Philips Home Control Remote Features QWERTY Keyboard [Philips' New Remote Lets You Type To Your TV]

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There was a time, not so long ago, when most of your interaction with your television could be reduced to up and down. Volume up or down, channel up or down, various color levels…you get the picture. But then we started to go side to side, throw in a lot of options, and now, we’ve reached what may be the logical limit short of thought control (and even that may not be too far off) or voice interaction–a remote with a QWERTY keyboard.

You’re looking at the Philips Home Control Dual, and with it, you can now type your commands at your television.

It’s really most intended for those folks who’ve gone the home theater PC route and thus need a way to communicate with two devices at once wirelessly. On one side of the remote, you’ll get all the standard TV controls. But flip it over and you’ve got a chiclet keyboard for handling the things that require a little more complexity than a typical remote can muster.

The down side here, sadly, is that there is as yet no mention of prices or release dates, so when you’ll be able to work this amazing remote is as yet beyond me.