DVRplayground - Portable Devices (iPod, PSP, etc)

Mvix MX-760HD Portable Media Center Reviewed

Doug Felteau — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:26:21 GMT

The Mvix Wireless HD Media Center (MX-760HD) is the latest media center product from Unicorn Information Systems Co. Ltd. featuring “outstanding visual quality, supported by leading-edge video decoding technologies, high resolution audio specifications and the capability from wireless connectivity to home and office networks”, the MX-760HD represents the next generation of the popular HD-based media centers.

TiVo and Neuros OSD Integration Bounties from DVRupgrade

Community Headlines — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:47:02 GMT

Neuros and DVRupgrade have partnered to bring hackers two new cash money bounties to allow an OSD to synchronize with TiVo's electronic programming guide. The OSD is primarily used to consolidate all your DVDs and VHS tapes into one box, but, due in large part to it being open source, more adventuresome users are already benefiting from its ability to do so much more (like record live TV, stream YouTube to your TV and music to your stereo, play photo slide shows on TV). And now you can get paid to help it do even more. From a recent DVRupgrade forums Posting ... (click for details) "People love TiVo for its robust program guide and related features, and people love the OSD for the portability of its recordings. So, we've come up with a bounty for a project that combines the best of both devices. Namely for the OSD to piggyback on the TiVo's recording schedule and make portable MPEG-4 recordings of those shows that you choose. It's essentially like having TiVo simultaneously record onto a portable device at the same time that its recording to its hard drive. With no file transfer or conversion, you could have all your...

Getting to Know Neuros OSD - The Analog to Digital Bridge

Matt Whitlock — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:56:40 GMT

...I wanted to give the Neuros OSD a spin. When I first heard about it last year, I knew it was a unique product, but it wasn't until I got my hands on one that I figured out how useful something like this can be. Don't get me wrong, it's not 100% innovation at its best, and while the execution of its secondary features is somewhat flawed, the core of the product can be extremely useful for those in the analog jam...

Privacy Freaks: This One's For You

Community Headlines — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:16:05 GMT

As if those fancy home surveillance cameras weren't tempting enough to the private and paranoid among us. The USB 2.0 DVR Guardian lets you keep your eye (and an ear) on your stuff online or on your mobile phone. Small and sneaky, this baby plugs right into your USB port. Schedule times to record the local action, or set the motion sensor to work and capture it all.

Mpeg to WMA converter

lalang — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:28:32 GMT

I'm using TyTools to extract programing from my DirectTV DVR. Then I use VideoReDo to remove the commercials and store the file as a MPEG. Now I'm trying to upload them on to a Toshiba Gigabeat S running MCE. When I try to sync. using Windows Media Player it won't convert the files to WMA's. it gives me an error. I know there are converters out there but I'm wondering is there anything that would shorten the process? I don't want to convert the MPEG to WMA then delete the MPEG's. Then upload. I'd like to remove a step. Any Ideas?

Have Slingbox, Will Travel

Naomi — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:23:34 GMT

When you travel, you can't take your big-screen TV on the road, and most of the time you can't drag your couch with you either. But that doesn’t mean you’ll have to miss all of your favorite programs. Even though you can’t take your TV, Sling Media's Slingbox lets you take your TV shows. With the Slingbox and a laptop, you can watch anything you'd watch on your TV at home. And you can do it anywhere in the world as long as you have a broadband Internet connection. How Portable is This Thing? There’s no need to drag it along; the Slingbox itself stays at your home. On the road, you take your laptop to a broadband hot spot (your hotel's wireless access should do nicely), connect to your Slingbox over the internet, and then stream your TV shows to your laptop. If bringing your laptop sounds like too much trouble, you can even stream your TV programs to a compatible mobile phone or pocket PC. You'll need a software package called SlingPlayer Mobile. The newest gadget to be able to run SlingPlayer Mobile is the Treo 700p smartphone, which uses Palm OS. There are a few people who've...

Sony Taking on TiVo?

Community Headlines — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:50:13 GMT

The race to win the number one spot in hybridization of video game consoles and home theater capabilities has left Sony eating Microsoft's dust. But it looks like Sony's finally stepping up, giving Microsoft a run for its money with the announcement of PlayTV , a hi-def dual tuner box. PlayTV, expected to launch in Europe early next year, is an add-on that'll give the Sony Playstation 3 gaming console DVR functionality. Not only will PlayTV let you use your PS3 console record and watch digital TV, you'll be able to transfer your content to your PlayStation Portable (PSP). Who knows? According to the Motley Fool , TiVo's latest opponent may just give it a run for its money, assuming PlayTV eventually hits the US market.

Your DVR Needs LEDs

Community Headlines — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:52:52 GMT

Nightwatchmen rejoice: now you can blind them and record those guilt-ridden looks of fear, all at the same time! Hitting the market sometime this month, the LightCam Flashlight DVR is a security professional's dream. A combination flashlight/DVR, the LightCamDVR uses infrared ray LEDs, records video and stills to its 512K flash drive, and offers a USB interface so you can quickly download it all to YouTube. Made by iCanTek Co. , the LightCamDVR is more than a candidate selection device for potential Darwin Awards winners; it's also rechargeable, lightweight, and runs on Linux. Plus, it sports a built-in microphone; when you shine those 6000K LEDs into their eyes and scream, "Why are your pupils dilated?!" you'll capture every nervous stutter! It's like $500 of pure, useful fun. The only things missing are HD and popcorn.