It sure has been a long wait to get a SideShow enabled remote control.  The once cool feature of Windows Vista was going to allow inexpensive devices with external displays to grab content from the PC and control it remotely.  This technology still has a lot of potential, but considering we are just a few weeks away from at least a pre-beta of Windows 7, it looks like SideShow for Vista has basically been a flop.

This is especially evident with Ricavision’s SideShow remote which still hasn’t shipped even after a nearly two year delay.  They have just missing their Summer 2008 ship date that was just way at the first of the year.  I’m hoping at this point Ricavision is waiting for Microsoft to finish their Media Center SideShow Gadgets, but it sure would be nice to get some good two-way SideShow devices on the market.

Update: CE Pro is reporting that Ricavision is now out of business.