5 Reasons iPads Suck As Home Theater Remotes
By Jason Knott
iPads are too big, get moved too easily and are not durable enough to be the main remote for home theater.

Eric Thies, president of CE Pro 100 integrator DSI Entertainment Systems, loves iPads, but just not as a home theater remote control.

He recently shared with his clients via DSI's blog five reasons why he hates the iPad as a remote.

Too big: The iPad is just the right size for a table, but it's too unwieldy to be a practical remote control. If you are a power user, maybe you need all of this screen real estate to cover every single DVR button. For me, unnecessary.



I need hard buttons: I hate having to look down at a screen to find a volume button or the down arrow. It is just too slow. I surf my DVR by braille. I know exactly where all of the common buttons are so I can quickly navigate through my 25 episodes of "Storage Wars". This appeals to my ADD personality.

It's never there! Too often the iPad gets absconded by my 8-year-old daughter. It seems that whenever I have an urgent need to watch "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," my iPad is hiding under a Barbie dream house or is shoved in the bottom of a sleeping bag ... with no battery life.

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