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Can open source kick-start the hardware hobbyist market?

Can open source kick-start the hardware hobbyist market?A bright new paradigm for opensource!So OSS has come of age, after all!Soon opensource will start bringing food to many a table across the globe.The days of proprietary monopoly are numbered.S.KOpen source?Cool dev board, but what's open source about it? OS? Dev tools?The...

Tags: open source, hardware, MythTV

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

MythTV 0.20.2 (Mac)

MythTV is a collection of software which provides the functions commonly known as a PVR or DVR (personal, or digital, video recorder) - essentially, it's a computerized VCR, similar to a TiVo or a Replay... but since it's open source software, if you don't like the way it does something,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Personal Video Recorder, Plug-in, MythTV, DVR, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-01-17

FX to test new ad to combat DVR viewers

FX to test new ad to combat DVR viewersHere's a thoughtDo one of the following:Make your ads entertaining to watch instead of annoying.Or with my ReplayTVI can just "skip-skip-skip" those nasty timewasters!Here's another thoughtIf we wanted to see ads, we'd watch the ads, if we're skipping over them, maybe that...

Tags: MythTV, digital video recorder, advertisement, TV

Discussion threads 2006-09-15

iTunes in monthly deal with ComedyCentral

iTunes in monthly deal with ComedyCentralI have a better ideaInstall MythTV, buy a PocketPC, and watch the Daily Show and the Colbert Report for free on a screen twice as large as what is found on the video iPod.Not a subscriotion model!Again a wilfully misleading ZDNet article. This is...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Handhelds, Operating systems, Apple iTunes, Wired News, Apple iPod, Compaq iPAQ, Pocket PC, MythTV

Discussion threads 2006-03-08

Intel, Microsoft join forces for entertainment PCs

Intel, Microsoft join forces for entertainment PCsIntel, Microsoft join forces for entertainment PCsIntel and Microsoft are going in the wrong direction with entertainment PCs. People don't want to watch tv on their PCs, they want their PCs to connect to their existing stereo and tv. LCD/plasma TVs are...

Tags: Desktops, 64-bit, MythTV, LCD/plasma TV, Entertainment PC, Intel Corp., PC, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-01-04

Study: TiVo losing ground to generics

Study: TiVo losing ground to genericsWhy TiVo when you can FreeVo!With the plethora of TV capture cards out there, why would any BUY a TiVo. Any decent PC can become a DVR with a capture card and software like MCE, SageTV, BeyondTV, etc. Just add a second HD...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, TV & Home Theater, Comcast Corp., TiVo Inc., MythTV

Discussion threads 2005-11-16

Worm plays games with victims

Worm plays games with victimsLinux is definitely more secureSince linux doesn't allow anyone to play games, there is no chance that any worm writer will be able to use this technique to spread worms around a Linux network. Phew!Don't bother with the impulse gamesMacromedia really rips of customers with low...

Tags: Games, Operating systems, UNIX, Cyberthreats, MythTV, game, Linux, basement

Discussion threads 2005-01-13

Additional Resources

Dell's answer to Apple's Mac mini - The Inspiron Zino HD

People Actually Buy These Things?Almost a $1000.00 for a cutsey, low powered designer computer? Do people actually buy these things? Maybe they should check out your Very Best Kit list.adrian please 959$ you dont put 959 for a low-end entry level machine you can have...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac Mini, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

(Microsoft trains Best Buy Linux assassins)

despair?Are MS in despair?..Linux has better hardware support than windows.They forgot wine too. This disgusts me. The day Gates comes near me and holds out his hand expecting me to shake it is the day I rip it off.Keep in mindThat the users that these best buy employees will be...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Best Buy Co. Inc., wine, Microsoft Corp., Best Buy Linux, Best Buy Linux assassin, assassin

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

DTV Transition? Done. Now Make My DVD Problem Go Away!

DTV Transition? Done. Now Make My DVD Problem Go Away!Could you share more details on your Linux experiences?I've been planning to build a Linux based media center but I haven't planned out my plans on dealing with Direct TV. What did you find to be lacking on the Linux media...

