Well, I record HD using a 300 MHz Blue & White G3 -- the Mac Mini should have no problem with that, using the Virtual DVHS app from the FireWire SDK. You may have some problems with playback -- AFAIK the Moto box won't pass FireWire input to the TV, and the CPU may not be up to the task of decoding the MPEG2 stream to the video out. If your TV has a FireWire/1394/iLink input, you could probably playback that way.
It's called Virtual DVHS, and is part of their FireWire SDK. It takes a MPEG2 transport stream from the FireWire & records it to the hard drive (and plays back, too, of course). It'll run on any OS X capable box -- I record HD content using a 300 MHz Blue & White G3 I got for $100 on eBay.
You're pretty much on target with respect to recording -- I record HD from my Moto 6200 cable box's FireWire output to a G3 Blue & White I picked up off eBay for $100. So a Mac Mini is more than equal to the challenge, except for the skimpy hard drive capacity; an external FireWire hard drive would probably take care of that.
Can't play back from the Mac, since my HDTV doesn't have any 1394 capability (AFAIK, most don't), and the cable box doesn't accept 1394 input (or no one's figured out how to make it happen yet). Also, most HD OTA and satellite tuners in the US market don't have FireWire -- the cable tuners do because the FCC said they have to.
Download the free FireWire SDK from Apple, and you get a virtual DVHS application that makes your Mac's 1394 interface look like a digital VHS. Combine this with a HD tuner that has FireWire out, like the Motorola 6200 series used by Comcast and others, or the Samsung T165 ATSC tuner, and you're most of the way to a PVR.
In the southeastern US, at the Narisaam shows, there's a guy who has lots of Lexmark Optra printers (the type you see in just about every bank or car dealership), usually below $200, including network cards, duplexers, and multiple input trays.
I've picked up a couple from him over the years; they've held up quite well under heavy use.
I have a Siemens SX66 (a rebadged PDA2K without the camera) and use both phone & PDA functions. The phone quality is pretty good -- it's outperfomed a Nokia in weak signal areas.
The big plus for me is the built-in Bluetooth and WiFi. The former allows for wireless hands-free phone use, and the latter is great for surfing (or using Skype if you're so inclined).
Take a look at the Siemens SX66 or the i-Mate PDA2K (the latter is basically the former with a built-in 1.3 megapixel camera). Both run WinCE 2003 2nd Edition with PocketPC phone support and have a slide-down mini-keyboard similar to that on the Treo 6xx or the Blackberry.
Re your capitalization issues, there should be a config option to turn off autocapitalization; there is on the newer units.
Though, I'm curious-- does anyone know if Mac OS X supports RDP? Not as a client, I mean, but is there a RDP server built-in?
Unfortunately, there's no RDP server available for the Mac (and I've looked pretty hard for one). I have a G3 that I use as an HD PVR, and I use VNC to access it -- like you, I'd much rather use RDP.
Not all the money was private; DC had to spend $17 million on the inaugural. Historically, these costs have been reimbursed by Congress through a special appropriation; this time, however, the Bushies have told DC to use their Homeland Security funds; after all, it's not like DC's a likely terrorist target.
It is indeed possible -- I do exactly that, recording the 1394 output of my Motorola DCT6200 cable box on a 300 MHz Blue & White Mac G3. This output is a MPEG2 transport stream, so there are a number of options for playback.
The DCT6200 can be controlled over Firewire as well, so one can write code to turn the box on & tune the appropriate channel before starting recording (sort of like what VCRPlus does).
If you're into the Mac, some people have had success using the lib1394 and VLC packages on Linux, or Vividlogic's DTVR on Windows.
Actually, the new Siemens SX66 quad-band PDA phone (just a rebadged iMate PDA2K sans camera) offered by Cingular is sold unlocked. Instead of locking the phone, they offer price breaks for comitting to a contract -- $50 for 1 year, $100 for 2 years.
There are multiple SSH clients for the Pocket PC platform, at least one of which is based on the popular PuTTY Win32 client. Also, many newer PPC phones, such as the iPaq 6315 and iMate PDA2K, include built-in WiFi, which can save you a bit on GPRS costs.
Moto really screwed up giving the MPx only 32MB; in real-world use, that leaves less than 10 MB free for other applications (the standard built-in stuff, especially the BT stack and the magic that switches between GPRS and WiFi, takes a shitload of RAM).
Yes, but the guy who wrote the book the movie was based on has written a new book, to be released this week, suggesting that such fears are overblown.
In advance of the book's publication, Crichton has written the cover story in today's Parade (Sunday magazine supplement in many US newspapers) giving several examples of such exaggerated predictions.
You can find I8K parts on eBay; I bought a replacement motherboard there about a year ago when mine stopped working. IIRC, you can get a replacement motherboard for $150-$200.
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Well, I record HD using a 300 MHz Blue & White G3 -- the Mac Mini should have no problem with that, using the Virtual DVHS app from the FireWire SDK. You may have some problems with playback -- AFAIK the Moto box won't pass FireWire input to the TV, and the CPU may not be up to the task of decoding the MPEG2 stream to the video out. If your TV has a FireWire/1394/iLink input, you could probably playback that way.
Shouldn't be too hard -- I've been doing that on my Mac for months now, using AppleScript and the Apple FireWire SDK.
