Want to use my touchpad as a HTPC remote desktop.

413x · 24 Jan 2012 at 22:45

Not using my touchpad much, and i had a thought on how i might get good use out of it. A remote for my HTPC.

what is the best way to go about this?

Ideally id like to view the HTPC desktop on the pad, remote desktop.

Im guessing i will need to load android onto it? ICS? is it stable enough to do this?

Cheers

Kreeeee · 24 Jan 2012 at 23:20

Ics plus splashtophd is all you need.

Locke · 24 Jan 2012 at 23:58

Splashtop on either webOS or Ice Cream Sandwich is good, but I find the Android one is smoother.

There's also Unified remote which has just about every remote you need! (Android)

FNGsam · 25 Jan 2012 at 08:55

Locke said:
Splashtop on either webOS or Ice Cream Sandwich is good, but I find the Android one is smoother.

There's also Unified remote which has just about every remote you need! (Android)

Unified Remote is quite handy!

I use it when in bed and cbf getting up to turn my computer off or want to watch something on it or similar. Just have UR load up automatically on start-up, and then I just load laziness on my start-up and I'm away!

EniGmA1981 · 25 Jan 2012 at 09:15

Anoter vote for Unified Remote - it has everything you'll ever need - file explorer to remotely open files on your pc (xbmc.exe via start menu for example..) then it has a dedicated xbmc remote...

There's also an official xbmc remote app on the market free that has more features than the UR xbmc remote

413x · 25 Jan 2012 at 22:59

I think ill try splashtop first, i havent much of a clue as to how to get android on that touchpad.

Is unified remote just on android?

Tbh i would much rather ics on it than webos, hopefully implementation goes past alpha soon!

413x · 25 Jan 2012 at 23:43

have been looking at splashtop, looks like it doesnt support native resolution, that means it useless tbh, if it resizes the desktop on connection, i cannot use it as a remote.

looks like unified remote it is!

Edt, unless im blind unified remote doesnt have a track pad, guess im after the splashtop app but without desktop resizing, even if the tablet displays nothing, a simple trackpad without a pic of the desktop would be ideal!

413x · 26 Jan 2012 at 00:06

my mistake, it does support native res,

i am trying the non hd version [on my ICS galaxy nexus]

any benefit of the HD version? Or should i just stick with the non hd version for my tablet?