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Re:What is the best dumb TV? by cm2187 on Saturday October 03, 2020 @03:57AM (#24670409)
Easier to clean than a number pad. I think knobs are great, you can rotate fast with very little effort. I think it should be a standard feature of computer keyboards.
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Re:What is the best dumb TV? by TeMPOraL on Saturday October 03, 2020 @04:49AM (#24670594)
Not true. You can just wipe a blister number pad and you're done. They're designed that way. With knobs, better hope they're detachable.

Agreed that a knob should be a part of a computer keyboard - as a generic analog input device, not a mousewheel equivalent, though.

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Re:What is the best dumb TV? by alanbernstein on Saturday October 03, 2020 @06:20AM (#24670990)
Far from standard, but it's available, in case you're not aware: https://keeb.io/products/quefrency-rev-2-60-65-split-stagger...
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Re:What is the best dumb TV? by cm2187 on Saturday October 03, 2020 @06:31AM (#24671043)
You might as well buy something like the shuttle rather than a small knob stuck between two keys

https://www.contourdesign.com/product/shuttle/

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Re:What is the best dumb TV? by narwally on Saturday October 03, 2020 @12:18PM (#24672984)
I love the volume roller on my Logitech G710+. Having a few programable knobs would be interesting to play around with, though I'm not sure what exactly I'd use them for.
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