Asus' success with its Eee line of netbooks might have come as a surprise, but the company is now determined to expand the Eee brand into every possible niche and form factor. Case in point: the insanely cool Eee Keyboard, which will surely bring a smile on the faces of those who remember the glory days of the home computer.
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Not sure about you, but I can't remember staying at a hotel here in the U.S. any time in the last few years that had a TV complete with HDMI interface - last I checked, they're still mostly standard-def CRTs with only a composite video jack.
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Your dream has already come true:
http://www.cybernetman.com/default.cfm?DocId=602
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These aren't going to have the processing power to run the home theater, but they certainly would function as nice extensions of it. You wouldn't, for example, want to build your pvr with one of these, though the form factor would be great they just don't have the power for it. But as a streaming server or client in another room of your house they'd function well.
As for it competing with the iMac, for a good number of people it probably will. However, the iMac is quite a bit more powerful than these, and if you need that power and want something that saves space the iMac may still be the best option. A great majority of people, however, don't need or want all the power of the iMac (or even higher-powered desktops), and will never use it. For them, this eee keyboard might be just what they're after.
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Already been done.. for some time now...
http://www.cybernetman.com/default.cfm?DocId=602
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I did thia for a laptop whose LCD died. Now it's just a chunky keyboard. Taking it on the road, complete with external LCD is a bit awkward, but I like this idea of using a TV instead, especially if HD spreads.
Point being, something made with this in mind instead of done with a hacksaw like I did could be pretty cool.
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Personally, I would be a lot happier if they would just continue to make 9'' netbooks, instead of those silly gadgets like boxes or smart keyboards. I have EEE 901 PC, and I like its form factor very much (while it's certainly not for everyone, as some people have large fingers or bad eyesight and thus have hard time using it).
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I hate my Mac keyboard. It's impossible (for me) to type on and I don't find this ATM look attractive at all. But I do like it's usb connectors for the mouse, that sort of compensates for the mouse cable being some 1/2 m long (that would have been ok if I dont shift the mouse between left and right side all the time).
I hope this eee keyboard is not as horrible to use.
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Somehow reminds me of the C64 WebIt, does anybody remember that? It looked like a mid-90s notebook without a screen, and it was intended to be used as an internet station which can be connected to a TV screen... but it wasn't a huge success. Maybe the ASUS will be more lucky, I think the time is "righter" now.
http://www.c64-wiki.de/images/thumb/5/56/C64webit1a.jpg/300px-C64we...
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http://www.c64-wiki.de/images/thumb/5/56/C64webit1a.jpg/300px-C64we...
Well this time around people aren't stuck with a low resolution display. You have pretty even a 720p tv would look better than what was common when that was out. Surfing the Web on your TV shouldn't be a pain anymore with current display technology
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Actually the first thing I saw in it was my first computer, an Amstrad CPC 6128
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amstrad_CPC_6128.png
The Keeeboard's touch-screen placement where the arnold's old 3" disk drive was placed is uncanny!
I want one of these, for nostalgic reasons as well as it's kewlness 
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If done correctly, I'd imagine that EEE may have a winner on their hands.
The android OS could be used on the smaller screen interface (since it is a touch interface with small screen real estate, ideal for this situation) and the larger VGA style output for applications that are able to take advantage of it.
Single operating system, different "application" outputs depending on the screen type.
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...of wireless display protocols. It would be vastly simpler to stick the computer behind the TV (where its battery won't go flat) and use a nice, low bandwidth wireless keyboard (of which there are plenty on the market), rather than saturating the airwaves in the room trying to punt a high-bandwidth video signal around. I live in fear of my neighbours buying a TV-over-wifi display.
The only wireless display protocol of which I approve is a projector. Now, a computer like this with a (decent-resolution) microprojector in the back, *that* might be interesting.
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Installed a Panasonic 65 in HDTV Plasma with a Denon 3808CI Amplifier. We are looking for a solution to integrate a computer.
The Eee Keyboard is the right solution to integrate our Home Cinema into a Media Center. Super extremely awsome. Can't wait to see have it. Hope the price is right so can get it. Would like to have more details.