Originally Posted by
Heisenberg I prefer not to use either of those and instead the options I was hoping for.
So nothing outside of keyboard and mouse, huh?
My boss uses this setup at his house: 4 TV's, 4 Mac Minis, 4 Apple Keybaords, 4 Magic Mice, All on a server connected in different rooms. Actually works quite well. You can definitely set up an iPad to control your TV through your Mac Mini. I also believe the Apple TV remote can be programmed to work with the Mac Mini, but don't hold me to that.