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Re: Link Sharing: 11/15/07 - Comics, Cats, Dieting, Gas

Brent — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:59:39 -0000

Hey Jason,
Thanks for the link. I'm really looking forward to the Razor special for Battlestar Gallactica also. I'm dreading next Spring when we'll be hit with even more Reality TV programming due to the strike. Here's hoping the TV networks give a little and get the writers back on the job!

Brent

Re: Cellphone DVR Scheduling For Homezone, TiVo

Brent — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:22:42 -0000

Don't forget that Beyond TV has had this functionality for a long time. You can view the TV Guide and schedule recordings with your web-enabled phone or a full-size version for the internet.

http://brentevans.blogspot.com/2007/03/schedule...

Re: Hands On With DLO Nano Shell

Brent — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:47:49 -0000

Dave,
I would love to outfit my Nano with the DLO Nano Shell.

Thanks!
Brent

Re: Jericho Blames TiVo For Near-Death Experience

Brent — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:22:44 -0000

I couldn't agree with you more Dave. This is another example of the networks struggling to figure out how to deal with time-shifting tv. I think they are beginning to figure it out - but blaming DVR's for the shows problem is a stretch. The real problem is the way they have measured viewership in the past.

Re: Vista Media Center After 6 Months

Brent — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:18:23 -0000

Hey Dave, Since you mentioned Acronis True Image, I should mention that you can get a rebranded version of that program for free if you have a Seagate or Maxtor hard drive. Can't beat the low price of free :)
http://brentevans.blogspot.com/2007/07/acronis-...

Re: HTPC: The Cost of Guide Data

Brent — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:44:59 -0000

I agree with you that most MythTV users won't likely be swayed by this, but I wonder if any Media Portal or GBPVR users might reconsider and take another look at Beyond TV, SageTV or MCE?

I really don't know as I'm not in their shoes, but it will be interesting regardless.

Brent

Re: Dave’s Traveling Tech

Brent — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:26:01 -0000

I'm in the market for some decent, but not-too-expensive noise canceling headphones so I'll look forward to that review Dave.

Also, regarding the backpack - why do you love it? I'm using a Targus at the moment that has worked out well for me, but it is wearing out from a lot of use.

Cheers,
Brent

Re: DVRs Killing DVDs

Brent — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:33:10 -0000

Mari,
I can't see how DVR's are even coming close to affecting DVD sales much except for possibly TV DVD's. Yes you can load up your DVR with a bunch of shows and some movies, but to me, there will still be the need for the DVD.

With regards to Neflix, I too use Netflix a lot - in my home Netflix is used as my Pay-Cable-Channel of sorts since I don't subscribe to HBO, Max or any of the other premium channels.

Brent

Re: Fall (and beyond) Television Premieres

Brent — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:36:45 -0000

Thanks for the link Dave! I'm trying to cut back on how much I'm watching and the current batch of new shows might just help me out with that. Just a few I'm possibly interested in recording.

Brent

Re: EchoStar Announces Agreement to Acquire Sling Media, Inc.

Brent — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:24:53 -0000

Wow! Not sure if thats a good or bad thing, but as you say its huge news. Sling Media and Dish Network...

Re: Recognize This Tuner?

Brent — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:28:46 -0000

Regarding the HDHomeRun: The software interface for the HDHR might not be the most polished, but it works well and is worth every penny. The HDHR works with BTV & Sage (as you mentioned), but it also works with MCE, VistaMCE, GBPVR and Media Portal also.

Can you tell I love this device? 2 tuners that can be used for unencrypted qam and/or OTA HD. Plus it doesn't use up any ports on your computer - just plug it into your lan and you're set! You're going to be impressed I think.

Brent

Re: Recognize This Tuner?

Brent — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:48:30 -0000

Didn't realize you still had to do command line for channel scans on MCE. With Beyond TV's latest version its a bit easier and doesn't require cli at all - huge improvement for me.

When I first got mine it wasn't even supported by BTV, MCE or Sage. I got mine working with an user-made add-on for BTV. Talk about work to set up! It was a lot of work and I became a tester (not just a user). Much improved with BTV now though.

