9039ARF III Wireless Media Centre Keyboard with Intergrated Mouse and Remote

This may be nominally a computer keyboard but it's ideal for a Smart TV. Worked straight out of the box. Plugged in the giz and the TV did the rest. The trackball is the clincher.

I'm writing this review on the keyboard in question and have no problems typing at an almost normal speed. Occasionally, it doesn't register a space bar hit but it's not that big of a deal. The real problem is with the trackball. It seems to be made of a slightly "sticky" plastic. This means that it doesn't roll smoothly, sticking no matter how hard you press on the ball. The most effective method is to press lightly when moving your thumb over it. This causes the trackball to rotate most of the time but sometimes it gets stuck and your thumb just glides over the stationary ball. Pressing harder on the ball simply increases the friction between the ball and its enclosure, causing it to stick even more. The only other issue I've found is that it takes an age to "wake up"/register after resuming the PC from sleep, even after the PC has been awake for a few minutes. I'm putting that down to my nettop's performance more than the keyboard although my old wireless keyboard was useable much sooner than this one after wake from sleep. There's a slight bend in the keyboard but mostly you get what you pay for - not very cheap materials but certainly not totally solid. The shortcut keys at the top all perform perfectly well, even in non-Windows Media Center programs. This is a good enough keyboard for the price and very occasional use of the trackball but if you're going to be doing any more than a few scrolls per session then look elsewhere - it'll drive you nuts!

GOOD KEYBOARD. SETS ITSSELF UP BUT CAN FREEZE A BIT WHEN YOU GO OVER 3 METERS AWAY FROM USB. BUT OVERRALL NOT BAD FOR THE PRICE

I use this keyboard for my Mac Mini which works well as I very really use it, Mainly using the apple remote to control everything Plex etc The only problem is the track ball, It was erratic when new but now 2 months later it can take 10 seconds to get it where You want to go, Very frustrating. It really is a shame as the keyboard looks and feels great. So I'd only recommend if You have a separate mouse.

I originally bought this to use with my PC so that I could control it from the sofa. However what I mostly ended up using it for was as a wireless keyboard for my PS3. Although it's not advertised as PS3 compatible, I've used it with mine and it works perfectly.

very good keybaord

I got this for my HTPC & Oh dear! Keyboard feels cheap but works, trackball is just so cheap that it doesn't. The ball is too small for any sort of speed or accuracy & in use it sticks & skitters all over the place ... in short, it's a disaster. Also, don't be fooled by that claim of a range of 10m - the actual usable range is up to ~3m.

This keyboard was a quick fix for my toshiba laptop. Having a seperate keyboard is in my opinion easier to use if you have a lap top computer and this wireless keyboard fitted the bill. However I must point out a couple of quirks that could have been avoided in design. The first is a lack of a positive ON OFF button or switch which shuts down the keyboard completley. Instead, removal of the USB receiver from your laptop or whatever stops the signal and therefore it is assumed that you are not using the keyboard. True but if you move the rollerball which imitates the mouse it lights up because power is not turned off on the keyboard. If you have children playing then the batteries will not last long even when disconnected. Apart from that the lack of tilt leggs is not good. The price was ok and it does the job.