I have mixed feelings about UltraHD Blu-ray on the PC. On one hand, it is fantastic that the PC, and therefore the home theater PC (HTPC), continues to evolve to support the latest and greatest formats (ignoring Dolby Vision of course). I love the flexibility that having a HTPC in my A/V stack provides, so this is awesome. But, on […]
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There are not many reasonably priced options when shopping for a rack mount 3U-4U server chassis with 16+ SAS/SATA hot swap hard drive bays. So, I ended up choosing between the ~$325-$350 NORCO RPC-3216 and RPC-3116 chassis. The only discernible difference between the two is that the RPC-3216 uses MiniSAS connectors and the RPC-3116 does not. Having found the server […]
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With an MSRP of $179 (1x) / $875 (5x), the new Unifi nanoHD access point is well priced. Especially considering the 802.11af power delivery, and 4×4 MU-MIMO nature of its 5GHz radio. 2.4GHz is a much more pedestrian 2×2, which is fine for most applications. Looks like these should hit retail around the end of the month. Our Smallest Access […]
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I can’t say that I’ve even noticed that PBS wasn’t on Hulu or the other streaming services because one of the first things I did after moving back to the US was have an antenna installed in the attic for our HDHR. When we want to watch PBS, or any local station for that matter that’s how we do it […]
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I’ve been thinking about doing something similar to this water level monitoring sensor, but with temperature, at a location that’s just a little too far for Wi-Fi. There are some good ideas here. For e.g. I didn’t know that the TPL5110 timer existed. The components are all on Arduino shields to reduce as much cables as possible. There is a […]
Read moreI’ve been thinking about whether it would be a good idea to have a forum where we could post the things we have for sale or want to buy from the community. It would be great if you could take a moment and respond to the poll. Thanks
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When I build a system, either for myself or someone else, I often end up with a lower priced, and lower featured motherboard. Unfortunately, it’s often difficult to find reviews for these boards, so it was nice to see this mid-range MSI B360 review popup this morning. Today we have our first B360 chipset motherboard review for you. MSI’s […]
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I recently started a project to try to use the space in our utility, er… server room better. A big part of this was getting a wall mounted rack that I could use for our server and the network equipment that also lives in the space. After a lot of research, and some help from my friend Adam who knows […]
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I remember clearly when the first UltraViolet (UV) titles launched. I had followed the development of the UV content ecosystem over several years and was excited to finally be able to start building a digital locker where I would be able to access my entire library in the cloud without the hassle of disc based backup to burned discs or […]
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It’s a great idea to add water/flood monitoring into your home automation system. It can make a huge difference between a bad thing, and a catastrophe. This $60 Z-Wave sensor from Aeotec looks pretty nice, and includes vibration and temperature sensors as well as watching for H20. Water Sensor 6. Flood sensor. Leak sensor. Safety sensor. Z-Wave sensor. Monitor a […]
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