when i just want to watch a movie. Ease of use is much easier to achieve with a > unified application. If thats all you want to achieve then probably. Alan