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I have a very hard time seeing anything that requires a keyboard as being any kind of success outside of the techie community.

Typing on a TV screen sucks, it sucks a lot.

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My cable provider just updated their software so that I can find on-demand shows by using T9 style prediction (i.e. press 1 three times to make C). It's a million times better than paging through long alphabetical or chronological lists and that's despite the software being relatively clunky.

I'm not wanting to write the sequel to war and peace, I'm just trying to navigate a ridiculous amount of content. I need text entry.

Fair point, I tend to think of typing things into the XBox or the wireless keyboard on my HTPC (which annoys me whenever I have to use it), but I've used Tivo search before and it's not bad.

One of the major problems is seeing what you are typing. With desktop zooming/hardware accelerated UI, it's not so bad. I have a 27" iMac and wireless keyboard and mouse that I use from a sofa 6 feet away. The major drawback with this set-up is the lack of mouse-only zooming (have to hold down cmd).

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