You are here:
Home / Archives for mythtv
By Frank on Jan 25, 2011 · 1 Comment
This is one small computer, actually it looks more like a memory card reader than a computer. Don’t be fooled by it’s incredibly small size, this thing is more powerful that my netbook. CompuLab’s TrimSlice packs one hell-of-a punch for such a small unit. NVIDIA Tegra 2 Dual Core ARM Cortex A9 1GHz Integrated ultra-low [...]
Filed under Gadgets · Tagged with 2.1, ac, arm, book, bus, car, case, computer, ds, ea, gpu, hd, htpc, id, ir, irc, led, loa, memory card, metal, mod, mythtv, netbook, os, pc, pocket, power, rc, rim, ring, server, small, tablet, tech.nocr.at, time, tiny, usb, wifi, xbmc
By Frank on Jan 6, 2011 · 1 Comment
In our next installment of Distros That Don’t Suck we will be looking at open source HTPC software. Sure you can load up VLC or even use Windows Media player, but having a dedicated solution with a UI that is made for a TV is a lot easier and pleasing. I’ve left the PVR-centric software [...]
Filed under Tech News · Tagged with ac, amazon, android, apple, appletv, avi, boxee, car, cat, cheap, control, cross, distro, drive, ds, dvd, ea, evo, experience, fire, firefox, frame, freevo, Gaming, gentoo, hard drive, homebrew, htpc, ical, id, internet radio, ir, led, linux, live, loa, make, media center, mod, music, mythtv, nda, open, open source, os, pc, pen, phone, picture, plugins, portable, power, proc, pvr, radio, rc, remote, remote control, rim, ring, service, stream, tech.nocr.at, time, tor, tube, ui, usb, video, vlc, watch, wind, windows, xbmc, xbox, youtube
By Frank on Sep 6, 2010 · 3 Comments
Following my first two distro lists; Linux Distros That Don’t Suck and More Linux Distros That Don’t Suck, I bring you the long awaited third installment in my distro lists; Even More Linux Distros That Don’t Suck. As a fore-warning, this list is just what I have used in the past and what I have [...]
Filed under Tech News · Tagged with 2010, 3d, 3g, ac, audio, bra, comments, computer, console, debian, distro, ds, ea, embeded, experience, fire, firewall, follow, htpc, id, ir, key, laptop, led, linux, live, loa, lock, Mac, machine, messages, mini, mod, mythtv, network, os, pc, personal, privacy, proc, ring, rock, service, small, switch, tech.nocr.at, time, tiny, ubuntu, ui, video, watch, zeroshell
By Frank on Nov 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Not happy with the limited ability of Apple’s remote control? Build yourself your very own by using an Arduino. Besides the obvious fact that this will act as a remote control for not only your AppleTV but also your Mac, you can easily build projects to automate tasks via the remote control. This is a [...]
Filed under Hacking And Security · Tagged with ac, apple, appletv, arduino, control, diy, ds, ea, id, instructable, ir, loa, Mac, mit, mythtv, remote, remote control, tech.nocr.at, ui
By Frank on May 12, 2009 · 4 Comments
What in this world could protect your computer(s) or network better than a firewall? If you said not connecting your machine to the Internet your right, but most of us can’t live for more than a few minutes without being online. Hell, it gives me the shakes. Now, here at the Frank residences we have [...]
Filed under Hacking And Security · Tagged with ac, bsd, case, commercial, computer, console, ds, ea, fire, firewall, flash, Gaming, hack, hacking, id, ir, iso, laptop, led, links, linksys, live, loa, m0n0wall, Mac, machine, mythtv, nda, nes, network, online, open, open source, os, pc, pen, pfsense, power, rc, rim, rod, router, server, time, ui
By Frank on Oct 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Once Microsoft decided to roll out the 360, they had no plans to offer a lite or slim version. One modder has decided to defy the laws of console gaming and build his own slim version of the original Xbox. The slimmed down Xbox is reduced by almost 2 inches in length, width, and height. [...]
Filed under Gaming · Tagged with 360, air, console, drive, ds, dvd, ea, g4, Gaming, id, ir, make, media center, microsoft, mod, modder, mods, mythtv, os, pc, press, rod, slim, ui, xbmc, xbox
By Frank on Jun 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Seems like all the hype with SSD drives that old platter based units might be on the way out, then again they might all be wrong. Western Digital is working on an insanely fast 20,000 rpm drive. That’s nearly twice as fast as the fastest hard drive that most people use for their personal computers. [...]
Filed under Tech News · Tagged with computer, drive, ea, fast, hard drive, ir, mythtv, nes, os, personal, sound, technology, ui, western digital, wrong
By Frank on Jan 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment
It looks like the Media Center space just got a bit more crowded. With already tons of Windows based Media Center software available and only a handful of decent Linux based ones floating around, Entertainer plans to change all of that. Unlike software like MythTV or Freevo, Entertainer is strictly a Media Center based application [...]
Filed under Tech News · Tagged with ac, bra, cat, computer, crowd, dfu, drive, ds, dvr, ea, entertainer, evo, freevo, id, ir, linux, live, loa, media center, music, mythtv, nda, nes, os, picture, playlist, pvr, rc, rss, space, tech.nocr.at, ui, video, wind, windows
By Frank on Nov 29, 1999 · Leave a Comment
Fear-not fearless open sources PVR’ers, the people over at MythTV are real close to striking a deal (albeit a pay one) to have listing services continued. Zap2It labs, which has provided free TV listings in Canada and the US announced last month that they were discontinuing their free service. Shortly thereafter a group of Mythtv [...]
Filed under Tech News · Tagged with ac, dead, ea, id, images, ir, led, mythtv, open, open source, os, pen, pvr, rc, ring, service, tor, ui, zap
By Frank on Nov 29, 1999 · Leave a Comment
II’m a big fan of open source software. Probably the biggest piece of open source software that is heavily used (ok, besides MythTV) is our Asterisk phone system that runs all of the phones here at home. The problem with depending on Asterisk is the need for SIP based phones or SIP adapters, which can [...]
Filed under Gadgets · Tagged with ac, amp, avi, cheap, ds, ea, hack, hacking, ical, id, images, key, led, light, mod, mods, mythtv, nes, open, open source, os, pen, phone, rc, skype, tor, ui
Even More Linux Distros That Don’t Suck
By Frank on Sep 6, 2010 · 3 Comments
Following my first two distro lists; Linux Distros That Don’t Suck and More Linux Distros That Don’t Suck, I bring you the long awaited third installment in my distro lists; Even More Linux Distros That Don’t Suck. As a fore-warning, this list is just what I have used in the past and what I have [...]
Filed under Tech News · Tagged with 2010, 3d, 3g, ac, audio, bra, comments, computer, console, debian, distro, ds, ea, embeded, experience, fire, firewall, follow, htpc, id, ir, key, laptop, led, linux, live, loa, lock, Mac, machine, messages, mini, mod, mythtv, network, os, pc, personal, privacy, proc, ring, rock, service, small, switch, tech.nocr.at, time, tiny, ubuntu, ui, video, watch, zeroshell