http://www.mavromatic.com Your source for home automation, home theaters, product reviews, mods, hacks, DIY projects, electronics or anything else I'm into at the moment. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:59:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are two products that have come to my attention that can come in handy for people trying to distribute HD content over the coax as a Digital cable (QAM) channel inserted onto any empty channel.  The products are by a company called Zeevee.  The first product is called the ZvBox ... http://www.mavromatic.com/2009/06/zeevee-zvbox-100-zvbox-150-distributemodulate-hd-content-over-digital-cable-qam/ Here's one that will throw you off a bit... There are more HD DVD players than Blu-ray players in American homes.   Below is an excerpt taken from the Harris Poll report which can be read in full here. While Blu-ray was declared the big “winner” in the high definition format war ... http://www.mavromatic.com/2009/06/more-people-still-own-more-hd-dvd-players-than-bluray/ If you are sitting pretty well financially in these times then why not stimulate the economy by purchasing a Meridian Sooloos Control 10 ($5000)?   Meridian is known for their audiophile speakers and processors and now have gotten into the digital media space thanks to the purchase of Sooloos.  The ... http://www.mavromatic.com/2009/06/meridian-sooloos-control-10/ Here's a fun fact about me, I've been around construction tools and machinery all my life.  My dad is a Master Carpenter and General Contractor so I've pretty much seen power tools evolve over the last 20+ years.  I even remember his first cordless drill, which barely had enough power ... http://www.mavromatic.com/2009/06/bosch-ps40-2-the-best-power-driver-my-favorite-tools-june-2009/ So Blu-ray doesn't really seem to be the technology that saves disc based media as we see more and more content becoming available online (even in HD).  So the question of the day is, "Do you miss any of the interactive extras that DVD and Blu-ray offer"?  Example, if you ... http://www.mavromatic.com/2009/06/does-anyone-really-care-about-dvd-blu-ray-extras-question-of-the-day/ Here's a clip that will bring you back to your younger years... Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) made an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night.   No Palm Pre or Apple 3GS for Zack... nope, he still prefers a phone only mobile.  I'm surprised the DynaTAC 8000X's battery ... http://www.mavromatic.com/2009/06/zack-morris-still-using-the-motorola-dynatac-8000x/ Apple has announced the release of the newest iPhone, the iPhone 3GS.   Visually the iPhone looks the same as the previous 3G version but the 3GS comes loaded with new futures!  For starters, the  new iPhone shoots video and has zoom capabilities.  If battery life was a problem for ... http://www.mavromatic.com/2009/06/iphone-3gs-feature-list/ We just took delivery of an outdoor patio set which we love except for one little part came defective.  The seat frame ("Part C") came split as shown in the photo.  As I'm a DIYer, I would typically try to repair something like this, however, since it is A) an ... http://www.mavromatic.com/2009/06/american-waste-the-story-of-a-home-depot-thomasville-outdoor-patio-set/ I've been known to DJ, more of a Wedding Singer DJ than Club DJ, however, when I saw Pioneer's new DVJ gear (Digital Video Jockey?) I was throughly impressed.  This $14k system ($3k for each DVJ-1000 "turntable" and $8k for the SVM-1000 Mixer) allows you to mix DVD content, even ... http://www.mavromatic.com/2009/05/pioneer-dvj-1000-turntables-svm-1000-mixer/ So I was a bit late to the game earlier this week when I blogged about the Vanilla Bean and Juniper Berry as being Dry Soda's newest flavors.  Today I got the chance to taste Dry Soda's real newest flavor, Cucumber.   Right here, right now, I'm proclaiming that the Dry Soda ... http://www.mavromatic.com/2009/05/dry-soda-co-new-flavor-cucumber-soda/