Rush Limbaugh was openly promoting this strategy to get republicans to cross over and vote for Hillary in the primary and then defeat her in the fall election on his talk show. Looks like it may be working.
VHS had longer recording times, and that is what the customers wanted. This is proved by the fact that VHS "won", and ergo VHS was "better". Betamax did have better video quality, but it was not "better" in every dimension.
The Betamax was a good design, but the public chose quantity over quality.
I still need a VCR that will record HD - Sony can still make a comeback and revive the Betamax product line with a digital HD version. They could call it "Betamax HD" or perhaps "HD Beta".
If you want unencumbered BBC programming, It's readily available for download via Bit Torrent or the news groups. Most of the popular shows are available. Watch it on any platform you like including your DVD player. This is a non-issue.
I have the original Video Professor CD, and the computer that's been compromised. I also have a lawyer and will likely $profit if they want to pursue the matter.
The actual software was not developed or copyrighted by Video Professor. When I originally encountered the problem, I had the impression that Video Professor got a good deal on a truck load of buggy CDs that had been scrapped by the original supplier because of the problems I described. That's why they were giving it away. In this case, Video professor appears to be a reseller of outdated or defective software, and not the author.
My wife installed some Video Professor software on my computer. The software would not uninstall normally with "Add/Remove Programs". I tried to remove the piece of crap manually, but some of the files wouldn't delete. The OS hasn't been acting the same ever since. I will probably end up reinstalling the OS to get the machine working properly again.
So be warned, Video professor software may contain malware or even a root kit. Symantec AV and Ad-Aware didn't find anything, nevertheless, a problem still remains.
Demonoid.com (one of the better sites for BBC torrents) has torrents for the full season 3 of Dr. Who. Get the Mad Martha [MM] torrents. They are the best quality.
I download the BBC programming that I want to watch with Azureus an hour after it airs in the UK and watch it shortly after using VLC on my PC. Sometimes I'll burn a DVD and watch it on my TV. The quality is excellent.
Alternatively I can catch the programming 6 months to a year later on BBC America or the SciFi Channel with commercials and reduced resolution.
Whatever they do on their web site is a non-issue, although I'm a bit annoyed that I have to use a UK based proxy server to access some of the program guides.
It indeed crashes IE here... Windows 2K3, IE7 IE7 running on Win2K SP3? How is this possible? IE7 is not supposed to be able to run on Windows 2000. Has this changed?
The radio stations should collectively turn around and start charging air time to the artists and labels that are demanding royalties from the radio stations. If the labels want their crap played, charge them 10 cents per minute per listener. A 3 minute song would cost the artist/label $30,000.00 to be played to an audience of one hundred thousand listeners.
Give the non-commercial locals and indies that aren't demanding royalties a break with free air time.
I would be extremely interested in a set top box that can play files directly from my network drive in any format that WinDVD is capable of playing, and output video in 1080i, 720p, 480i, and other popular TV line rates. I don't want to have to download the file to the STB's local drive or have to run special video streaming software. I just want to mount the network drive to the STB and point to the file to play. Fancy menus and play lists are optional.
Hardware outputs should include the latest version of HDMI, DVI-D/I, VGA, Component and Y/C (S-Video). I want it to work with any monitor or TV that I have laying around. Optionally, an ATSC tuner can be added for digital recording / PVR capability. And of course, there should be no trace of DRM.
Apple-TV isn't there. The hacks are a start, but there's a long way to go.
There's a big market out there for this type of equipment waiting to be tapped.
Advanced spacecraft of the Rosswell variety don't require the use of an expensive spaceport. These craft can land in a corn field or just about anywhere without problems.
Creative needs to change their business model and move into new emerging markets.
I for one am in the market for a stand-alone media interface box that play audio & video files stored on my NAS drive and play them on my television and audio system. The box should play all popular formats including High definition Video formats. There are a few overpriced first generation boxes out there, but nothing for the audiophile/videophile market that does it all.
The first company that introduces a high quality, but not overpriced stand-alone box that will play everything WinDvd can play and includes the proper hardware interfaces will capture the market. I'll buy one, and many of my friends will buy one.
Seagate is an American Company. Is it possible for them to provide a secure product without providing a back door for Big Brother to access? Can they be trusted? I'm very skeptical.
My company presently purchases PCs in bulk from Dell on an OEM basis with no OS installed, well, no OS that we pay for. The PCs come preloaded with free version DOS for which there is no charge. We install our own images of Windows 2000 with our application software before shipping the PCs to our customers.
"Like some people here, I use Firefox and Adblock. I've blocked the ads that Yahoo puts in my inbox."