Re: First Two Season Passes Dropped

Brent — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:58:59 -0000

I've dropped Carpoolers, Kid Nation, Big Bang Theory.

I'm watching Reaper, but it's just okay. I want to drop Back to You, but the wife is watching so far.

Haven't watched any of the other new shows. I'll likely continue to wait to see how they survive before I watch them or delete them.

Brent

Re: Led Zeppelin Modernizes, Radiohead Evangelizes

Brent — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:31:52 -0000

I think the new/small music artist question is the important one for sure. Getting exposure and "airtime" on the regular radio, satellite radio and internet will be what those smaller and newer artists will still need help with.
However, I don't see how the music industry as it stands today will be able to get up-and-coming artists to sign contracts that take away those artists ability to at least get a cut from the profit of their music.
Maybe something like this would work for those artists: a PR/talent-finding firm that gets a cut of future profits in return for promoting their music and getting them attention. Seems like that would be a much better deal for the artist then the current system where the record company pays an up-front fee to the artist per album and then gets all future profits.
I'm no expert here so feel free to tell me where I'm wrong here :)

Re: Star Wars, the Television Series

Brent — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:29:39 -0000

Ben,
Since you asked, I had to do some searching. The best I could find is this wiki (yes there's already a wiki for the TV show) and it says 2009 is the projected air date (IMDB says the same thing). Since they're just getting started on the project according to the LA Times article the start date is likely not firm by any means.

Re: Netflix Anti-Theft Measures Impair DVD Playback

Brent — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:16:04 -0000

Interesting. As many Netflix DVD's as I've rented, I've never seen that kind of "protection" sticker. Have you seen others like this before or is it something new?

Re: Album on a Bracelet

Brent — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:53:17 -0000

The USB Bracelet is a pretty novel idea though. I agree the price is too high. As they figure out how to market it and lower the price, throw in some extras I think once the music industry begins thinking outside of the box and dropping that DRM stuff they will evolve and prosper.

Re: TiVo Resurrects Lifetime Service (for a time)

Brent — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:19:01 -0000

I'm somewhat tempted by TIVO because of the CableCard support and some other things I've seen lately. Not ready to bite though as I have a pretty nice HTPC setup already.

Just curious, has there been any talk of TIVO's being sold through Time Warner?

Re: Pandora Lands on AT&T Handsets

Brent — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:25:01 -0000

"is AT&T setting themselves up for failure?"

They're setting the Pandora service up for failure at least. AT&T seems to think improving their mobile service equals over-monitizing everything.

Re: Apple iTunes Set For Movie Rentals?

Brent — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:05:32 -0000

I never saw the July mention of this but you are right. Looks like the actual strings in this version are new and different than before however. To me, it just confirms everyones suspicion that rentals are on the way from Apple.

Re: Amazon Kindle Arrives!

Brent — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:42:40 -0000

I intrigued by the concept and love the idea of the EVDO service.

Still, I'm wondering how successful any e-book format will be until it is as portable and cheap (at least closer in price) to buying a book or magazine.

I always take a book and/or magazine with me on a plane trip - during takeoff I have to turn off all electronic devices

I pick up a book or magazine. I can slip a magazine or paper in my carry-on easily - not quite as easy with an electronic device.

My laptop carry-on backpack already holds so many electronic devices, cords and chargers that I look like a walking radioshack sales rep so i'm looking for ways to combine devices (like phone, ipod, camera) in one - not add a new device.

Still, this eBook Reader has some potential. I'll be interested to see how many they sell.

Re: Giving Thanks For Disposable Income

Brent — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:18:43 -0000

The SD750 link went bad so here's a direct link to the Best Buy Ad.

Re: Amazon’s New Subscription Service

Brent — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:34:49 -0000

I'd use it. I'll have to look into this and see if I could save enough to make it work for me.

My mom is an even better candidate. My parents live in a lake house more than 30 minutes from a decent store so it should have some appeal to them. Especially since my mom's a Sam's Club shopper (loves to buy in bulk).

