Stuff about technology, and gadgets.
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My JVC HD-ILA‘s lamp shattered on Tuesday. It’s had about 400 hours (max, estimated) on it. Fortunately, replacement is covered because the lamp is SUPPOSED to be good for 7000 hours. Also fortunate, if I did have to pay for it, it would be $199 + S&H. No TV except Azureus this weekend unless I figure out how to hack the scrambling on my TiVo or give in and connect the itty-bitty 14" TV.
Well, I finally got my act together after six months at a hard drive company and hacked my HR10-250 (actually, I have two, here’s the manual). Here’s what I have now:
Then I futzed around with it all day, now I have internet access to my TiVo from anywhere in the world. I’m considering adding a TiVo status in WordPress, but this is a little two Reality TV for me. I’m still running a little short on the features I want, mainly because I haven’t figured out how to disable encryption on this box:
I should be able to close these items in a few weeks, but for now, the web access to show lists is simply awesome. For those also interested in doing the same, here’s the correct order (usual rules apply, if you think you might screw up your TiVo and you’re going to void your warranty, you’re right!). Don’t do any of this, ever.
Simple, eh? Discerning readers may ask why I have two HR10-250’s. It’s a short story. One died under warranty. They shipped me a new one. I asked if they wanted the old one back. They said no, it was mine. Hence, two.
I’ve been watching the HDTV situation for some time in Colorado, and I must say, I don’t agree with any of the issues that are brought up to stop the supertower for HDTV on Lookout Mountain in Denver. These folks are all ignorant of the science, pushing their ill-founded fears on the rest of us, when if they bother to do some research, they’d actually understand the benefits of the supertower. It’s bothersome to me mostly because these not-in-my-backyard naysayers understand little or distrust the science that’s gone into EMI (no, it doesn’t cause cancer!). As a frequent reader of comp.risks, the source of these fears is well-known (risks you don’t understand = EMI vs. risks you do = driving a car). Maybe if one person in C.A.R.E. (the supertower detracters) would read this blog, I could convert them:
Coming from the Bay Area, where I could get close to 20 OTA High Definition stations, I’m very dissappointed that at similar range, I can only get 3 in Denver (PBS, NBC, ABC) of any value.
I happened to catch the trail end of an ad from hdtvcolorado on ABC showing an animation of how the extremely ugly Lookout mountain would look after a good part of the tower farm is replaced by a supertower (6 to 1!). It’s impressively cleaned up, and would actually turn Lookout Mountain into more of a destination rather than an eyesore. Here’s the picture version I found.
To pretend to balance this entry, here’s the website by the people blocking the supertower. For those with a scientific background, pay special attention to the gross misuse of statistics in the bullseye or sharpshooter fallacy (explained here) on this page (misused here). To summarize, you can’t draw the bullseye after you’ve randomly shot up the wall vis-a-vis cancer cases (see great Frontline episode “Currents of Fear” here, nice write-up here).
A friend of mine lent me the DSM-320 (it’s coming back soon, Patrick) and I evaluated it to decide to buy the ($229) DSM-520. Both boxes are UPnP AV streaming devices that let you stream audio, video, etc. from a PC.
Here’s the differences (all in favor of the DSM-520):
First impressions:
After a few months:
Overall, I still really like the DSM-520, and would recommend it to anyone looking for a high-definition streaming video player for a big-screen TV. It’s relatively inexpensive, and works quite well.
OK, it’s a surprise that RadioShack has the best price this week ($49.99 for 1GB). JJ at work pointed me at this deal. Here’s the part I like, buried in the description:
Ultra Dual Channel DDR Memory modules ship in a beautifully crated mahogany box
Huh? Now I need to order it just to see if it comes in a mahogany box…
This one is not going to be easy for you XBOX fans, but here goes.
I bought the XBOX360 on eBay for $540 including shipping and handling. I have the premium console (list $399 not incl. tax). A quick check of Walmart last week revealed this is now in stock. This is the 2nd version of the XBOX360, with the “orange” screen of death problems (overheating?) worked out.
I bought an extra wireless controller, remote control, and a copy of Quake4.
First impressions:
Graphics and startup are underwhelming. The original XBOX had so much more of a WOW factor, but mainly because of the signature Halo title that accompanied it. The XBOX360 is possibly the loudest device in my cabinet, requiring significantly more sound-proofing than any other component, including my television.
1 month later:
Beefs:
Things I like:
What I would buy now:
My XBOX360 is for sale. I really like the DSM-520, and can wait for Halo3 and the HD-DVD add-on drive for the XBOX360. The DSM-520 is really good at what it does! See my review on that in upcoming posts. The XBOX360 is just not what I wanted or needed. I suppose if I had a terabyte of storage on a noisy Media Center PC in another room, this would be an awesome solution for me, but right now it bites.
Well, I bought the television in August 2005, so I figured it was time for me to write a review. I bought it for $3100 USD from Ultimate Electronics in Boulder, CO. Interestingly enough, I had to talk my wife OUT of buying the 70″ model of the same television (given living room size, you’ll have to forgive me, but 70″ is JUST TOO BIG.
First impressions:
This TV is bright, and the colors are fantastic and bright. The 720p three-chip LCOS is spectacular, and my four high-def sources are well-served by the TV. For reference, my high-definition sources (all dutifully set to 720p, regardless of source image) are:
I’ve also tested the other sources:
6 months later:
Well, I still really enjoy the TV, but here’s some of my beefs.
Here’s what’s good:
What would I buy today:
Honestly, I like the TV a lot. That being said, the new round of 65″+ LCDs (SHARP, etc.) are finally losing that “washed-out” look, so I may opt for one of these soon, and end up with the 61″ in the bedroom. I will never buy a DLP, because the color wheel throws away so much brightness potential (1/3 the time illuminating each color!). Also, after the newest round of 1080P lieing from Samsung (their so-called 1080P set was only 1280×720, hey, that’s my resolution AND needs a color wheel) I’m inclined to go to LCDs and forever forego projection.
I’m still deciding how I’m going to handle boulderheights.org. Initially, I was quite happy with drupal (recommended by Dan) but I can’t figure out how to do some more complex (and necessary) operation with this engine (in particular, how to make the forums readable only by registered users). Now I’m in a conundrum, because about 20 users have added their information to the drupal database, and the website is advertised via a sign on the corner of Deer Trail and Lee Hill. I’ve checked, and I can’t figure out how to move people’s accounts over to e107 (also recommended by Dan, has the ability to lock out forums). Anyone have a solution?
After switching Cassie over to WordPress for her “single web-page turned blog”, I overhauled my own website, which was a mixture of B2evolution, FrontPage and custom PHP scripts to WordPress. I hope you like it. From the authoring point of view, the WYSIWYG TinyMCE editor is awesome. The conversion from blog engine to blog engine took around 10 minutes. The actual conversion of the website took me quite a while, but it’s been years (like, 6) since I did anything with the website.
Along with this conversion, I combined my “site proper” with my blog. In the process, many old links are probably broken, but I’ll be working on fixing them over the next while.
Empty box to put in your PCMCIA slot…
