I've played with the Kensington 33164 a bit and think it will be great for basic installs. Just play, pause, skip forward and back....for clients that just want their playlist to start. Will be watching for the DLO and any feedback from you all (howdy, pardner).
I've learned the codes into the IR PRO for RTI use and then copied it thru ProntoEdit to make it a URC device I can import. It works really well with both remotes. Sorta eye catching for the client, too.
Update: The Kensington has the advantage of being able to be given a PLAY command from a smart remote or keypad and go right into play. The DLO HomeDock Deluxe seems to have to go thru the menu to get it playing. In some situations it's nice to be able to just hit play. I think the DLO can be toggled to iPod mode and possibly do a play command (haven't tried it - why have the dock and not see video on your TV; plus that toggle command will get it out of the mode you will normally want to leave it in).
The HomeDock deluxe does the iPod menus onscreen with a composite or S-Video feed to a monitor. It does have a couple shortcomings as others have noted: Toggle mode switch being the major; no discrete power (workaround with RTI sensors), etc.
Now Kensington has jumped up and is offering an Entertainment Dock 500 which will display videos and pics from video iPods to your TV. It does not display music track info like the Home Dock Deluxe, plus they have gone to an RF remote control (the stereo dock uses IR), which makes it unusable as an integration tool.
If you don't care about track and music info on your TV, the Kensington is a decent choice. The HomeDock Deluxe is for displaying all your music, playlists, etc and navigating on screen, at a little higher cost.
Hope the info is of some value to you.
Last edited by Tom Ciaramitaro
on August 19, 2006 02:01.