Re: TiVo & Nero Collaborate on PC DVR Software

Brent — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:43:24 -0000

Interesting to say the least. I'd be more excited about it if Tivo was working with Snapstream or SageTV though. I have my doubts about how quickly Nero could get a usable product to the market when Snapstream's BTV & Microsoft have the install-it-and-it-works consumers and SageTV has the enthusiasts (and more) consumers.

Didn't Tivo have a PC-version out once before?

Re: SageTV HD Media Extender Review

Brent — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:45:23 -0000

Mike,
As far as I know this extender requires SageTV to be installed on a PC in your network in order to work. I wouldn't be surprised if someone eventually finds a way to install a different "hacked" firmware on the extender device to allow it to work with others, but for now I would say you need SageTV.

Re: SageTV HD Media Extender Review

Brent — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:48:50 -0000

David,
I'm pretty sure the beta testers have this extender working fine with the Mac versions of SageTV. You could be sure if you posed the question on the SageTV forums: http://forums.sagetv.com/forums

Re: Prescription for TV Networks To Weather the Writers Strike

Brent — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:35:12 -0000

Yes, fortunately all 7 episodes of Jericho season 2 were filmed and ready to go. They had considered airing it in the Fall and then held it off as a mid-season replacement. I think it will get pretty decent ratings compared to reruns (I hope at least).

The firefly recommendation was one from my wife actually. Neither my wife or daughter are big sci-fi fans, but loved Firefly. It was one I think would have done better had the network not botched the delivery and marketing of the show.

They just announced yesterday that Lost will air this winter albeit shorted by about half due to the writers strike.

Re: How Would You Like 4:3 Content On Your 16:9 TV?

Brent — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:09:47 -0000

I would prefer they leave it in 4:3 or at worst go the CNBC route.

Re: How Would You Like 4:3 Content On Your 16:9 TV?

Brent — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:13:49 -0000

I would prefer it be left in 4:3 OR do it the CNBC way. Better yet, give us the HD we deserve :)

Re: Green Your Gadgets… Or At Least Recycle Them

Brent — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:42:59 -0000

One of my favorite recycles is the diy digital photo frame. I made one for myself (now prominently displayed on my home bar) and I'm in the process of making one for my parents.

I make them using less-powerful laptops that are no longer used.

Re: Best Gaming Chair Ever?

Brent — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:45:20 -0000

I'm not sure what the best chair is. I've used many variations and not found the "best" chair yet.

I am currently using a barstool some of the time for gaming since the game console is in our home bar. Gaming while drinking is not required of course...

Re: Wal-Mart Can’t Compete With Netflix, Kills Video Downloads

Brent — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:47:52 -0000

Netflix and Amazon Unbox are the two who have the most potential. So far though neither have done enough to win in video downloads yet.

Re: 2007: A Look Back

Brent — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:17:39 -0000

Happy New Year to Dave and Mari! Enjoy your vacation Dave!

Re: CES Approaches…

Brent — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:57:33 -0000

I'm jealous. I'd love to attend, but I trust you and Mari will keep us up-to-date with the good stuff from CES. Have fun and enjoy!

Brent

Re: CES: Harmony One

Brent — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:15:58 -0000

Looks nice, but my old MX-500 works perfect for my needs. My dad uses the Harmony remote for his setup though.

I wonder what they'll call the next version of the Harmony Remote? Will it be "The Next One"?

Re: The Great Port Debate

Brent — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:50:32 -0000

I have to agree that more connection options built-in make me happier. Apple and Sony have always ticked me off the way they force their own vision of what connections should be built-in. Sony is even worse by pushing their own proprietary connections/cards.

Re: Weathering The Writers Strike, Take Six

Brent — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:57:59 -0000

Since Big John mentioned it, I am maintaining a "remaining episodes" list and update it every day. It's sorted into one section of shows still alive (with new episodes still to air) and another section of deadpool shows. If you want to take a peek check it out here.

I just started watching Terminator: the Sarah Conner Chronicles and I think it's worth watching. As Dave mentioned Jericho is a must see and it's coming up soon. Lost is the other obvious one I'll be watching.

