I wasn’t impressed the last time I had a chance to play with Amazon’s Fire TV. Some of that was probably the hardware itself, but some of it was also the Amazon first nature of the UI. That said, I haven’t had a chance to play with it lately, and who knows – maybe it’s AWESOME now. Even if it […]
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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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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 […]
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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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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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I’ve never had a chance to play with any of OPPO’s disc players, but they have an amazing reputation for setting the standard in quality and performance. So it was a bit of a shock, and a little saddening, to hear that they will no longer be manufacturing new products. I imagine the problem with OPPO’s business, comes down to […]
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I promised myself I wouldn’t believe anything I read today, but fortunately I’m going back on this commitment to let you know about the new 1.1.1.1 DNS service that Cloudflare has just rolled out. Obviously this isn’t the first public DNS service that provides a mechanism to work around your ISP’s poor DNS resolution; Google’s 8.8.8.8 and the “Quad9” 9.9.9.9 […]
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The last time I saw anything from Zappiti, they were still making a nicer UI for the Dune HD line up of local media streamers. So when this popped across my radar, I was suprised on a couple fronts. Now, it’s unclear whether the Zappiti NAS Rip 4K HDR supports ripping UltraHD Blu-ray or just the other formats, but this […]
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