Tags: Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVD, DVD Problem, DTV Transition, digital television, CD

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

Microsoft struggles with Xbox vs. Windows Media Center positioning

Microsoft struggles with Xbox vs. Windows Media Center positioningUnacceptableI am hoping they will change this. Media Center is a good product. I do not want to have to hook my laptop to my TV just to watch a movie. If this is the direction they are going with their 3...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Game players, Digital rights management (DRM), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital media, Consumer electronics, Windows Media, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Media Center, positioning, Microsoft Corp., NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox, Medi

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

Scott Adams' "home server" would be a massive DRM and vendor lock-in

Scott Adams' "home server" would be a massive DRM and vendor lock-init already existsWindows Home Server?Apple will charge...One dollar less than "crazy expensive". That's the magic of Steve Jobs.Smart Home technologyAbout 20 years ago I worked with a company that installed custom control systems for edifices that controlled lighting,...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Linux, Construction, Bluetooth, TVs, PRODUCTIVITY, Digital media, TV & Home Theater, Apple Inc., Scott Adams, Apple TV, digital-rights management, home server, HVAC, TV

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

The great server-centric personal computing experiment begins

The great server-centric personal computing experiment beginsSounds good! One tip...I'd consider Ubuntu 8.04.1 server edition, instead of 8.10. Nothing like a rock-steady LTS for a server...If you need support for very new hardware: on January 22, version 8.04.2 will be released. Not only will this point release contain all accumulated...

Tags: Servers, Desktops, server, LTS, personal computing experiment, centric personal computing experiment, hardware, computing experiment, great Server, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

TiVo control comes to iPhone

TiVo control comes to iPhoneYawn, MS innovated this long agoBy tapping into the extremely innovative [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_SideShow]SideShow[/url] feature of Vista something OS X has no answer for, I can interact with my Vista Media PC through my Windows Mobile phone using BlueTooth. Not only can I control all aspects of the...

Tags: DVR, Microsoft Windows, Digital video, TiVo Inc., cable company, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp., digital video recorder, cable, Comcast Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

Ten key differences between Linux and Windows

Ten key differences between Linux and WindowsRe: Shouldn't this be titledNot everything; for example 1) hardware support - not all closed source OS has the same level of hardware support. 2) Command line vs no command line : Many closed source OS has fully functional command line support.3) Multilayered run...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Windows, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?

Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?It is an apt comparison>Your Ubunutu/Vista comparison doesn't pass the common sense test. Think about what you can get with Ubuntu-- Compiz Fusion for eye candy, drive encryption, MythTV DVR app, OpenOffice.org, ect. You have to get Ultimate Windows to get all...

Tags: Construction, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), pricing strategy, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

MyMote 1.0.2 (Mobile)

MyMote is an open source iPhone application aimed to provide remote functionality for Mythtv frontends. It understands the functionality needed at the moment and displays the appropriate remote layouts on the fly for watching TV or videos, setting up recordings, or viewing the weather.

Tags: Mobile, Functionality, Chase Douglas, MyMote, Corporate Communications, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2008-08-14

Windows Fiji: a world class failure

Windows Fiji: a world class failurepeople should stop complaining for what they still don't know!Did Microsoft announce that it will not be available via Windows Update? NO. So, people should stop complaining for something they still don't know! Just wait and keep your mouth in silence and you'll get this...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, QAM, world class failure, Windows Fiji, Microsoft Windows, Fiji

Discussion threads 2008-08-09

Microsoft (finally) speaks out on 'Fiji'

Microsoft finally speaks out on 'Fiji'Fiji TV Pack update can be found on the interwebs ;PObviously it may not work error-free on untested system configurations, but if you go to one of the Media Center forums you will likely find some threads about it.I am my own OEM... and I...

Tags: Media Center PCs, VMC, Fiji, Media Center PC, Microsoft Corp., OEM

Discussion threads 2008-08-08

Remote Remote GH 1.0 (Mobile)

Remote Remote GH is a remote control for the open source MythTV media center, capable of driving a frontend running on either a Linux box or a Mac via the Network Control interface.

Tags: Mobile, Media Center PCs, Linux, Open Source, Servers, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-07-25