Brent

Re: Where’s Dave?

Brent — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:00:45 -0000

Wow,
Talk about keeping busy Dave. Any move can really eat up some time, but sounds like a positive change regardless.

Since you mentioned the Blackjack my wife's Blackjack phone just stopped working for internet and sms so their replacing it. That happened before we were able to upgrade to WM6 too....

I'm assuming you're liking the iPhone?

Re: The Eye-Fi Has Arrived

Brent — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:49:44 -0000

Looking forward to the review. This is on my list of gifts for my Dad who loves taking photos, loves cameras, but hates to upload and organize the photos. In this digital world, that means I often don't even see his photos so this tool would be very nice for him to have :)

Re: Super Bowl Party Disaster

Brent — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:33:09 -0000

My dad is still ticked at Dish Network. Even though it was the local stations fault, Dish Network did absolutely nothing to help out their customers. DirecTV had an alternate SuperBowl feed reading for this exact situation and redirected their customers to the alternate channel within minutes of the outage. Dish could take a pointer from DirecTV on how to deal with such a situation.

My dad lives right by a lake and is surrounded by hills so no antenna reception as a backup....

Re: Digital->Analog Converter Boxes Land at Wal-Mart

Brent — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:48:34 -0000

I actually signed up for the coupon to use with a TV we have in our office that's a very old, but usable TV hooked up only by rabbit-ears.

I'm betting it will be a nonevent and there will just be several folks who go to walmart and paying - not realizing they could have gotten a coupon for it.

Re: Wal-Mart’s Dumping HD DVD

Brent — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:34:08 -0000

"Now that this war is ending, lets not lose site of the fact that the real fight will be between Blu-Ray and DVD."

I totally agree Glenn. At the moment I think the manufacturers are getting excited to provide a unified front to the consumers with one "new" format (Blu-Ray) as the latest and greatest new thing.
I think it will be a hard sell to the general public, but who knows.

On another note, my dad called me the other day saying he got this note from Netflix saying they would no longer would support HD-DVD format and asked me if that would affect him and his equipment. I explained to him that he just had the standard DVD player in his setup anyway, but it goes to show you the confusion out there on the subject.

Re: Toshiba Kills HD DVD

Brent — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:18:08 -0000

I'm one of those people perfectly happy with standard DVD's. I have a very large pile of DVD's in a storage box hid away in the basement since many of them are ripped onto my HTPC and served up via SageTV. The quality is still darn good for my tastes.

I guess eventually I could be swayed to follow the crowd if Blu-Ray acceptance hits the tipping point, but for now I'll stay in my price range with the standard DVDs. Oh by the way, my Dad was very confused about the whole HD-DVD and Blu-Ray thing too. He was worried about the message he got from Netflix telling him they would no longer stock HD-DVD's. I explained to him that he had the basic, standard DVD players anyway......

Re: The Non-News Event Of The Day

Brent — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:59:16 -0000

I'm guessing a Netflix deal with Microsoft is in the works. Something more official than the current user-made plugin that will give both Vista Media Center as well as Xbox 360 access to Netflix's streaming library.

Just a guess on my part though.

Re: Hymn Receives Cease & Desist Notice from Apple

Brent — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:49:40 -0000

Myfairtunes was an app I used a lot. No I'm not a pirate, but it was a way for me to get the songs we purchased from iTunes (yes purchased) to my daughters non-apple music player. Here's hoping the non-drm movement continues and iTunes moves towards all non-drm music.

Re: Advertisers Strike Back

Brent — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:23:49 -0000

I'm not so sure the VOD solution is the one that will be the answer for advertisers. I understand why their trying all these new things, but I wonder how many people will actually use the VOD's. I'm probably advertisers worst nightmare since with my HTPC, I skip all commercials unless its on a sports program. The real answer for the television networks is to lock down their content, but it sure seems like there are some things coming out soon that will circumvent those lock-downs such as the Hauppauge HD recorded coming out in the next few months.

