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SirPoonga:
today's wireless is much better.  Many people run the gamecube wireless controllers.

I had one for the pc and it was very responsive.  The 2.5ghz ones are fast.

However, I'd only hack one controller per player.  I'm not sure if it could handle alot of buttons pushed at once.
Jakobud:
I recently got a couple Logitech 2.4GHz wireless controllers I'm gonna hack.  I have determined a way determine the difference in latency between the wireless button presses and keyboard/wired joystick button presses using some special software.  I was planning on posting a little explaination on it soon.
NoOne=NBA=:
If you are going to have a cabinet, why would you want the PC taking up room somewhere else?

I did have a special situation with my cabinet, in that it has my Mac inside (which is also my graphics rig).
I just built swappable control panels for it, one of which being a 16X30 desktop.

When I want to use it in graphics mode, I just remove whatever gaming CP is on it, and put the desktop in it's place.
I don't have any pics of it posted after I finished, but here's a WIP shot of it.
Work Table

rdagger:
There are many video and audio wireless solutions that would work although they might be pricey.

An excellent solution for the controls would be a wireless USB hub.  You could plug your IPAC, Opti-PAC and a sidewinder into it.  I'm not sure if there are any vendors selling wireless USB hubs yet.   Cypress just released some wireless USB chips that you could use to build your own hub.  
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/32296.html

There is also a USB over IP extender available from Digi that you could use in conjunction with a 802.11b wireless network bridge.
http://www.kvms.com/nav/item.asp?item=8221

Howard_Casto:
About wireless controllers..... even the best one's ont he market still totally suck.  I got a wavebird for christmas (nintendo brand controller)  and even though it's arguably the best on the market for any platform, it still cuts out from time to time.  Every time my neighboors use their cb station it goes crazy.  The Microwave also seems to cause minimal lag.  


Also keep in mind that the reason the nintendo controller is so much better is because nintendo games use far less buttons.  Think about it, the way the controller and gamecube games are designed you can really only hit a maxium of a direction and 3 buttons at once.  I think that has a lot to do with how good the response time is.  


So to sum it up, everyone thinks it's the best and it's really not so hot, so I can only imagine what kind of problems you'd have with a totally wireless cabinet.  Remember you need enough frequencies to carry the audio, the video and all of your controls. (a wireless kb would NOT work, you'd have to hack gamepads.)  That seems like a pretty tall order to me.
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