Does anybody know about HD support, I know it has it but curious if it's limited to only 720p like the AppleTV or if it will display 1080i/p.
And is there anything to stop me from installing XBMC on there. (I doubt there is but I'm not a big fan of boxee)
I was looking for a high definition media player and ended up purchasing a Popcornhour Model C200 networked media player after ruling out Apple TV. http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/
The C200 accommodates 1 or 2 internal hard drives and has a 3.5" bay for a Blue Ray or DVD player as well. 1080P playback is not a problem. There are very few file formats that won't work with this player.
I thought the official name of element 115 was Ununpentium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ununpentium It's listed as Uup on a Dept of Navy periodic chart that was issued in the 1990s.
There may be some confusion with the program name, that was 40 years ago, but LAMPS is the name that comes to mind. The equipment may have been used with the same aircraft that you described.
Back in the late 60's I worked on a program at General Electric, Utica, NY called LAMPS. The technology consisted of very bright strobe lights flashing in the 8 Hz - 10 Hz region. These lights were flown in aircraft and used in the Vietnam war to disorient the enemy. The strobe frequency is unique in that it disrupts brain wave activity that caused the enemy target to loose control of bodily functions (not just vomiting).
We did our testing at night and the lights could be seen from a nearby highway. This resulted in multiple auto accidents.
Go to Preferences > Index and disable Beta Index (should be the first checkbox). I've had mine disabled for a long time and I never see any significant changes to the UI I know and love.
Idle is still green though:P
Thank You. Slashdot pages load seem faster as well.
Most likely, the electrolytic capacitors in the power supply and motherboard will dry out and loose their capacitance. At that point the unit will not power up when power is applied.
10 years is probably the best that you can hope for considering the component quality .
A rep from Channel Master has indicated that they would be releasing firmware enhancements for the CM7000 STB after the coupon program is over. They wouldn't elaborate on what those enhancements would be, but most likely it would be the activation of QAM demodulation mode for cable HD reception. NTSC demodulation is also a possibility, since LPTV stations will continue to use this mode.
Most of the STB chipsets in use support these modes.
According to Robert Lazar, former Area 51 physicist, element 115 is used as fuel generating antimatter in an Annihilation Reactor which powers the craft. http://www.boblazar.com/closed/index.html
I know your trying to be funny, but are you trying to be funny just by making the reference, or poking fu at the the people who believe that even though they predate the crash outside of Aurora(aka "Roswell crash")?
Actually, I was serious.
I was referring to the technology transfer claims made by the late Col. Philip Corso in his book "The Day After Roswell".
I personally have witnessed the exponential growth in technology over the last 50 years. In 1950 the state of the art in consumer electronics was a 5 tube radio and a 21 tube television. Today, we have 5 million transistors on a single computer chip. If you go back 100 years to the late 1800s, advances in technology were more or less linear and progressed very slowly. This all changed after the alleged Roswell incident.
The awe of the rapid technological growth of the past 50 years just makes me wonder if there is not more to it. I'm just happy to taken part in it.
Once you eliminate those, you've mostly just got some crappy local stations with re-runs of 20+ year old shows... Of course you'll get at least one station from each major network, so it's an improvement over OTA (analog) antenna, but it's certainly not "lots" compared to cable or DBS.
I actually enjoy those old re-runs and some of the original programming like "unreliable sources" on RTN (Retro Network). RTN, CW, and NBC programming is not available in my area. I found an old Primestar dish on the curb, hooked it up and aimed it at G18-Ku to see if I could receive anything. I ended up with 23 watchable channels after I filtered out the Spanish, AC3 audio, and encrypted channels. It's a nice supplement to OTA. I'll be adding C Band to my system after I update the analog LNB with one that's digital compatible.
I grew up with free TV and can't see paying the cable company $80 a month for the 10 cable channels (out of 200) that I actually watch.
You'll have to replace your analog LNB/Feedhorn with something that is compatible with modern DVB/FTA receivers. The cost of a new digital LNBF (LNB + Feedhorn) is under $25. There are a lot of DVB/FTA (set top box) receivers available in the $85 to $150 range.
(It could be argued that warranties aren't worth the paper they're written on. If a warranty is not workable, that's the part you can call a scam, not the gimmicky pricing.)