I guess for the non-geek they'll be stuck watching commercials, but there will still be ways go get around it I think.

Re: Lottery-sized Home Theater

Brent — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:13:55 -0000

My home theater is adorned with a lovely mustard colored chair from 1960-70's, a walmart purchased futon and old carpet. I do have a really nice bar that my wife and I made ourselves and it does look nice, but there is the awesome Home Theater PC there :)

When I first saw this, I was reminded that no matter how much money you have, there's always a way to have gadget envy.

Re: Home Theater Tip: Buy Quality Inexpensive HDMI Cables

Brent — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:10:02 -0000

Thanks for the offer Dave, but already have the cable. Being the home theater/tech nut that I am, I have a box full of cables and such just waiting to be used. For the past year after my dad finished their new house, I brought that box with me every time and he was always amazed at the fact I always had the cable he needed :)

My next cable purchase will be some sort of HDMI to DVI converter cable. And I won't be purchasing it from the local retailer either...

Re: Home Theater Tip: Buy Quality Inexpensive HDMI Cables

Brent — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:24:09 -0000

Dave,
Funny thing. I dug through that box o cables I mentioned in my post above and found not only another HDMI cable, but also a 6′ DVI->HDMI cable. So again thanks for offering your extra cables, but seems I over-purchased a while back and I'm finally catching up.

Did I mention I really love this SageTV HD extender? It's so easy to get working it almost seems non-htpc (gasp!) More on that later.

Re: Gefen DVR Records HD via HDMI

Brent — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:35:05 -0000

Dave,
I've heard you can connect a USB device to move or copy recordings from the hard drive of this box because the resulting files are in fact unprotected. Does this sound correct?

By the way, this is another good step in the right direction. I won't be able to use this device because of cost and the fact I already have a more-than-capable HTPC, but I'm excited about this type of HD recording capability - sort of similar technology as the coming-soon Hauppauge HD-PVR device.

Re: Hauppauge HD-PVR – The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

Brent — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:21:03 -0000

Glenn,
You mean like Soccer and Tennis? It handled both well - Soccer was a real test and the HD-PVR handled it with flying colors in my first few tests.

Re: D-Link DSM-330 DivX Connected Home Review

Brent — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:12:15 -0000

More format support can be added by way of a hack, but it's fairly involved. I just couldn't get the energy to toy with it this past weekend to try it out...

Re: All About Netflix

Brent — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:09:20 -0000

So the wire is pretty good? Might have to add that to my "catch-up" marathon list...

Re: Test Post

Brent — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:16:19 -0000

Comment #2 from brent

Re: Ultimate Guide - the Winter 2009 TV Season

Brent — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:49:22 -0000

FYI Secret Life of an American Teenager is not a new show...it is a returning show.

Re: Dell Mini 9 and Mini 12 Laptop Deals

Brent — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:22:33 -0000

this is a second test of the comments

Re: 2007/06/23/photography-toolbox/

Brent — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:32:15 -0000

Excellent listing of photo tools.

I found an off-line tool that you might be interested in. This freeware adds description, title and tags (including geotagging) before you upload to the online sites like Flickr or Zooomr and the tags are IPTC so their compatible with almost all photo applications.

For a how-to check out this link: http://brentevans.blogspot.com/2007/06/tag-and-...

Re: 2007/08/23/youtube-ads-3/

Brent — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:37:10 -0000

Pete,
It looks like there's a way to bypass the ads using an app called tubestop. I wrote about it earlier today on my blog:
http://tinyurl.com/yvunhg

Brent

Re: 2007/08/23/tubestop/

Brent — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:09:56 -0000

Kristen,
Thanks for the .... well never mind.

Re: 2007/08/23/tubestop/

Brent — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:12:14 -0000

I think this tip came from http://brentevans.blogspot.com/2007/08/hack-you...

which I linked to in the comments on Pete's post earlier today on YouTube. It was also originally mentioned at gHacks. Don't forget to credit where credit is due. Love the blog, but this is the second time i've seen this with Kristen's posts.

