There was a Verizon FIOS commercial that asked the question: How many devices do you have (at home) use the Internet? Good question. I started counting: Laptops: 4 Desktops (including HTPCs): 3 Tablets: 2 SAN: 1 Smartphones: 3 Game console: 1 Disc player: 1 I have 15 devices! Barring any breakage1, this number is likely […]
As part of my efforts to curb excessive shopping, I have this rule to give myself 1 week to think about buying non-necessity stuff. Especially in electronics. I also do most of my shopping from Amazon, so I tend to browse and put things in cart – but not check them out. I come back […]
I hate cables. For years, I’ve been struggling with managing cables at the back of my computers. I’m a non-Mac (PC) dude, so I always have a bunch of unsightly cables. In fact, all of my electronics suffer from messy cables madness. From the pictures below, I’ve been trying to get keep them neat and […]
I have been collecting DVD movies since 1997 when the format first came out. I was one of those early adopters who bought a US$450 DVD player and discs that cost $21 each. The difference in video/audio quality, compared to VHS and Laserdisc, was very noticeable. It wasn’t a difficult choice to take the plunge. […]
As a standards and HD-DVD fan, I’m always in a look out to what the DVD Forum is doing to recover from the loss of the HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray battle. Toshiba, being the main player in the HD-DVD format, has said they’ll venture into the movie download arena. Earlier this week they had unveiled their […]
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