Wireless keyboard for a home theater PC?

I use a http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-967685-0120-diNovoEdge-Keyboard/dp/B000MGV9RU to great effect on my HTPC. It stores upright in the charger and doesn't take up too much space or look too horrible. It just about passes wife-approval for the living room. If you want something slightly smaller, I've heard great things about the http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-920-00586-diNovo-Mini/dp/B0012NIYSO/ too. I'm not affiliated with Logitech in anyway, I just really like their keyboards. My everyday keyboard on my main machine is a http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-diNovo-Media-Desktop-Laser/dp/B000BF0ER8 which is still going strong after about 5 years.

Just realised you were talking in dollars, so: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000J43HJ8/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0011FOOI2/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000AY0IT4/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/ from Amazon.com instead of co.uk.

I have http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000AOAAN8/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/ and would advise against it as the mouse is awful. But I did see http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/home-theater/replace-keyboard-with-blackberrylike-device-for-htpcs-102457?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+apartmenttherapy%2Funplggd+%28Unplggd%29&utm_content=Google+Readerrecently which looks pretty good. No first hand experience on that one though.

Yeah, I have that same MSFT keyboard gfrobe linked. The keyboard part is great, including the media keys, but that nipple-pointer thing is really, really bad. I started to use http://www.mobileairmouse.com/ from an iPhone for navigating and typing on my (Windows) Media PC now a couple of months ago, though, and now I barely pick up that keyboard anymore. I love the Air Mouse thing so much that I'm going to get an iPod Touch just for this purpose soon.

If you have a laptop, you could also configure VNC on the theater PC, and then use a light VNC client on the laptop. It's a wireless keyboard / trackpad, and it comes bundled with a CPU for free!

I have an http://www.adesso.com/products_detail.asp?productid=281 and would advise against it, as the trackpad doesn't work very well. I often have to lick my fingertip to get the trackpad to work. I'll be reading your thread with great interest.

I've used the diNovo Mini for a few years with my ubuntu-based home theater and it's wonderful. Tiny, holds a charge for months at a time, nice range (30'). It's expensive, but it really does take all the fuss out of the computer-from-the-couch experience.

I've used the unit referenced by TimeDoctor and it was terrible. Mine was branded Adesso (and I think that's the manufacturer). Highly disrecommended. I have had the diNovo Mini for a year and a half. Recommended. My experience is similar to to cowbellmoo. I also use it with Ubuntu. There were driver issues with 8.04 LTS but no trouble with later versions (currently using 9.04 without problems). My one complaint about the dNM is that the trackpad and the cursor keys (as a controller-type pad) are the same "key"; it's a bit awkward to flip back and forth. It's not really that necessary though, if you're just using it as a media controller.

Logitech diNovo, period. Any of them. I've yet to use anything that comes close.