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Review on Backlit Wireless Mini Keyboard For Android TV Box, Nvidia Shield TV & Raspberry Pi 3 - IPazzPort KP-810-21SL by Nathan Byard

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Crap compared to Competition - Bad Keyboard Mapping

While it functions, it functions poorly compared to a similarly priced item that looks and feels identical, except this is slightly thicker. The backlight on this is very dull, and the distance/timeout seems off compared to others. I can live with all of this, but there are a few other quirks that are not user friendly. The house button, you would assume is home, and the E is explorer/browser when on Android devices. With this keyboard, the house sends scancode 144, which is Numberpad 0. (Num lock must be on to type or I think it's an Insert button which has no function on Android). It should send scancode 3 for home, which is the e button on this keyboard. In their defense, they do put on the first page of the documentation that the House is to open My Computer and the E is to open home. On any other convential keyboard design, the E is supposed to send scancode 64 which opens explorer/web browser depending on the OS. The dongle is also quite larger than other similar better performing keyboards. In the attached photo is a comparison of this and another.

Pros
  • ‎Television
Cons
  • Fragile keys