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Thursday, 31 July 2003 |
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Much has been written about Sky+ and TiVo with it degenerating into a "mine's bigger/better than yours" type affair a lot of the time so, in the interests of science I set out to find out which one was the best with some surprisingly unsurprising results, to me at least... |
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Tuesday, 13 May 2003 |
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Xbox Media Player, a real (... and cheap) alternative to Windows Media Centre Edition - Before I start into this let me tell you that I'm not a big games fan and although I do get the occasional spot, it's more likely to be stress induced that an echo of the heady days of puberty. As I'm sure you've already ascertained, you're going to need an XBOX to get anywhere with this natty bit of software. "But Dre ..." I hear you cry, "What is the Xbox Media Player!?" So, given that you're keen to find out more, I'll get on with the review... |
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Tuesday, 13 May 2003 |
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- So you've been thinking about a wireless networking for a while, but 11Mbps was just too slow to be worth considering, you can't wait any longer so is now the time to jump the gun and buy into 54g and worry about compatibility later... |
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Tuesday, 13 May 2003 |
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- Well it took a long time to get round to it; it was always one of those things on the list. But it's done now and it even works. So what did I do? Our central heating system is not typical and is also quite extensive so it looked as if I needed a custom solution. We have 6 separate zones: 4 for the heating and 2 for hot water (see the picture of the pumps)... |
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Tuesday, 13 May 2003 |
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- The average consumer owns at least one computer, games console or TV. Now playing high quality games or watching DVD movies on big screen TVs or monitors is fine, but when all you have to listen to those explosions and music is 2 stereo speakers and you keep getting killed because you didn't hear that marine sneak up behind you or that startling effect you saw in the cinema is just another moment to yawn through when you watch the DVD then it's time throw them in the trash, get up out of your armchair (or wherever else you like to relax) and pick up a set of the Cambridge Soundworks DTT3500 Digital Speakers. At £299.99 these speakers can reproduce near cinema sound through the 5 small cubic speakers (satellites) and the subwoofer. |
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Tuesday, 13 May 2003 |
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- For a while I've been looking at how to get Caller ID info into a PC. So many modems appear to offer it but every one I could get my hands on doesn't actually support UK Caller ID. The options seemed to be buy a new analogue modem known to work or buy a dedicated unit (like a Meteor) - Both of which seemed overkill and likely to cost over £70/£80 for a decent modem and well over that for a Meteor. Then Jon Payne posted to the UKHA_D mailing list details of a circuit he'd designed which took the raw output from the CID decoder chip on a BT CID unit and converted it to RS232, ready for a PC... |
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Tuesday, 13 May 2003 |
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- After moving into Orchard House, we soon realised how much you take little things for granted. In our previous house the Central Heating Controller had been in the kitchen and both my Wife and I frequently made use of the "+1 Hr" buttons for both Heating and Hot Water. In Orchard House however, the controller was upstairs inside the airing cupboard. Now it's not a big house, but that was still more of a walk than I thought was strictly necessary ;-) I considered relocating the Controller, but there were no easy cable runs for the Mains cables required. Having recently installed a Comfort alarm, I'd been considering what I could use the Digital Outputs for. Slowly I managed to put 2 and 2 together and get close to 4. I'd install some relays that could control the Heating (240V) on the Comfort Outputs (12V). A 12V cable from Comfort into the airing cupboard was much easier.... |
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Tuesday, 13 May 2003 |
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- If you want to automate your curtains, you have a choice of two products: the Silent Gliss motorised curtain rails, or the add-a-motor drape control. The Silent Gliss costs about £300 per window; whereas the add-a-motor costs only £80. So for the cost of fitting one window with the Silent Gliss, you could fit a whole floor with add-a-motors... |
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Tuesday, 13 May 2003 |
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- "xAP is an open protocol intended to support the integration of telemetry and control devices primarily within the home - it is the glue that supports the interconnectivity of Home Automation devices." - so begins the www.xapautomation .org website... |
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