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Rock remote for lean-back Vista viewers

Your IT - Entertainment

Need a remote control for your Vista media centre? The Rock Vista Remote Control may fit the bill.

According to distributor Anyware, the 50-button remote means "you can simply record selected TV programs, access your music/photo/video collection, power your media centre PC or TV, open the TV program guide to display available channels on page, launch full-screen live TV and pause audio/video or live/recorded TV and repeat a few seconds of recorded TV and jump back to a music track or DVD chapter."

The $A40 package, which is certified for Windows Vista, includes a USB receiver. The operating range is up to 10m.