Recently – I finally decided to take the plunge with Vista Media Center Edition and High Definition Cable TV….
I’ve been a fan of MCE for some time, and up until February this year I’d been using Vista MCE with a standard analogue cable line into a dual receiver Hauppauge tuner card and doing relatively [...]
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Vista MCE and HD – At Last
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged HDTV, Windows Vista on March 31, 2008 | 11 Comments »
XV6700/PPC6700 WM6 – At Last!!!
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Windows Mobile on September 3, 2007 | 6 Comments »
..and a round of applause goes to Hemi from xda-developers for cooking up a WM6 ROM for the XV6700/PPC6700. I have been drooling, for some time now, at the new PDA phones with WM6 (cross bow) installed and held onto the hope that someone would make this OS available for my $400-new-from-Verizon-phone. Sure, it’s a cooked [...]
This week’s new toy – Jawbone Bluetooth Headset
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Electronics on July 30, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I finally broke down and purchased a Bluetooth headset for my cell phone. For some time now I have been managing quite well with my XV6700 Verizon phone (brick) glued to my head whilst on the move (in states where it is not illegal – of course to drive and use a cell phone). Now that I [...]
MS Surface – Big A** Table
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Microsoft Surface on June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Those of you who don’t read Engadget may have missed this excellent parody (video below)…
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ADATA 8GB Ready Boost Flash Drive
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Electronics, Windows Vista on April 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a busy, busy couple of weeks, and I’ve not been posting, but I had to mention my new purchase of an 8GB USB flash drive from AData. Yes, you read that right 8GB!!! Wow, I remember when I thought 512MB attached to my key chain was impressive. This little puppy is 200x [...]
Cable Labs Certified Media Center – Requirements
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Windows Media, Windows Vista on January 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Cable Labs is really putting the screws on OEM users, who like to home-brew their media center PC on the cheap. To view and record HDTV content on a new Vista MCE PC, the following is a list of required components (thanks Chris Lanier):
1) Vista Home Premium or Ultimate2) HDCP Video Card3) Special BIOS w/ OCUR bit [...]
Bose TriPort Around-Ear Headphones
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Electronics, Music on December 15, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I finally decided to ditch my Sennheiser phones today on account of a malfunctioning jack, which meant I could only get sound from one ear unless I contorted my body in a strange angle and held the wire in the air in the direction of the wind. So I popped down to my local [...]
Media Center PC and HDTV
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Video Rendering on November 13, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Phew, this HDTV stuff can get confusing. What with the number of different connections: HDMI, DVI, RGBHV, YPrPb, the various resolutions available, and video card timings and compatibility – it’s enough to make one’s head explode. In a couple of earlier posts (here and here) I attempted to demystify HDTV, Widescreen and Media Center 2005. Since then [...]
H.I.D
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Automotive on October 20, 2006 | 11 Comments »
Getting away from the software theme for this post… I’ve been giving some serious thought into adding HID (High Intensity Discharge) lights to my 2006 Scion TC.
What is HID exactly?
HID is a newer technology for illumination, which uses xenon gas discharge, rather than the typical halogen found in most cars. This produces a crisper, more [...]
New Toy
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Cell Phone on July 21, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Geek prevails! I’ve purchased a new PDA/phone – the Verizon XV6700.
After owning an IPAQ 3870 for longest time it’s was about time that I upgraded to a modern PDA that runs Microsoft Windows Mobile 5. Because this beauty integrates a cell phone I no longer have carry around two devices. This little box of [...]
