Intel WiDi – Wirelessly view your PC screen on your TV
There is a lot of interest in this technology and naturally, accompanying confusion as to what this is and how to get it. Some of this has been driven by a recent Windows 7 was My Idea commercial. That...
View ArticleStream Movies, Audio from iDisk to Your iPxxx
I’d forgotten that I’d converted many Battlestar Galactica Recorded TV files recorded using Windows Media Center to mp4 files and stashed them away on a NAS drive. I just had one of those A HA moments...
View ArticleSonos S5 Music Players, Connected, Converged, Fantastic
I’m not easily impressed, but my jaw is hanging open today after installing two Sonos S5 Music Players to cover my home with end to end music. I’ve used computers, Media Center Extenders and all kinds...
View ArticleConnecting an IP Camera to WMC, iPhones and iPads
Motivated by the upcoming yearly Halloween onslaught of youngsters and the not so young about to come through my condo complex, I started thinking about how to integrate an Internet capable...
View ArticleConnecting Multiple IP Cameras to Windows Media Center
After publishing a piece on how to connect an Internet enabled camera to WMC, iPhones and iPads yesterday, I received a couple of emails basically saying, “great, but I want to monitor more than one...
View ArticleOneShot App Automates & Organizes Screen Captures for W7 PlayTo
One of the great things about “community” is that you meet talented people virtually who come up with neat ways to enhance Windows features. Jensigner has developed just such an add-on called OneShot...
View ArticleAirplay for Windows Media Center
It had to happen, and I’m glad it did. Thomas Pleasance has produced a nifty add-on for Windows Media Center that allows AirPlay from an iPad to Windows Media Center. It is currently at beta 1 stage...
View ArticleParrot Zik Headphones, iOS and Surface RT
Over the years, I’ve used several flavors of earphones/headphone for private listening. Starting in around 2005, I decided to go the earphone (canal phone) route and purchased Shure E5’s, for use...
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