2010/01/13

Bed computer - Watch TV/movie in lying position

We tested so called "bed computer" and were pretty impressed with results. Movies won't be too long and watching TV for hours is comfortable with possibility for full concentration.

sample bed computer scheme
Best uses:
  • movies/TV
  • adult movie
  • video lectures+documentaries (it may be hard to make notes in bed position)
  • reading e-books, comics, magazines (its hard to make notes)
  • viewing webcam over Skype and Voip and telepresence (web cam conference- tested was watching, listening, talking excellent)
  • some games work well like "Gwap image game" that can be played as it don't require "not too fast clicks and mouse moves but can require some thinking"
Experience:
  • comfortable, very cool
  • ergonomics are perfect (ability to watch 2 hour movie (normal bed used) without pains and without any body moves:)
  • virtual reality alike

Control:
  • Mouse is pretty usable, it's not so fast but you'll get most clicks pretty comfortable
  • It's hard to browse web on this bed computer as keyboard is hard to mount. 
  • Writing with virtual keyboard (slower but will do the job for basic functions)


shelf above the bed used to hold laptop


We used laptop monitor for bed screen and next to "bed computer" was external monitor connected to same laptop, that is used as workstation!
Switching between laptop monitor and external monitor is excellent on linux (request in comments for xrandr script!),



1 comment:

software test consulting said...

Hey there, this looks so great for those lazy computer geeks among us. I love reading online and downloading books (legally, of course! :]) but I'm always missing reading in bed. A laptop is also not so comfortable. This is a great option for late night computer games, too.

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...