If you are looking for a cheap and easy way to speed up your Windows PC have a look at the (for most people) unknown feature called ReadyBoost. The functionality is available since Vista and is also present in Windows 7 and Windows 8. You’re Windows installation will boot a lot faster after enabling ReadyBoost [...]
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The end of wdtvc.com
wdtvc.com is no more. After more than two years I decided to close the website. The main reasons for doing this are that the WD TV has been updated to WD TV Live and I don’t own the old WD TV anymore nor the the new WDTV live version. Besides that development for the WD TV [...]
TV 2.0, my ultimate setup
In another attempt to create my ultimate TV setup I will be working on a new installation of my HTPC over the next few days (or weeks, depending on the problems encountered). The idea: Dual tuners, combining DVB-S and DVB-T with the possibility to watch and record at the same time on multiple devices (TV, [...]
Lock full screen video with dual monitors
You can never have enough screen space, especially when you are a multi-tasking addict like me. I have been using dual screen setups for years now and i’m not alone. A lot of people use two, three or even more monitors at work and at home. Thing is, in all those years using multiple screens [...]
Western Digital WD TV HD, DTS downmixing
Last week I bought the Western Digital WD TV HD with a WD My Book Home Edition (1TB) external USB harddisk. I must say this truly is a wonderfull combination for me. It plays every media file I threw at it, even those encoded with insane bitrates. The number of file formats supported is huge, [...]
Setup a newcs cardsharing server on windows
In this article I will explain how to setup a NewCS cardsharing server on windows. I will use it to share my dutch Digitenne /KPN smartcard on my home network. This DVB-T system uses conax encryption but this method will work for all kinds of encrypted cards on different DVB broadcasts. In this article I [...]
How to watch Hulu and BBC iPlayer outside US or UK
Both Hulu and BBC’s iPlayer are popular video services where you can watch all your favourite TV-shows. But if you’re not from the United States (Hulu) or the United Kingdom (iPlayer) it can be very difficult to watch anything because both services will block you. They check your IP address and if it’s not in [...]
Easy web video downloading
It’s a question people ask me a lot and I often read it on different forums, “How to download online video’s?” This can be from youtube or any other webpage with video in it. Well if your using Firefox, it is very easy. The only thing you have to do is install the Video Downloadhelper [...]
Upgrading Your Xbox 360 With Your Own 120GB HD Drive
When Microsoft announced the 120GB addon for the 360, we were all quite happy. Then we heard how much it was going to cost. I believe at product launch, the drive cost about $200. Absolutely absurd…even at today’s MSRP of $160, it’s still unreal. After talking to a few friends and reading multiple articles and [...]
Change your MAC address in Windows
Despite how it sounds, the MAC address has nothing to do with Apple, Macs, or Macintoshes. A MAC address is just a series of numbers and letters that identifies your Network Interface Card (NIC), which you are probably using to connect to the Internet.There are several programs out there that let you change your MAC [...]
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