Google TV Unboxing
So I got my hands on a free Google TV this week. Logitech sent it to me for being such a geek. Here is the unboxing and more details to follow after I have a chance to play with...
Read MoreCES 2008
I have been eating up all the new gadgets coming out of CES 2008. We are just on the verge of seeing some incredible things when it comes to shiny things that make us say Ooooo. Here are a few of my favorites that I have seen so far. Sanyo PLC-XL50, Ultra Short Throw Projector This projector sits right up to your wall. I guess it is about 21 inches and can project a 80 inch display. Wow. Now that is incredible. No more having the projector at the back of your room and people getting in the way when they stand up. I would love to see this in person. You can check it out on...
Read MoreMedia Center: Part 2
In this, part two, of my media center project I am looking at different media center applications. Each of these has their own pros and cons and I tried to list them as they applied to my own needs. They may be different for your own project so please evaluate them on your own and make your own judgement. Also make sure you read Media Center: Part 1. Matinee http://matinee.dizandat.com/ Matinee was one of the first applications I looked at. It really is not a total media center solution but a way to play video_ts folders. If you are not familiar with video_ts it is just a folder that is...
Read MoreDirectTV
I am making the switch from cable to DirectTV tomorrow. Cable just doesn’t have enough HD channels. I think I only get 17 or 19 channels on cable and satellite has over 50. Plus DirectTV seems to be on a better scheudle to add new channels by the end of the year. I really want Discovery HD, SciFi HD, History Channel HD, National Geo. HD, The Science Channel HD, and The Weather Channel HD. Okay, I was joking about wanting the Weather Channel HD. But all the other are not on Mediacom yet. And I am don’t like waiting. So between eight and noon tomorrow they are coming to do the...
Read MoreMedia Center: Part 1
Since I bought my HDTV I have been consumed with building a home media center. Well not consumed but it is the reason for my not posting much to the blog lately. After lots of research, trial and error, numerous posts to forums and friends I have my plans in place. Of at least I think I so. This is the first of a series of posts on my efforts to build my media center. I will be running everything on an older (yet still capable) Mac I have. So, first steps were connecting the Mac to the HDTV. This was easily done with a DVI to VGA cable. The resolution when doing this is 1366x x 768....
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