As others in the thread have mentioned: The best thing to do is to build your own DVR out of an obsolete computer and connect it to the TV. With a $40 USB dongle you can connect an ATSC antenna (antennaweb.org) to stream to your hard disk. With some software you can setup your recordings (Beyond TV is what I use, but I think the consumer version is gone now). Connect an RF remote to the PC (Firefly). Get a decent video card for at least MPEG2 decoding (MPEG4/H.264 hardware decoder is better though). Put it together and you're basically good to go. For those shows that you can't record, P2P (EZTV). You'll get everything possible in at least 720P without having to watch commercials.
I haven't paid a cable bill in 5 years. 5x$1200/yr = $6000.
It is uClinux. They even say it in the whitepaper. Yes, uClinux is not new...it's just yet another effort to have engineers think, "Hey cool. They're using something that I know about."
Incidentally, Samsung has always had uClinux support. I worked on a port for one of their ARM9 solutions and it was crap. Apparently they contracted the work out, and the contractors did a bad job. We probably spent two weeks debugging network and memory problems. Since Samsung had contracted it out, they couldn't give any reasonable direct support.
"I'd rather not like to think of my microwave oven leaking enough RF to interfere with radio communications several apartments over."
I had to respond to this: Yes, it does. I worked on relatively early 802.11b, and since our startup company was in a small building, we rented some houses and apartments. What I found was that I could measure nearby 2.4GHz (ie a microwave in the neighbor's single family home (separated by 2 exterior walls and about 20 feet)) to such an extent as it would cause significant interference.
In a separate experiment, I had a Sony Airboard (portable battery run LCD using a modified 802.11b protocol to receive video & audio from a base station) playing Buffy the Vampire slayer. I walked around the house and it worked great. Then my wife turned on the microwave and BAM, I got garbage.
To summarize, I have experienced, and measured with equipment, microwave leakage, and it leaks a LOT. The way it works is that you have a mesh screen in front between the outside and the inside of the microwave. This mesh screen has gaps that are just the right size to prevent the sound waves from getting out (I think someone previously mentioned that this is a Faraday Cage). I'm no radio engineer, but I have a hard time believing that a thin mesh cage can really block all high frequency sound. So, I measured it, and it doesn't. It blocks a lot, so you don't die instantly if you stand in front of it, but not all of it. The amount that gets out is quite a bit more than your 802.11b/g AP can output.
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You cannot conclude that more sleep makes you thinner until you actually do that experiment. This only shows a relationship between the two. Maybe there's a "sleepy-thin" gene in there somewhere that we need to activate on the fat people.
Personally, I'm a "sleepy-thin" guy. I have to sleep a lot, and I'm really thin. I'd trade needing a little less sleep for being a little fatter.
Also, American antennas are tuned for channels 1-11. You will lose a LOT of power and range if you try to use 12-14. I believe that 12-14 is only for Japan, and last I heard, they don't use it either.
The non-overlapping channels are 1, 6, & 11. Don't use anything else as this just overlaps with the other two default channels.
You can also discourage your neighbors from using the 2.4GHz frequency by buying a 2.4GHz phone and leaving it off the hook for a while. Also, make sure you microwave lots of water. That'll piss em off real good.
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Sounds like a Skynet design to me. It now controls our food...
As others in the thread have mentioned: The best thing to do is to build your own DVR out of an obsolete computer and connect it to the TV. With a $40 USB dongle you can connect an ATSC antenna (antennaweb.org) to stream to your hard disk. With some software you can setup your recordings (Beyond TV is what I use, but I think the consumer version is gone now). Connect an RF remote to the PC (Firefly). Get a decent video card for at least MPEG2 decoding (MPEG4/H.264 hardware decoder is better though). Put it together and you're basically good to go. For those shows that you can't record, P2P (EZTV). You'll get everything possible in at least 720P without having to watch commercials. I haven't paid a cable bill in 5 years. 5x$1200/yr = $6000.
I propose a Slashdot spelling contest. Gheese.
It is uClinux. They even say it in the whitepaper. Yes, uClinux is not new...it's just yet another effort to have engineers think, "Hey cool. They're using something that I know about." Incidentally, Samsung has always had uClinux support. I worked on a port for one of their ARM9 solutions and it was crap. Apparently they contracted the work out, and the contractors did a bad job. We probably spent two weeks debugging network and memory problems. Since Samsung had contracted it out, they couldn't give any reasonable direct support.
"I'd rather not like to think of my microwave oven leaking enough RF to interfere with radio communications several apartments over." I had to respond to this: Yes, it does. I worked on relatively early 802.11b, and since our startup company was in a small building, we rented some houses and apartments. What I found was that I could measure nearby 2.4GHz (ie a microwave in the neighbor's single family home (separated by 2 exterior walls and about 20 feet)) to such an extent as it would cause significant interference. In a separate experiment, I had a Sony Airboard (portable battery run LCD using a modified 802.11b protocol to receive video & audio from a base station) playing Buffy the Vampire slayer. I walked around the house and it worked great. Then my wife turned on the microwave and BAM, I got garbage. To summarize, I have experienced, and measured with equipment, microwave leakage, and it leaks a LOT. The way it works is that you have a mesh screen in front between the outside and the inside of the microwave. This mesh screen has gaps that are just the right size to prevent the sound waves from getting out (I think someone previously mentioned that this is a Faraday Cage). I'm no radio engineer, but I have a hard time believing that a thin mesh cage can really block all high frequency sound. So, I measured it, and it doesn't. It blocks a lot, so you don't die instantly if you stand in front of it, but not all of it. The amount that gets out is quite a bit more than your 802.11b/g AP can output.
You cannot conclude that more sleep makes you thinner until you actually do that experiment. This only shows a relationship between the two. Maybe there's a "sleepy-thin" gene in there somewhere that we need to activate on the fat people. Personally, I'm a "sleepy-thin" guy. I have to sleep a lot, and I'm really thin. I'd trade needing a little less sleep for being a little fatter.
Also, American antennas are tuned for channels 1-11. You will lose a LOT of power and range if you try to use 12-14. I believe that 12-14 is only for Japan, and last I heard, they don't use it either.
The non-overlapping channels are 1, 6, & 11. Don't use anything else as this just overlaps with the other two default channels. You can also discourage your neighbors from using the 2.4GHz frequency by buying a 2.4GHz phone and leaving it off the hook for a while. Also, make sure you microwave lots of water. That'll piss em off real good.