First Looks: Glide TV Navigator

Wed, Oct 14, 2009

  |  Jim Clark

I own one of those Logitech Harmony remotes.  They are usually quite expensive so I watch for a sale to buy one.  What follows is a bit about a new kind of remote for your HTPC to try, the Glide TV Navigator.  Kinda of sexy looking, or perhaps just different looking?

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What is so special about the Glide?  From  Glide:

From movies to TV shows, from music services to radio stations, it’s all there at a click of a mouse.

But try to access it from your TV using an HTPC and you’ll discover that you need to balance a whole office on your knees…from a full keyboard to a mouse and a pad. And if you use a universal remote, you’ll discover that two-axis movement is not enough to navigate today’s websites.  The experience becomes cumbersome, even frustrating.

That’s where GlideTV Navigator comes in…it combines the functionality of a keyboard, mouse and AV remote in an elegant device that fits the palm of your hand.

GlideTV is the easiest way to surf the net from your TV…head-up and leaning-back.

And it fits in the palm of your hand!

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Like I said, kinda sexy looking.  All it requires is a USB port to connect to one of the following:

• PC |Windows XP (SP2 or greater), Windows Vista™

• Mac |Mac OS X (10.4.11 or later)

• Sony PS3

And just a few shots of what you will find with the Glide.

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This looks like it could be a neat device to improve your viewing experience between your Internet connected HTPC and TV.  And the cost is really not that bad:

$149 US | €129 (VAT included) | £119 (VAT included)

 

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Jim Clark - who has written 264 posts on We Got Served.

Hello. I’m from the heartland of U.S. Lots of corn and beans, although Iowa is a lot more than just farmland. It also has a few computer enthusiasts (no, not me!). I’ve been around PC’s since I got my 1st PC XT aloooong time ago. WGS is one of the first sites I found centered around WHS. And the best. Every once in awhile, I do get away from the KB and enjoy time with and my wife and our 4 kids. And I do have a day job.

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6 Responses to “First Looks: Glide TV Navigator”

  1. Derausgewanderte Says:

    neat, this needs a little video of somebody actually using it. it looks cool but it also is a little questionable how you use it. Btw. this is going to be a really tough one to find once lost or replaced. All remotes should have a beeper that beeps when you turn the TV on.

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  2. JeePee Says:

    Nice, but even better would be a small touch screen remote control with a small keyboard.
    You already have the two combined in mobile phones, so all you need is a program that you can install on your windows mobile phone which can communicate with the htpc and/or your tv (infrared or bluetooth).

    @Derausgewanderte
    Then you also have your beeper, just call your mobile from another phone :)

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  3. Jim Says:

    Jim,

    Have you used remote pointers like the Loop pointer from Hillcrest Labs? I wonder how you think they are in comparison.

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