Can we at least get some props for transcoding all the videos into flash? You can always get the original (even from some other Usenet provider, you cheapskates), but if you just want to see the damn video without having to dork with different codecs or players, you can't beat it.
Eric... (and no.. nobody at Slashdot got a free account for this post... but we'd be happy to hand them out..;-))
del.icio.us is nice, but I don't want to depend on that site always being around (plus I've got private bookmarks I don't want to share).
I wrote a firefox extension to have the best of both worlds: my bookmarks are still stored locally, but they're now automatically backed up on a web site. Additionally, with this extension my other machines can synchronize with that web site, so I've got all my bookmarks stored locally on all my machines and they periodically automatically synchronized between them.
I wish Sony could just tack an extra $100 onto each of their components so that they'd talk to each other and I wouldn't need 5 remotes or one incredibly expensive remote to operate them.
I mean, I've already got a TiVo that can display menus and options. Why can't it just talk to the other components via a firewire cable or something and negotiate how things should work? If the dvd drive has a disc inserted, it can tell the TiVo what happened and the TiVo can switch the video and audio input to the dvd player. If the dvd player detects that the disk has 2.1, 4.1, 12.8 omni-stereo surround, it can tell the TiVo, which will select the best one based on the speaker setup that is plugged in. Why can't all the video and audio be transferred over a single data bus that the components share, rather than having a zillion input/output plugs?
If the components were just a little smarter, we wouldn't need these complex remotes.
Honestly.. it always feels to me like the video/audio component companies are too busy putting more flair on their boxes and coming up with stupid control devices than they are in just making them easier to use.
I've got to agree with that. The linux driver is even better than the Windows driver, based on my experience - it never crashes the OS. I've also gotten my windows and linux machines to talk via the cards.
At $150US for 2 pcmcia cards and 2 ISA/PCMCIA adaptors, you can't beat these suckers.
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Can we at least get some props for transcoding all the videos into flash? You can always get the original (even from some other Usenet provider, you cheapskates), but if you just want to see the damn video without having to dork with different codecs or players, you can't beat it.
;-))
Eric...
(and no.. nobody at Slashdot got a free account for this post... but we'd be happy to hand them out..
del.icio.us is nice, but I don't want to depend on that site always being around (plus I've got private bookmarks I don't want to share).
I wrote a firefox extension to have the best of both worlds: my bookmarks are still stored locally, but they're now automatically backed up on a web site. Additionally, with this extension my other machines can synchronize with that web site, so I've got all my bookmarks stored locally on all my machines and they periodically automatically synchronized between them.
Check it out: http://abstractmouse.com/
And, if you're just looking for pictures and videos, there's always www.guba.com!
Eric...
I wish Sony could just tack an extra $100 onto each of their components so that they'd talk to each other and I wouldn't need 5 remotes or one incredibly expensive remote to operate them.
I mean, I've already got a TiVo that can display menus and options. Why can't it just talk to the other components via a firewire cable or something and negotiate how things should work? If the dvd drive has a disc inserted, it can tell the TiVo what happened and the TiVo can switch the video and audio input to the dvd player. If the dvd player detects that the disk has 2.1, 4.1, 12.8 omni-stereo surround, it can tell the TiVo, which will select the best one based on the speaker setup that is plugged in. Why can't all the video and audio be transferred over a single data bus that the components share, rather than having a zillion input/output plugs?
If the components were just a little smarter, we wouldn't need these complex remotes.
Honestly.. it always feels to me like the video/audio component companies are too busy putting more flair on their boxes and coming up with stupid control devices than they are in just making them easier to use.
I've got to agree with that. The linux driver is
even better than the Windows driver, based on
my experience - it never crashes the OS. I've also
gotten my windows and linux machines to talk
via the cards.
At $150US for 2 pcmcia cards and 2 ISA/PCMCIA adaptors, you can't beat these suckers.