I have 2 Yahoo email accounts and I've never had any ads placed in my inbox on either account. On the other hand, all of the boxes on my Yahoo Mail Marketing Preferences Profile remain unchecked. Perhaps this is the reason I don't receive any ads.
I suggest that you go into your Yahoo Mail Marketing Profile and make sure all of the boxes are unchecked. This may solve your inbox ad problem without having to resort to the use of special ad blocking software.
I use both SIP and Skype, but overall I feel that SIP is a better solution.
Skype to Skype calls work very well, but the quality of Skype to PTSN us less than acceptable. Even though 'Skype Out' is presently free, I've usually had to pick up a real phone to complete my call because of excessive latency, dropouts, and overall poor frequency response. It's definitely worse than a bad cell phone connection - not a service that I would ever consider paying for. The other problem with Skype is that there are no low cost stand alone network adapters as there are with SIP. A computer or an expensive Skype phone is required to complete the call. Furthermore, bandwidth on your computer and network can be used to process calls for other Skype users even though you are not making a call, as long as the application is running.
I also use SIP with Free World Dialup service and Direct IP dialing. My Sipura SIP adapter has 2 connections. An ethernet cable to my router provides the network connection and a regular telephone plugs into the adapter. The system runs stand alone 24/7 without a computer. Everything works like a normal phone. NAT is minor an annoyance, but not a serious problem. I supply my real IP address to the SIP adapter and the problem is solved. I've never needed to use a STUN server. Overall, the quality has been as good or better than PTSN.
I'm in the market for a High Defintiton media recorder / player. I want to be able to capture an ATSC broadcast stream and record it to hard drive and later to DVD in MPEG 2 or MPEG 4 format and play it back to my high definition monitor.
This product is about 10 years behind the marketplace because it only supports NTSC and PAL.
According to msnbc, the Iraq war is costing $200 million per day. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11880954/ A half day of war funding would take care of NASA's immediate shortfall.
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Rush Limbaugh was openly promoting this strategy to get republicans to cross over and vote for Hillary in the primary and then defeat her in the fall election on his talk show. Looks like it may be working.
The Betamax was a good design, but the public chose quantity over quality.
I still need a VCR that will record HD - Sony can still make a comeback and revive the Betamax product line with a digital HD version. They could call it "Betamax HD" or perhaps "HD Beta".
The technology we bury in today's land fills will become buried treasure to archaeologists 1000 or 5000 years for now.
Just imaging discovering technology that is 5000 years old, especially if there is a world wide cataclysm and the technology is lost.
If you want unencumbered BBC programming, It's readily available for download via Bit Torrent or the news groups. Most of the popular shows are available. Watch it on any platform you like including your DVD player. This is a non-issue.
I have the original Video Professor CD, and the computer that's been compromised. I also have a lawyer and will likely $profit if they want to pursue the matter.
The actual software was not developed or copyrighted by Video Professor. When I originally encountered the problem, I had the impression that Video Professor got a good deal on a truck load of buggy CDs that had been scrapped by the original supplier because of the problems I described. That's why they were giving it away. In this case, Video professor appears to be a reseller of outdated or defective software, and not the author.
My wife installed some Video Professor software on my computer. The software would not uninstall normally with "Add/Remove Programs". I tried to remove the piece of crap manually, but some of the files wouldn't delete. The OS hasn't been acting the same ever since. I will probably end up reinstalling the OS to get the machine working properly again.
So be warned, Video professor software may contain malware or even a root kit. Symantec AV and Ad-Aware didn't find anything, nevertheless, a problem still remains.
Osama is believed to be dead. http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/osama_dead.html
Only Elvis knows for sure.
Demonoid.com (one of the better sites for BBC torrents) has torrents for the full season 3 of Dr. Who. Get the Mad Martha [MM] torrents. They are the best quality.
I can't wait for the Sara Jane Adventures to begin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Jane_Smith and season 2 of Torchwood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood. I also started watching Robin Hood on BBC America - That's another full season I'll need to grab.
I download the BBC programming that I want to watch with Azureus an hour after it airs in the UK and watch it shortly after using VLC on my PC. Sometimes I'll burn a DVD and watch it on my TV. The quality is excellent.
Alternatively I can catch the programming 6 months to a year later on BBC America or the SciFi Channel with commercials and reduced resolution.
Whatever they do on their web site is a non-issue, although I'm a bit annoyed that I have to use a UK based proxy server to access some of the program guides.
IE7 is not supposed to be able to run on Windows 2000. Has this changed?
The radio stations should collectively turn around and start charging air time to the artists and labels that are demanding royalties from the radio stations. If the labels want their crap played, charge them 10 cents per minute per listener. A 3 minute song would cost the artist/label $30,000.00 to be played to an audience of one hundred thousand listeners.
