Apple TV Hack: RSS Reader Plugin
AppleTV Video Review: A First Look by Father Bill
Father Bill does an excellent job of showing you what’s under the hood of an AppleTV. If you are thinking about buying an AppleTV, this is a great review with real world examples. If you cannot see the AppleTV video review, click here. Continue ReadingThe Magic Jumping USB Shoe
There is really nothing to say, just watch the video. Fricken crazy. How the hell did he get the shoe to jump that high? If you can’t see the magic jumping USB shoe, click here. Continue ReadingShowCase: Boot AppleTV from USB
Another Update: Use external drive via USB for unlimited storage! Update: The guys at AwkwardTV.org have been very busy. Here are some quick links to their wiki site with some great AppleTV hacks.- The full deal on How To Boot AppleTV from USB
- Backup your original Hard Drive Save a bit perfect image before you play
- Prepare a Hard Drive for use in the AppleTV
- Enable SSH Without Opening the Apple TV (work still in progress)
- Enable Remote Desktop (VNC)
- How To Enable Mouse (Cursor) on the AppleTV
Apple TV Unpacking Photos
Guess what showed up in the mail today? You can see more Apple TV unpacking photos here.
USB SyncMaster 940UX Samsung 19inch Monitor
Samsung announced a new 19-inch LCD monitor called, the SyncMaster 940UX, which can be connected to a PC using only a USB port. I’ve been saying this for years, but a move like this from Samsung once again proves my point…USB is king of plug-n-play solutions.
Apple TV Shipping
I got an email from Apple this morning at 4 A.M.. Guess my Apple TV is on its way. And it looks like they gave me a discount. I only got charged $281. It’s listed for $299 on Apple.com. I pre-ordered my Apple TV the day it was announced. Maybe I got the discount because it got delayed a month?
Review: Terratec Headset Master 5.1 Surround Sound USB
Gadget Centre has once again pulled through with an excellent review. The Terratec USB Surround Sound Headmaster is one high-tech, well built, hard core headphone system.
…held together by a unsightly looping support which wouldn’t look out of place in a medieval dungeon, it’s a good job the Headset Master is for your PC: if you took it outside people would go out of their way to point and laugh at you.
Chris Russell points out that although they are a little heavy, they are well built and designed for the hard core gamer who’d appreciate every tweak of sound during an all intense Counter-Strike tourney.
Continue ReadingApple TV Delayed
Crap. I was really looking forward to getting my Apple TV ($299) this month. I guess I’ll have to wait a little bit longer.
Wireless Digital Media Player or Wireless DMP
Steaming audio and podcasts are today’s hype on social media but when will this convenient and idealistic technology make it into homes and TVs via wireless channel for video. At least in the sense of built in technology rather then home-brew solutions.
RoadBox the Black Box for Cars
RoadBox is your black box for cars. So you got in an accident; you could say wrong place at the wrong time. To make matters worse, the “other guy” is over exaggerating her injuries and to top it off, YOU didn’t even cause the accident. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a video to fall back on? With RoadBox let the video do the talking so you can relax knowing the truth is just a click away.
Airis Digital Audio Player
DAP Review stumbled upon the 2 new players from Airis called the N0041 and the N0042 – with capacities of 1 and 2 GB respectively. The player has a battery life of 10 hours and is relatively thin at only 1.5” 128×128 pixel color screen. A nice bonus is the battery is user replaceable. Other features this player offers are FM Radio, Video Playback and picture viewing all weighing in at a total of 40 grams.