Re: 2007/08/23/tubestop/

Brent — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:04:16 -0000

I guess you're right now that I think about it. I suppose I was coming from the fact that when I write a post, I typically do a "via Blog" somewhere in the post along with the firefox extension writer in this type of situation. This gives credit to the original content and the "finder". Its not obvious that I was the "finder" and not all bloggers deal with it in this way regardless.

I take it back - sorry to have been so quick to judge.

Re: 2007/08/23/tubestop/

Brent — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:10:19 -0000

I already apologized an retracted my comment. I didn't find it on digg myself so just take it as a misunderstanding on my part. As I said before I'm sorry for commenting as I did.

Re: 24 In 24 Hours - A Whole Season (Almost) In Real Time

Brent — Sat, 26 May 2007 10:22:18 -0000

We watched the first season of 24 this way. It is a great way to watch this series, but it made it really difficult to have patience for the next episode each week when we began watching real time.

I'm not recording new series for an entire season before I watch them (Heroes is an exception to this rule) so that I know whether the network will keep the show around or not.

Re: Screencast From Your Computer With CamStudio

Brent — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:38:25 -0000

Camstudio is getting pretty good - especially for being free. I use Camtasia Studio for screencasting as its a little more robust and has much more in the way of editing capabilities. The downside of Camtasia Studio is the cost of course.

Brent

Re: Nintendo, Wii Have Liftoff

Brent — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:29:47 -0000

Davis,
Welcome to the club! Sounds like you now understand that the Wii is about having fun and the most successful games for it will be the ones that use the wiimote controller to their fullest potential. The Wii is definitely fun and appeals to a larger group then just your typical console gamers. I also can't wait for the new Madden coming soon for the Wii - that is supposed to be very very nice.

As you mentioned, the Wii is lacking in graphics, CPU power etc., but it still beats the competition with its interface. Wouldn't it be nice if you could cross the Wii's interface and ease of use with the Xbox 360's graphics, ability to act as an extender etc.? Do that and you have the holy grail of gaming in my opinion.

Brent

Re: Davis Turns 2.0

Brent — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:40:52 -0000

Congrats and Happy 2.0 Davis!

I've been enjoying following your site. Keep up the good work.

Brent

Re: Davis Freeberg's Site Of The Week

Brent — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:45:36 -0000

Very useful site. I'm playing around with walk2web and have found more than I expected. Thanks,
Brent

Re: Dude, I'm Getting A Media Center

Brent — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:45:46 -0000

Davis,
I trust you'll be happy with your new purchase. Looks like your new rig will be more than powerful enough to handle whatever you throw at it. I'm interested in your experience here so keep us posted on how it goes!

Brent

Re: Bad COPP No Netflix

Brent — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:18:43 -0000

It's ridiculous for consumers to have to deal with this type of DRM nonsense. The providers such as Amazon and Netflix see this as a necessary evil.

Hope you get it worked out - be sure and mention this to mike at HackingNetflix as the Netflix folks watch Mikes blog pretty closely. Maybe you can get some help out of Netflix after all.

Brent

Re: Get Your Free Milk Today

Brent — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:44:25 -0000

Well, I added johncow.com to my blog-roll at www.brentevans.blogspot.com and I subscribed to the daily dairy feed

Re: Get Your Free Milk Today

Brent — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:47:07 -0000

I added you to the blogroll at http://www.brentevans.blogspot.com

I also added your feed (or dairy feed if you will)

Thanks!
Brent

Re: Google Readers are engaged!

Brent — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:46:05 -0000

I get about 40% of my traffic from Google Reader and even more from google search. Google is definitely in control here. I too use Google Reader and love it.

Re: I can’t get into Flickr anymore…

Brent — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:14:17 -0000

flickr login is working fine for me. And Zoomr seems to be back up - but more buggy than ever at the moment.

I use flickr as my primary account because it is more stable and my group of family & friends all have their own accounts. Still, zoomr seems to be a good alternative if it ever gets a little more support from some deep pockets....

