GRIFFIN Powermate Usb Multimedia Controller & Input Device
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Not as useful as you'd think... I had high hopes for the Powermate, but it's nowhere near as useful as you'd think. Most applications use keyboard shortcuts, which require one hand to be over the keyboard... which sounds obvious but is the downfall of the Powermate. Moving your hand to the Powermate to operate a few selected functions, then moving back to the keyboard for everything else soon becomes annoying. After about 30 minutes, I found myself using the keyboard shortcuts and/or mouse, which is much quicker. The Powermate has... more info
Not impressed i purchased this so i could us it in my Land Rover to operate my car pc all i wanted it to do was volume up,down next track,previous track and mute, but after various installs of software it turns out it i can only next and previous if im running i tunes well i dont have an i pod i convert all my cds to mp3. If like me you tend to run multiple programmes i run my music on one on road gps on the next screen and off road gps on another screen i was hoping i could use this knob to work my media files whilst... more info
Useful and beutiful It's nice to see people making an effort to develop unique interface devices and this is a great piece of kit.
Solid build, lovely blue light (which matches all my other blue flashing peripherals!) and a really nice feel to it. The obvious application usage for this would be things like volume, scrolling, video editing etc. But I hooked mine up for world of warcraft and found it really nice to use. Set the click option to autorun or 'numlock' and then just set left and right spins to turn left... more info
Perfect - just check your USB voltages first :) This item works flawlessly - but not if your PC isn't up to proper specs. This shouldn't affect ANY Mac users, as they can feel confident that their hardware is built properly by Apple (they're usually not the 'cheapest parts available' as you find with some other major name system builders), but for PC users you should ideally check to make sure your USB ports (whether built-in or on an added card) are not just dirt-cheap unbranded types putting out below-standard-spec voltages (this is a common... more info
