Debian seems one of the most popular Linux distribution expessially for embedded systems like Plutohome, VDR etc. Usually I use RedHat/Fedora but I also works with both: Plutohome and VDR. So, I have to learn Debian a bit. It isn’t completely different from Fedora but it looks strange for me. When I installed additional packages to build Orbiter for Nokia770 I faced with following problem. […]
Web Orbiter in Plutohome
Recently I decided to test Plutohome Web Orbiter. As result I wrote this simple howto – Howto setup Plutohome Web Orbiter. Hope it’ll save your time when you’ll setup the Web Orbiter.
Yahoo! TV
After buying DVR software developer Meedio Yahoo! offered their new Meedio-based Yahoo Go TV software free. It seems Yahoo! got the trump card in their competition with Google.
ASUS UMPC
ASUS also released its UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) – R2H. It has a 7in touch screen LCD with 800 x 480 resolution, Windows XP Tablet OS with Touch Pack, 802.11b/g wireless and a couple of USB2.0 ports, Bluetooth 2.0, a front mounted 1.3MP digital camera and built in GPS with retractable antenna. Like the Samsung Q1, the R2H has in-built TV features: both analogue and […]
Windows attacks home entertainment!
After releasing Xbox Microsoft did another serious step to dominate in the home entertainment area – e-box3. It is powered by the Windows Media Center Edition OS and provides the functionalities of a PC, TV, DVD, and Hi-Fi all into one box. e-box3 comes with full PVR functionality and a single hybrid (analogue/digital) TV tuner/twin tuners to enable you to record a channel while watching […]
TV on the palm
Homecast’s Tvus is a new personal media player (PMP) supported DMB. It has 4.3-inches display, handles many codecs and offeris T-DMB recording (it’ll ship with 30GB HD). Also it’ll contain GPS to find a way to the nearest DMB access point and WiBro (actual for Korea only). Tvus is based on Windows CE platform. The price of 30GB version will be approximately €364. Have a […]
The next generation of SONY Walkman
The brand “Walkman” is well known. It was very popular in last century 🙂 People used it to get music along. Then “Walkman” was replace by “Diskman”. But recently I saw it on the new mobile phones from Sony Ericsson. The good brand shouldn’t be forgotten. Now I’d like to inroduce you the next “Walkman” device – VE7000S which is a portable DVD player. It […]
Toshiba HD-A1 inside
Would you like to look inside Toshiba HD-A1 – HD DVD player which consts about $500? One reckless guy gave us this possibility. He removed the lid from his unit’s case and made some shots. Nothing really exciting here except cooling system. It supposes to be very quiet.