Brent

Re: Um, Apple, Nokia N95 has Wifi

Brent — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:40:24 -0000

Robert,
You inspired me to make a littel better chart for Apple. I'm not a fanboy of any of these phones although I'd love to have an iphone or even a blackjack for that matter, but the chart Apple is showing was simply a marketing ploy. I made a new and improved chart with just three phones for simplicity, but it shows the Iphone, the Nokia N95 and the Samsung Blackjack. It adds the weight, the true maximum talk time (not apples version of N95 or blackjack talk time and other stuff like data speed etc.

Let me know what you guys think. I'll add some other phones to the chart later today. Here's the link to the chart I put up.

A Better iPhone Comparison Chart

Re: Yahoo makes a better search through Flickr integration

Brent — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:52:09 -0000

I like the changes to the Yahoo search. I'll probably be using this instead of Google Image Search for now.

Re: Technology Bloggers, what are they good for?

Brent — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:17:09 -0000

Now I know how to get my blog linked to Scoble - make a baseless complaint about him :)

I subscribe to almost all of those on your list Robert and I also read many "b" and "c" blogs because there is so much good content out there to be had. To say you are out of touch when you're an "A Lister" is not correct. I can say that since I'm still a lowly "C" or whatever lister.

Brent

Re: Why I don’t recommend Cocomment

Brent — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:12:56 -0000

Robert,
Have you tried Commentful? Commentful?

I use it for the same purpose as you're using CoComment and I think it works great. It integrates well with the Firefox browser too.

Brent

Re: Things on my mind…

Brent — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:55:46 -0000

Disappointing News Robert, but I totally understand. Take the time you need or just scale back the blogging to give you more time with the family.

In the meantime, you will be missed! I always look forward to your blog posts and I'll be waiting for your return.

Brent

Re: How many people use RSS anyway?

Brent — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:47:33 -0000

10M seems low, but I can't really say for certain.

I can say that I subscribe to RSS and I've been working on increasing the RSS readership of my blog with some success. Do I get more hits or fewer hits with those people subscribed to RSS? No brainer: More hits by far - I do have a more tech-savvy group, but there are plenty of my readers who are reading the blog for the media tech news such as TV news and tools, photo tools etc. and they ARE using RSS for sure.

Re: SnapStream Beyond TV 4 Hands-On Review

Brent — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:11:31 -0000

Thanks for a nice, well written review. About a year ago I tried out Meedio, Sage and BTV3 and decided on Beyond TV (BTV) due to it's ease of use. It had the best WAF for me which is always important. I have recently upgraded to BTV4 and am very happy with the new features and continued stability. I also use Beyond Media which is not integrated with Beyond TV, but works well with it. The word is that this integration will happen on one of the upgrades to BTV4.X - probably not BTV 4.1.

Most important to me was the ease of use (a guest can sit down and use it with no guidance needed), picture quality (very good and stable), and the beyond media features that allow you to play dvd's and video files from your hard drive. The product has improved consistently over time.

I've always been open to other products and will be in the future although I would rather not be tied to the Microsoft product because I feel they are so focused on content protection that the user will eventually dealing with the same silly DRM stuff you are beginning to see with TIVO.

Re: SnapStream Blog: Placeshifting with Beyond TV and Orb

Brent — Wed, 30 May 2007 08:39:52 -0000

If you want to just placeshift (stream) your recorded TV shows without using ORB, you can also use ccarlins latest version of the built-in BeyondTV webadmin It doesn’t use as much CPU and it’s built into BeyondTV. All you need to add to your setup is VLC (free video app) and the latest version of webadmin as modified by ccarlin.

http://brentevans.blogspot.com/2007...ceshifting.html . I the meantime, I do use Orb for DVD’s saved on the hard drive as well as music.

Brent

Re: Autonomy Exercises Option To Buy Blinkx; Merges With Its Consumer Division; Will IPO It In London

Brent — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:07:01 -0000

The video search engine space is getting pretty competitive. Add to that the other online video content engines like Joost and things are getting very interesting. I recently did a summary of four newer video search engines including Blinkx in this story:
http://brentevans.blogspot.com/2007/04/video-se...