Monthly Archives: January 2008
tivo
So, I finally bought a used Tivo just to see what it was like. I don’t know why I never got one before, honestly… I think the whole idea of the subscription service put me off. Since I’m already paying … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment
movies on demand
Continuing in my slow re-examination of playing with Comcast’s DVR offerings, something else is coming back to me — I really like their On Demand selection. In fact, it’s actually the best I’ve seen to date. Although, in all fairness, … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment
lack, amount and willingness of transparency
There’s one other issue that seems to be a problem that users are talking about on the forums, and that’s a lack of transparency. I guess the belief is that everything is secret and since there’s little to no communication … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo
communication issues
I really don’t like commenting on things going on in that relate to Gentoo internally, and I won’t, but I think I will touch upon one subject that I see coming up lately, and that is communication with users. I … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo
mplayer-resume-1.5
A bug in MythVideo inspired me to work on fixing mplayer-resume tonight, so that it can properly handle movies with filenames. I don’t know why I didn’t think about this before, but it’s simple if the file is properly escaped … Continue reading
Filed under bend / dvd2mkv, Entertainment, Gentoo, MPlayer, Multimedia, MythTV
comcast cable tv upgrade, part two
Comcast came out on Friday morning and installed my upgraded cable connection. Strictly speaking, I have no idea which tier I’m actually on right now. I know it’s at least expanded digital cable, and I think I get some HDTV … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, Entertainment, Hardware, Multimedia, MythTV
new monitor
I got a new monitor at work today. It’s a Samsung 226BW, and it is very nice. I actually like the widescreen monitors. The great thing about them is you can work on your code and easily watch videos on … Continue reading
comcast cable tv upgrade
So, I finally made an impulsive move and called up Comcast to get an expanded cable TV package. I got an ad in the mail yesterday (addressed specifically to me, interesting) from them offering Digital Cable with HD for only … Continue reading
Filed under Multimedia
region-free dvd drives
Following up on an earlier post about region-free dvd players, I happened to have a stroke of luck — I found a DVD-RW drive that is region free. I happened to pick up an SATA DVD drive, and as I … Continue reading
Filed under Hardware, Multimedia
switching aspect ratio on the fly
I was tinkering with my MPlayer configuration for LIRC tonight to figure out a small OSD annoyance, when I found this interesting thing that I always thought would be nice. The slave mode has an option to switch the aspect … Continue reading
Filed under MPlayer
