Hacks & Mods archive
Monday, April 28, 2008
HOW TO: 12-Volt, 5A. DC Power Supply For R/C Battery Chargers
Posted: Monday, April 28, 2008
I’m back into R/C Planes (my next one is the Micro-Telemaster). I did find out that getting into electric park flyers requires using Li-Poly batteries that require expensive chargers which seem to only run on 12-volt DC power supplies. Ideally, ones that can go up to 10A, but since my needs are only 2-3 Li-Poly ...Read
Saturday, April 26, 2008
E-flite S.E.5a Slow Flyer 250 ARF
Posted: Saturday, April 26, 2008
I’ve wanted to get back into R/C Planes for a while now and since I live across from a park I wanted to try out the new electric planes. I went to my local hobby shop (not many around anymore) and found a E-flite S.E.5a Slow Flyer 250 ARF. The kit is pretty much ...Read
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
HD DVD Hacked?
Posted: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Someone on the AVS Forum posted a link to this video on YouTube. It was was uploaded on Dec 18th by Muslix64, a 26yr old Canadian. Apparently, he has broken found away around the AACS copy protection of HD DVD. He writes: “I was not aware of anyone having done that, so I did. ...Read
Saturday, December 23, 2006
HOW TO: Recovering Data From HD Failure — Just Freeze The Drive!
Posted: Saturday, December 23, 2006
As I was about to pack up and leave work for the Christmas vacation, I undocked my laptop and placed it into my bag. I forgot to send an email so I pulled it back out and redocked it. The computer started up fine, loaded Windows and then froze. I rebooted and that’s when I ...Read
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Zune Expansion Port Protocol?
Posted: Sunday, December 10, 2006
Has Microsoft or anybody released the Zune Expansion Port pinout/protocol? I’m particularly interested in the control and metadata (title/author) display protocol. I’d like to build an interface much like the Russound iBridge so I can control and display assets from the Zune to the whole house Russound CAV6.6 system. If anyone has any information please ...Read
Saturday, March 20, 2004
Share your Replay DVR Files
Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2004
I found this little program called DVArchive that turns your computer into a virtual ReplayTV device so you can download shows from any ReplayTV 4XXX or 5XXX series DVR. This makes burning DVD/VCD’s from your ReplayTV DVR a cinch. You can also play shows from your ReplayTV right on your desktop and play shows that ...Read
Thursday, March 18, 2004
Make your TiVo Series 1 faster!
Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2004
The guys over at 9th Tee enterprises, Inc, have released a new version of their TiVo CacheCARD. Now it comes with a built in Network Interface and just by installing this card you increase UI speeds up to 50%. The best part, if already have a TurboNET card occupying that space, they are offering a ...Read
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
SDI mod for my DVD Changer
Posted: Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Exactly this time last year I started modding my DVD player for SDI out… it was a pretty exciting project. I originally posted it on the AVS Forum under “Poorman’s SDI”, it has since received over 16,000 views and it’s still going strong. I just finished modding a friends Pioneer DV-F07 DVD changer, going ...
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