I guess I never blogged the fact that back in March I had replaced my aging (i.e., over a year old) Netgear router with a cheapie Belkin. Well, after I switched from WEP to WPA encryption, I started having way too many wireless drops and networking issues. So, I replaced the Belkin (sold it on …
I recently decided to move up to WPA encryption on my home wireless network. When surveying my current network devices, I discovered that my old Netgear wireless bridge only supported WEP. A quick browse of Netgear’s site confirmed that there were no plans for a firmware upgrade to add WPA support, so I went off …
My Brother 3820CN multi-function printer fell prey to the dreaded Error 41 that seems to plague Brother machines. Now, in Brother’s defense, they did extend the warranty on my printer from 90 days to 24 months, but that 2 years just ran out in May so I was out of luck. So I needed to …
I was browsing the hard drive aisle at Best Buy when I came across the Buffalo LinkStation Storage Center on sale at a price too good to pass up. This network-attached storage device connects to your home network and sets up in a snap through the built-in web interface. Within minutes I had a 250gb …
My luck continues … I was the winner of a random drawing for a customer satisfaction survey I filled out some months back. My prize: a 30gb 5th generation Apple iPod with Video! Now, there was nothing really wrong with my trusty Archos Jukebox Studio 20 that has served me well for close to four …
I must have been extra good this past year because my wife gave me the Sony KLV-S23A10 23″ LCD HDTV display for Christmas to replace an old 13″ tube. This 1366×768 display has 1 component input (for a DVD or other HD source), 3 composite and S-Video inputs, and HDMI and RGB connections. While it …
While filming the holiday party movie for work, my 7-year old Sony miniDV camcorder‘s CCD finally gave out. In a rush to replace it, I picked up the Samsung SC-D353 on the cheap at Circuit City. Well, you get what you pay for: the camera’s autofocus was horrible, it had a black-and-white internal viewfinder, and …
Until now, I’d been sticking with the cheaper universal remote controls. My favorite was the Magnavox PMDVR-8 which did a great job of controlling all of my home theater devices, including my TiVos. Recently, however, I had two of the units go bad. I was going to just replace it with the same, but was …
After starting out in the Palm camp back in 1996, then switching to Pocket PC and hp’s iPAQ line in 2001, I’m now a Palm user again. I got a Palm Treo 650 through work, and I love it … finally I don’t have to carry my PDA, cell phone, and G100 (e-mail device). I’ve …
Thanks to a great deal, a third TiVo has made its home in my media closet. This one is the Toshiba RS-TX20 Digital Media Server. Housed inside its shiny case is a DVD player, DVD burner, and a 140hr TiVo. It has all the same connectivity options as my other standard Series2 boxes, but also …