EDID stands for Extended display identification data and is what many computer monitors and televisions with a VGA/HDMI use to tell the PC what resolution they support. Which, in theory at least, is great.
However what I recently found out is that many LCD and Plasma televisions do not broadcast the correct 16:9 resolution via EDID, and [...]
Category Archives: Hardware
What I recently learned about EDID, Windows 7 and nVidia 2
Replacing the Cable Box – Boxee and Live HD TV with the Acer Revo 3610 8
Gone is my 500+ channel television subscription along with the required boxes necessary to decode all of that content. The DVR, which has been a mainstay of my family’s television viewing habits, has been ousted. In it’s place is a kick-ass system that keeps the DVR functionality for many of the TV shows that we usually watch, brings in much new content, and also saves me a few bucks each month.
Let’s face it, you don’t want all of the content that your cable provider offers. Cable providers have fought a-la-carte programming tooth and nail for this very reason. Much of it is specialty programming, and though I admit it is nice to know it was there, my family and I rarely watched any of it. My new setup brings many new sources as well as a CHOICE to what you want to view. I am very happy with the results so far.
Categories: Hardware, Reviews, Software, Tech, Television
Tagged: acer-revo, boxee, cable, home-theater, htpc
Crowd-sourced Mobile Trends for 2020 5
The beginning of a decade is always a time for prognostication, and this year is no exception. This is an interesting collaborative look on mobile device trends for 2020. A lot of these trends are already well on the way to widespread adoption, and I would argue that many will be seen by 2015.
View the complete article to view my own predications for the Mobile Trends of the 2010s.
Categories: Cell Phones, Tech
Tagged: mobile, predictions, trends
Operation Replace Cable Programming and HD DVR Box – Part 1 – The Plan 8
I’ve decided to replace my cable plan and DVR box with something a little more… functional.
Sure we get a ton of channels from Verizon FiOS, but we hardly ever watch them. Our television viewing habits mainly consist of a few programs that my wife watches and a few programs that I watch, but we almost [...]
Categories: Hardware, Software, Tech, Television
Tagged: boxee, replace-cable, Television
Copy Files to Many USB Drives Quickly and Easily 1
I was recently tasked with copying speaker’s presentations, files and handouts onto 100s of USB Drives (key drives) for a conference that work is hosting down in Washington, D.C. My first thought was that it was going to be a pain to have to copy/paste the files to each drive. I thought about creating a [...]
Categories: Hardware, Other Code, Programs
Tagged: conference, key drive, tips, tricks, usb drive, usb key drive