Give the non-commercial locals and indies that aren't demanding royalties a break with free air time.
Where's Apple's entry? In the past, Apple has had very close ties with educators. I don't think they would want to be left out in the cold.
According to their Wiki http://wiki.neurostechnology.com/index.php/Neuros_ OSD The Neuros product doesn't support ATSC or any of the High Definition formats.
I would be extremely interested in a set top box that can play files directly from my network drive in any format that WinDVD is capable of playing, and output video in 1080i, 720p, 480i, and other popular TV line rates. I don't want to have to download the file to the STB's local drive or have to run special video streaming software. I just want to mount the network drive to the STB and point to the file to play. Fancy menus and play lists are optional.
Hardware outputs should include the latest version of HDMI, DVI-D/I, VGA, Component and Y/C (S-Video). I want it to work with any monitor or TV that I have laying around. Optionally, an ATSC tuner can be added for digital recording / PVR capability. And of course, there should be no trace of DRM.
Apple-TV isn't there. The hacks are a start, but there's a long way to go.
There's a big market out there for this type of equipment waiting to be tapped.
Advanced spacecraft of the Rosswell variety don't require the use of an expensive spaceport. These craft can land in a corn field or just about anywhere without problems.
"Start listening to customers"
Creative needs to change their business model and move into new emerging markets.
I for one am in the market for a stand-alone media interface box that play audio & video files stored on my NAS drive and play them on my television and audio system. The box should play all popular formats including High definition Video formats. There are a few overpriced first generation boxes out there, but nothing for the audiophile/videophile market that does it all.
The first company that introduces a high quality, but not overpriced stand-alone box that will play everything WinDvd can play and includes the proper hardware interfaces will capture the market. I'll buy one, and many of my friends will buy one.
Seagate is an American Company. Is it possible for them to provide a secure product without providing a back door for Big Brother to access? Can they be trusted? I'm very skeptical.
My company presently purchases PCs in bulk from Dell on an OEM basis with no OS installed, well, no OS that we pay for. The PCs come preloaded with free version DOS for which there is no charge. We install our own images of Windows 2000 with our application software before shipping the PCs to our customers.
I have 2 Yahoo email accounts and I've never had any ads placed in my inbox on either account. On the other hand, all of the boxes on my Yahoo Mail Marketing Preferences Profile remain unchecked. Perhaps this is the reason I don't receive any ads.
I suggest that you go into your Yahoo Mail Marketing Profile and make sure all of the boxes are unchecked. This may solve your inbox ad problem without having to resort to the use of special ad blocking software.
I went to the Azureus networks download site: http://www.zudeo.com/
The banner says Code name: ZUDEO powered by Azureus 3.0
Copyright 2006 Azureus Inc
I don't know if this is from the same people that brought us the open source Azureus Client, but it looks like it may be.
First utorrent, now Azureus, What next.
I use both SIP and Skype, but overall I feel that SIP is a better solution.
Skype to Skype calls work very well, but the quality of Skype to PTSN us less than acceptable. Even though 'Skype Out' is presently free, I've usually had to pick up a real phone to complete my call because of excessive latency, dropouts, and overall poor frequency response. It's definitely worse than a bad cell phone connection - not a service that I would ever consider paying for. The other problem with Skype is that there are no low cost stand alone network adapters as there are with SIP. A computer or an expensive Skype phone is required to complete the call. Furthermore, bandwidth on your computer and network can be used to process calls for other Skype users even though you are not making a call, as long as the application is running.
I also use SIP with Free World Dialup service and Direct IP dialing. My Sipura SIP adapter has 2 connections. An ethernet cable to my router provides the network connection and a regular telephone plugs into the adapter. The system runs stand alone 24/7 without a computer. Everything works like a normal phone. NAT is minor an annoyance, but not a serious problem. I supply my real IP address to the SIP adapter and the problem is solved. I've never needed to use a STUN server. Overall, the quality has been as good or better than PTSN.
Detailed specifications can be found here http://wiki.neurostechnology.com/index.php/Neuros_ OSD
I'm in the market for a High Defintiton media recorder / player. I want to be able to capture an ATSC broadcast stream and record it to hard drive and later to DVD in MPEG 2 or MPEG 4 format and play it back to my high definition monitor.
This product is about 10 years behind the marketplace because it only supports NTSC and PAL.
According to msnbc, the Iraq war is costing $200 million per day. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11880954/ A half day of war funding would take care of NASA's immediate shortfall.
But then, Firefox is the best choice for Windows 2000 and earlier operating systems since Microsoft chose not to make IE7 compatable with these OS's.
It's working now. I just grabbed the torrent.