It's called Virtual DVHS, and is part of their FireWire SDK. It takes a MPEG2 transport stream from the FireWire & records it to the hard drive (and plays back, too, of course). It'll run on any OS X capable box -- I record HD content using a 300 MHz Blue & White G3 I got for $100 on eBay.
You're pretty much on target with respect to recording -- I record HD from my Moto 6200 cable box's FireWire output to a G3 Blue & White I picked up off eBay for $100. So a Mac Mini is more than equal to the challenge, except for the skimpy hard drive capacity; an external FireWire hard drive would probably take care of that.
Can't play back from the Mac, since my HDTV doesn't have any 1394 capability (AFAIK, most don't), and the cable box doesn't accept 1394 input (or no one's figured out how to make it happen yet). Also, most HD OTA and satellite tuners in the US market don't have FireWire -- the cable tuners do because the FCC said they have to.
Download the free FireWire SDK from Apple, and you get a virtual DVHS application that makes your Mac's 1394 interface look like a digital VHS. Combine this with a HD tuner that has FireWire out, like the Motorola 6200 series used by Comcast and others, or the Samsung T165 ATSC tuner, and you're most of the way to a PVR.
another classic video game has died.
In the southeastern US, at the Narisaam shows, there's a guy who has lots of Lexmark Optra printers (the type you see in just about every bank or car dealership), usually below $200, including network cards, duplexers, and multiple input trays.
I've picked up a couple from him over the years; they've held up quite well under heavy use.
Or the i-Mate PDA2K, which comes with GPRS, Bluetooth and WiFi.
I have a Siemens SX66 (a rebadged PDA2K without the camera) and use both phone & PDA functions. The phone quality is pretty good -- it's outperfomed a Nokia in weak signal areas.
The big plus for me is the built-in Bluetooth and WiFi. The former allows for wireless hands-free phone use, and the latter is great for surfing (or using Skype if you're so inclined).
Take a look at the Siemens SX66 or the i-Mate PDA2K (the latter is basically the former with a built-in 1.3 megapixel camera). Both run WinCE 2003 2nd Edition with PocketPC phone support and have a slide-down mini-keyboard similar to that on the Treo 6xx or the Blackberry.
Re your capitalization issues, there should be a config option to turn off autocapitalization; there is on the newer units.
Though, I'm curious-- does anyone know if Mac OS X supports RDP? Not as a client, I mean, but is there a RDP server built-in?
Unfortunately, there's no RDP server available for the Mac (and I've looked pretty hard for one). I have a G3 that I use as an HD PVR, and I use VNC to access it -- like you, I'd much rather use RDP.
Exactly -- I record MPEG2 transport streams off my HD cable box on a 300 MHz Blue & White Mac G3 I picked up for $100 on eBay.
Not all the money was private; DC had to spend $17 million on the inaugural. Historically, these costs have been reimbursed by Congress through a special appropriation; this time, however, the Bushies have told DC to use their Homeland Security funds; after all, it's not like DC's a likely terrorist target.
Note the time this story was submitted -- the exact time that Dubya's second term starts. Obviously ${Diety} is pissed off about Bush's re-election.
It is indeed possible -- I do exactly that, recording the 1394 output of my Motorola DCT6200 cable box on a 300 MHz Blue & White Mac G3. This output is a MPEG2 transport stream, so there are a number of options for playback.
The DCT6200 can be controlled over Firewire as well, so one can write code to turn the box on & tune the appropriate channel before starting recording (sort of like what VCRPlus does).
If you're into the Mac, some people have had success using the lib1394 and VLC packages on Linux, or Vividlogic's DTVR on Windows.
Actually, the new Siemens SX66 quad-band PDA phone (just a rebadged iMate PDA2K sans camera) offered by Cingular is sold unlocked. Instead of locking the phone, they offer price breaks for comitting to a contract -- $50 for 1 year, $100 for 2 years.
Actually, spy satellites are labeled as property of Major League Baseball
There are multiple SSH clients for the Pocket PC platform, at least one of which is based on the popular PuTTY Win32 client. Also, many newer PPC phones, such as the iPaq 6315 and iMate PDA2K, include built-in WiFi, which can save you a bit on GPRS costs.
Moto really screwed up giving the MPx only 32MB; in real-world use, that leaves less than 10 MB free for other applications (the standard built-in stuff, especially the BT stack and the magic that switches between GPRS and WiFi, takes a shitload of RAM).
That decision has really pissed off at least one community of power users who'd been anxiously awaiting the MPx for many months.
but the i-mate PDA2k is nicer. Unfortunately, no US operator is offering it just yet.
Yes, but the guy who wrote the book the movie was based on has written a new book, to be released this week, suggesting that such fears are overblown.
In advance of the book's publication, Crichton has written the cover story in today's Parade (Sunday magazine supplement in many US newspapers) giving several examples of such exaggerated predictions.
You can find I8K parts on eBay; I bought a replacement motherboard there about a year ago when mine stopped working. IIRC, you can get a replacement motherboard for $150-$200.
A 30+ year-old documentary on mouse men.
Just scale up one of these bad boys, or pre-slice the human into chunks the blender can handle.
Corporate Systems Center; they offer a couple of CD duplicators. I've bought SCSI stuff from them in the past and have been very satisfied.
Also check out this list of CD/DVD duplicators from Pricegrabber.