Actually, (sans the stupid freakin' price) it's a good idea. I'm a fairly standard user, and have connections issues all over the place. The HDMI connection doesn't stay put on my projector...if I adjust it up or down (ceiling mount) it's immediately out. And on the back out my Outlaw receiver, which has DVI jacks for video (their solution for before HDMI was standard) I've got DVI-HDMI adapters...and those wiggle out as well.
And I've talked to several people with the same issue. If you wanted to go Mac Mini HTPC, and bought any sort of HDMI switcher, you're using a 3ft cable to run 6 inches...that sort of bend causes them to wiggle lose if you just adjust your box or put in a DVD.
Also, you should have "little buggers" stepping on your cables anyway. What are they doing crawling behind your equipment.
I definitely agree, the price is outrageous. I bought some pretty cheapies from www.firefold.com...and they work fine...except they wiggle out.
Or maybe even "wiggle out" isn't the right term...but they don't stay in like firewire/usb/8th inch/rca/etc.
“The other one is a biggie, and it's something very noticeable in the videos: touch sensitivity is pretty bad. Using the virtual keyboard proved to be far too painful, and we're pretty sure it wasn't multitouch-friendly.”
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Actually, (sans the stupid freakin' price) it's a good idea. I'm a fairly standard user, and have connections issues all over the place. The HDMI connection doesn't stay put on my projector...if I adjust it up or down (ceiling mount) it's immediately out. And on the back out my Outlaw receiver, which has DVI jacks for video (their solution for before HDMI was standard) I've got DVI-HDMI adapters...and those wiggle out as well.
And I've talked to several people with the same issue. If you wanted to go Mac Mini HTPC, and bought any sort of HDMI switcher, you're using a 3ft cable to run 6 inches...that sort of bend causes them to wiggle lose if you just adjust your box or put in a DVD.
Also, you should have "little buggers" stepping on your cables anyway. What are they doing crawling behind your equipment.
I definitely agree, the price is outrageous. I bought some pretty cheapies from www.firefold.com...and they work fine...except they wiggle out.
Or maybe even "wiggle out" isn't the right term...but they don't stay in like firewire/usb/8th inch/rca/etc.
I'm rambling here. Good day.