Several interesting news concerning 1394 that I missed last week. First we have the 1394 Trade Association releasing new specifications for set top boxes and tools to test compliance. Then we have the FCC allowing companies to make it an optional requirement. The timing of the two announcements doesn’t make sense to me. 1394 compliance is still required if you […]
Read morePretty basic stuff for most of us here, but useful to pass along to someone you know who may not be as technologically savvy. Buying the right HDTV is actually much harder than walking into a store and laying down some plastic—and certainly much harder than it should be. But there are quite a few things you can do […]
Read moreIf you don’t care about 3D or 24p and still want all the plasma goodness – you owe it to yourself to take a hard look at the G20/G25 family. Panasonic’s G20 series is strictly 2D and offers 50- and 54-inch models. As of this writing, they are exclusive to Best Buy stores. If you shop for either set […]
Read moreIt seems that it’s been a while since I last updated my blog. At that time I was looking at running the various Mythtv-based linux distrobutions. Among the distrobutions that I had mentioned are Mythdora, Mythbuntu and LinHES. At the time, I had tested Mythdora. Well, I recently found myself with a bit of free time so I decided to load […]
Read moreWow, I can’t remember any other week with this many Blu-ray releases of which I barely recognized any of them. I saw Beautiful, that was a pretty entertaining and messed up movie. But the pick is obvious… MissingRemote’s Pick of the Week Hot Tub Time Machine Plot is simple–4 buddies enter a hot tub only to be transported back in […]
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