After putting this project off for sometime, I have not forgotten it.
I have decided on the profile builder file system and what the useless color buttons on the remote will do.
The profile file system will use a xml style system, profiles will have an option for key toggling for typing and the color buttons will be used for toggling multiply profiles for one program.
Did you know that investing in a small laser/multifunction laser printer can save you hundreds per year on ink.
Today ink can cost more than the printer it’s self; in fact you could buy a printer on sale that includes ink for the same cost.
But if you’re a small business this concept sounds costly and inefficient.
Projects: Hauppauge WinTV Remote
(Extended Remote Project)
No real news from a developers stand point, but I’ve got some pictures.
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Projects: Hauppauge WinTV Remote
(Extended Remote Project)
After putting sometime into setting up my old computer to finally be the media center PC it should be, I have uncovered the following additions to what I have already stated in Part 1.
Current Issues:
This maybe because it is interlaced and not progressive, this scan line that moves across the screen doesn’t happen with progressive video. Currently it’s a small problem and maybe fixable by changing the de-interlacing options on my ATI video card.
Developers Notes:
The project will be moved from Windows Command Line to the more powerful Visual Basic / Scripts.
Project: Programming my HTPC
My new personal project which I’ll be releasing to the public soon is an update and extension to the Hauppauge WinTV Remote.
Specifically the 45 button IR Remote for the WinTV-PVR 150.
Customized WinTV Remote Settings
Recently I’ve gave my old media center PC (HTPC) a new home beside the TV. Since I no longer use it as my primary computer, it is only fitting for it to take it’s rightful place beside the TV for now on.
HTPC’s where mostly popular as a new subject in computer marketing in the early 2000s’, but was a failure due to it’s unfriendly and difficulties to use.
(It’s a computer you can watch TV with and play your media with your entertainment system.) Great idea right? Well yes, but the fact it is a computer and not a high tech VCR means that nothing is simple.
The importance of backing up clients’ data.
A computer technician was paid to service a business computer. The technician decided that the computer needed the operating system fully restored. Doing so the technician didn’t backup the client’s data and was sued for almost half a million dollars in damages (approximately $420,000).
The technician filed for bankruptcy and lost his business license. If only he remembered to backup the clients’ data, this wouldn’t have happened.
The future is digital, most music, movies and games are all moving to Digital Distribution.
Digital Distribution has proven to have may more benefits over stores. Digital is stay-at-home, on demand, and cost affective. Digital Distribution allows for products that would be no longer be in print to still be available, with digital you have a copy that lasts forever, in-fact some companies allow you access to multiple copies or versions. Digital is also cheaper, companies can afford to lower prices and provide discount prices.
Watch your TV from anywhere. The Sling Box is a device that takes your TV single and converts it in real time to digital to be watched from anywhere. You can watch and control your TV from anywhere you have an Internet connect.
