How to install VDR

I talked about possibility to build PVR from PC. So, it’s time to say how to install VDR. It can be done by many ways (sounds like Perl slogan): Traditional method to build from sources. Get latest version from VDR FTP – stable or developer versions depend of your requirements. Here is a good explanation howto install VDR from the sources on Slackware and Mandriva […]

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LinuxTV

The right point to start to build PVR is LinuxTV.org. There are DVB and VDR wiki where you can find many useful things. I knew nothing about PVR two monthes ago and LinuxTV gave me a good start. Also, you can find there DVB driver and utilities.

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The era of digital TV

Digital TV is coming. Everybody can buy a dish and receiver to watch satellite TV. It isn’t issue. But an ordinary receiver cannot give you desired flexibility and fuctionality. How you can record a channel stream? How you can watch one channel and stream another? How, how, how. The answer is to use PC to build yourown personal video recorder (PVR). But to do that […]

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Intelligent Oven

Intelligent Oven is a refrigerator, oven and IP based device in one. It can be controlled via Glass Touch Screen Control Panel, Iternet or cell phone. The price is very hight. It’s about $5000 – $6000 but it can be reasonable because the oven belongs to high end systems.

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Plant Watering System

Plant Watering System helps to your plants do not die if you will go to trip or just forget to to water them. It has 7-liter tank capacity and an electric pump. It can water up to 14 potted plants automatically! Also, it has regulated flow allows for adjustable amount of water for each plant.

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My new hobby

I go in for a new hobby – smart home. This is a modern open source conception to control household appliances, audio/video stuff, telephony and other home elecric stuff based on Linux. As I already said currently it’s just a hobby but who knows maybe later it’ll be my primary work. In this category I’m going to post some intersting news about smart home technologies […]

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King Kong жив!

Ð’ прошедшие выходные ходили с Марьей на “Кинг Конга” Питера Джексона. Скажу сразу – фильм понравился. Очень динамичный, с хорошей графикой. Хотя в начале немного начали скучать, пока герои плыли к острову. Но дальнейшее действо с лихвой это компенсировало! Не хочу пересказывать содержание – занятие это весьма не благодарное. Лучше все увидеть своими глазами и непременно в кинотеатре. Эффекты просто убойные. Битва Конга с тремя […]

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Ночной Дозор aka Night Watch

Сегодня стартовал показ российского суперблокбастера “Ночной Дозор”. Демонстрироваться он будет под названием Night Watch в Rio Cinema и K-Cineplex на русском(!) языке с греческими субтитрами. Очень хороший шанс увидеть в принципе неплохую картину на большом экране да еще и на родном языке 🙂 Я уже посмотрел “Ночной Дозор” и не один раз на DVD и могу сказать, что фильм мне очень понравился. Постараюсь попасть на […]

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