I bought a pair of Zenith DTT901 converters with my government coupons after researching the experiences of other users on AVSForums. The Zenith DTT901 only comes with a 90 day warranty. Considering the out of pocket cost of $10 to $20 with the government coupon ($49 - $59 retail), and the reputation of the manufacturer, does the warranty really matter?
A 5 year warranty doesn't mean anything if the product is a piece of crap. Universal Techtronics brand isn't even on the CECB approved list:
I'd have taken advantage of it, called in the media, and explained to them just how common "selling your vote" is in congress, and how there is nobody who truly represents "we the people", especially that portion of us below 30.
How True!
Everybody knows that we have the best politicians that money can buy.
Creation of new domains is like extortion. For example, Disney will have to pay for disney.fun, disney.kids, disney.parks, disney.film, etc. just to make sure that those don't turn into porn sites or worse. I thought that Disney was a registered trademark. This alone should be enough to stop illicit use.
In the Good Old Days, we had Heathkit, Eico Kits, and Knight Kits (Allied Radio). The last kit that I built was a Heath AR1500 AM/FM Stereo receiver that I purchased in 1972. It's still running today.
I see the same ladies that you see, but they are labeled as being from Binghamton, NY. I was visiting in Rochester, and once again, these very same ladies were tagged as being from Rochester NY.
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A Flash player is presently under development for the C-200.
Does anybody know about HD support, I know it has it but curious if it's limited to only 720p like the AppleTV or if it will display 1080i/p.
And is there anything to stop me from installing XBMC on there. (I doubt there is but I'm not a big fan of boxee)
I was looking for a high definition media player and ended up purchasing a Popcornhour Model C200 networked media player after ruling out Apple TV. http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/
The C200 accommodates 1 or 2 internal hard drives and has a 3.5" bay for a Blue Ray or DVD player as well. 1080P playback is not a problem. There are very few file formats that won't work with this player.
Here are the C200 technical specifications: http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/index.php?pluginoption=productspec&item_id=12
elerium-115?
I thought the official name of element 115 was Ununpentium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ununpentium
It's listed as Uup on a Dept of Navy periodic chart that was issued in the 1990s.
Robert Lazar discusses applications of Element 115 at his web site: http://www.boblazar.com/closed/gravity.htm
I downloaded the 720p High Definition Bit Torrent version Saturday morning and watched it with commercial free with my friends that evening.
The SiFy logo and animated banners, however, are still annoying.
There may be some confusion with the program name, that was 40 years ago, but LAMPS is the name that comes to mind. The equipment may have been used with the same aircraft that you described.
Back in the late 60's I worked on a program at General Electric, Utica, NY called LAMPS. The technology consisted of very bright strobe lights flashing in the 8 Hz - 10 Hz region. These lights were flown in aircraft and used in the Vietnam war to disorient the enemy. The strobe frequency is unique in that it disrupts brain wave activity that caused the enemy target to loose control of bodily functions (not just vomiting).
We did our testing at night and the lights could be seen from a nearby highway. This resulted in multiple auto accidents.
This might be a little bit off topic, but... Is there any good skype alternative? Something that works in linux, windows, and mac?
Magicjack works for me.
How well does it perform on Vista?
Actually, there is a remnant population of less than 1200 in Florida. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Crocodile
Go to Preferences > Index and disable Beta Index (should be the first checkbox). I've had mine disabled for a long time and I never see any significant changes to the UI I know and love.
Idle is still green though :P
Thank You. Slashdot pages load seem faster as well.
Most likely, the electrolytic capacitors in the power supply and motherboard will dry out and loose their capacitance. At that point the unit will not power up when power is applied.
10 years is probably the best that you can hope for considering the component quality .
A rep from Channel Master has indicated that they would be releasing firmware enhancements for the CM7000 STB after the coupon program is over. They wouldn't elaborate on what those enhancements would be, but most likely it would be the activation of QAM demodulation mode for cable HD reception. NTSC demodulation is also a possibility, since LPTV stations will continue to use this mode.
Most of the STB chipsets in use support these modes.
According to Robert Lazar, former Area 51 physicist, element 115 is used as fuel generating antimatter in an Annihilation Reactor which powers the craft. http://www.boblazar.com/closed/index.html
Details of Annihilation Reactor operation are here: http://www.boblazar.com/closed/reactor.htm
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0122e.html#gruff
I know your trying to be funny, but are you trying to be funny just by making the reference, or poking fu at the the people who believe that even though they predate the crash outside of Aurora(aka "Roswell crash")?
Actually, I was serious.
I was referring to the technology transfer claims made by the late Col. Philip Corso in his book "The Day After Roswell".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-02Q5kVZYk&feature=related (part 1 of 12). Follow the links at youtube for the remaining 11 parts.
I personally have witnessed the exponential growth in technology over the last 50 years. In 1950 the state of the art in consumer electronics was a 5 tube radio and a 21 tube television. Today, we have 5 million transistors on a single computer chip. If you go back 100 years to the late 1800s, advances in technology were more or less linear and progressed very slowly. This all changed after the alleged Roswell incident.
The awe of the rapid technological growth of the past 50 years just makes me wonder if there is not more to it. I'm just happy to taken part in it.
"After six Nobel Prizes, the invention of the transistor, laser and"
This was all technology appropriated from the Roswell Crash anyhow.
If the retail price is more than the price Lenovo is offering, you may come out ahead.
Once you eliminate those, you've mostly just got some crappy local stations with re-runs of 20+ year old shows... Of course you'll get at least one station from each major network, so it's an improvement over OTA (analog) antenna, but it's certainly not "lots" compared to cable or DBS.
I actually enjoy those old re-runs and some of the original programming like "unreliable sources" on RTN (Retro Network). RTN, CW, and NBC programming is not available in my area. I found an old Primestar dish on the curb, hooked it up and aimed it at G18-Ku to see if I could receive anything. I ended up with 23 watchable channels after I filtered out the Spanish, AC3 audio, and encrypted channels. It's a nice supplement to OTA. I'll be adding C Band to my system after I update the analog LNB with one that's digital compatible.
I grew up with free TV and can't see paying the cable company $80 a month for the 10 cable channels (out of 200) that I actually watch.
Most of the old analog channels are gone, but the list of FTA (free to air) DVB digital channels is growing.
Here's a list of available FTA channels on C Band http://www.global-cm.net/MPEGlistCBandUS.html and on Ku Band http://www.global-cm.net/MPEGlistKuBandUS.html
You'll have to replace your analog LNB/Feedhorn with something that is compatible with modern DVB/FTA receivers. The cost of a new digital LNBF (LNB + Feedhorn) is under $25. There are a lot of DVB/FTA (set top box) receivers available in the $85 to $150 range.
(It could be argued that warranties aren't worth the paper they're written on. If a warranty is not workable, that's the part you can call a scam, not the gimmicky pricing.)
I bought a pair of Zenith DTT901 converters with my government coupons after researching the experiences of other users on AVSForums. The Zenith DTT901 only comes with a 90 day warranty. Considering the out of pocket cost of $10 to $20 with the government coupon ($49 - $59 retail), and the reputation of the manufacturer, does the warranty really matter?
A 5 year warranty doesn't mean anything if the product is a piece of crap. Universal Techtronics brand isn't even on the CECB approved list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CECB
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_CECB_units
I'd have taken advantage of it, called in the media, and explained to them just how common "selling your vote" is in congress, and how there is nobody who truly represents "we the people", especially that portion of us below 30.
How True!
Everybody knows that we have the best politicians that money can buy.
What are these made-in-China products you have that were tested first? :-)
Popcornhour A-100 Digital Media Player http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/In the Good Old Days, we had Heathkit, Eico Kits, and Knight Kits (Allied Radio). The last kit that I built was a Heath AR1500 AM/FM Stereo receiver that I purchased in 1972. It's still running today.
Today, there's not much out there. The local hobby store sells simple kits from Velleman http://www.vellemanusa.com/us/enu/product/list/?id=523008 but these don't compare to the kits of the 60s & 70s.
I guess that's it's a lot cheaper to buy the product assembled and tested from China than it is to build your own.
The ARRL handbook is a good source of do it yourself electronic projects geared toward Amateur Radio.
I see the same ladies that you see, but they are labeled as being from Binghamton, NY. I was visiting in Rochester, and once again, these very same ladies were tagged as being from Rochester NY.
These hot ladies sure get around.