I went to Kevin Roses's site to download the Twit broadcast at the SF apple store, but noticed that it was only available on bittorent. Is bittorent safe if I am downloading from sites like Kevin?

Mics are hot.

I love this stuff. MORE IP-TV! Great choice of host. I can not get enough tech.

Patrick likes free software? ... here is an awesome site that provides links to freeware, some shareware that are known to be spyware/adware free...

http://www.filehippo.com/

Does Open Office have a "Publisher" soulution?

Another DLTV "is in the can". Great show, I love it.

First time live viewer. Great Show! Clear as day picture and Great sound! I look forward to more shows!

Dave
Indianapolis Indiana

What programs are used to setup the text image validation a seen below this comment box??? I see the page is a *.aspx format... Does this mean one must run a Windoze Server (*gasp*) ?

Party on, Wayne. It's good to see you guys back in the basement and out of that totally bogus studio, but, listen dude, I recognized Garth from the glasses, but Wayne, you look really different.

It's just a great show along with :

TWIT podcast and Kevin Rose's systm and broken

2 Thumbs UP !!!

Audio feed level is a bit. Could the encoded gain level for the audio be increased?

I have a colleague who wants to play music from a DVD he owns in his ITunes. He is a Mac user. How would someone go about stripping audio from a DVD to play on your ITunes in MP3 format? Is there a program that will allow you to do that?

Thank you!

I have a colleague who wants to play music from a DVD he owns in his ITunes. He is a Mac user. How would someone go about stripping audio from a DVD to play on your ITunes in MP3 format? Is there a program that will allow you to do that?

Thank you!

I've been dabbling with various Linux distros over the past couple years (Mandrake, SuSe, Red Hat, Ubuntu) but still consider myself a newbie (mainly because computers are not the focus of my work). What would be a good resource(s) for someone very familiar with Wintel systems to understand Linux better? Not necessarily programming for the OS, more along the lines of installing packages, filesystem management, user/groups, WINE, etc. Thanks guys.

I am intrested in purchasing a GPS System for my car, I was wondering which one is better Tom Tom Go or Garmin Streetpilot.

Robert,
If money is not an issue, what is the best TV that you can buy. Im assuming one with 1080p and DLP? Can you give an exact model.
Peace

David-
A memory upgrade is the single most effective upgrade you can do to your PC. If you are running windows, more memory is always better.

great show guys! question: what the hell is bit torrent, how can I use it?

I love the show! Keep it up. Two things:

a) I downloaded the latest show (#12) in H.264 While the picture quality is superb, the sound is subpar, which lots of "static". What's up?

b) I support the use of ads to pay for the show. HOWEVER, you should encourage your advertisers to make intersting, offbeat, and fun ads and to show different ones frequently. If a good ad comes up, I'll watch it. But, if I've seen it 10 times, I'll just fast-forward. I imagine I am not alone in this.

Thanks!

I just got done watching this week's show and I think if Matt wants to leave because of 4 commercials, then I have to say, "Good-bye". I can't believe someone would whine about something they are getting for free.... actually, I guess I can believe that whiners like this exist.

I do agree with David above though. It would be nice if the advertisers could offer a bit more variety in their commercials.

OK --so I didn't catch up to you guys soon enough-- but God it was good to see you guys was a regular viewer of The Screensavers until G4 screwed it up... nice to see you again --commercials or not... now I REALLY have to figure out how to utilize my video card's TV out feature-- so I can watch in the living room with the wife.Never anything worth it before.

I have had my tivo for a long time and I used to use the tivotogo pc program like a champion, I had a ton of tv shows on it, but the program is like ruined now. Everything is set up just like it was, and I have everything done correctly. Did Tivo mess up the program, was there a reason, or is it just my configuration?

Also, are there any alternatives to this?

I would like too a get AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ CPU and I have a A7N8X Deluxe motherboard.I burn alot of DVD's so I need a fast compute for the video Trascoding.

i,m looking for a new computer,fast and yet cheap
is the amd better than intell d chip,
and how's the onboard r200 video chip compared
to ati agp cards that comes with the computer
thanks
ray
p.s.love the show almost like techtv :)

I was wondering if being certifiied for software applications (i.e. Microsoft, A+) will make me meore attractive to employers. In particular, I'm a broadcasting student who's thinking of getting certified in Final Cut Pro.

P.S.
I live in the Bay Area, if you ever need an intern!

Can someone PLEASE post a PSP version of the video?
You have Video iPOD... pls!!!

Tom

Enjoyed your past 5 shows--on my 5G iPod video, after finding and subscribing to the video podcast from iTunes store.

You don't seem openly hostile to Macs and OS X...

Do you anticipate covering Apple/Mac stuff, say maybe 4-5% of your content (for fairness--equivalent to market share)?

Seriously, how many of your viewers are Mac users? Please give us some tech love too.

Warren
Gulf Breeze FL

HI
GREAT SHOWS.
PLEASE CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE I CAN DOWNLOAD OR WATCH THE FIRST 8 SHOWS.
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

CYBERJAY
SOUTH WALES
UK

SPHERESOFT@YAHOO.COM

I like the lenght of the show. More specials would be nice so that you could go more in depth on certain issues. A higher quailty download would be nice.

I'd love to watch the show on my ipod as Patrick mentioned on episode 11. However my efforts from your site on gives me code.

Hints???

I'd love to watch the show on my ipod as Patrick mentioned on episode 11. However my efforts from your site on gives me code.

Also he said that we should subscribe on iTunes to an iPod ready version. Where is that??

Hints???

Have you guys tried (or heard of) XBMC yet?, ...no I'm not talking about the "Xbox Media Center Extender" from Microsoft, I mean the free and open sourced media-player/center from The XboxMediaCenter Project!

You install XBMC on a modded* Xbox (preferably replacing the Xbox original dashboard with it) and it will play/view all audio, video and picture formats known to man from either a CD/DVD or stream it over your wired/wireless network, you can even copy the files to the Xbox harddrive and play/view the files from there. XBMC blows away all other stand-alone/set-on-top media-players with all it features and the look and feel of its user-interface, it will even up-scale/up-convert any video-file or DVD-movie to 720p/1080i output and digital-out surround-sound. The only thing that XBMC can not do is record TV/video as there is no video-in port on the Xbox.

http://www.xboxmediacenter.com
http://manual.xboxmediacenter.com

Check out previous (and now 'old') reviews of XBMC:
http://www.tomshardware.com/consumer/20040511/index.html
http://www.o-sd.com/hardcoregamermag/publicPDF/HGM_Aug.pdf
http://www.tvharmony.com/blog/archives/2004/09/xboxmediacenter.html
http://www.surrealroad.com/digital/index.php/archives/2005/xbox-media-center/
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/links/links20050519.html

*XBMC is an unsigned Xbox software and will thus only run on a modified Xbox (either a mod-chip or a soft-mod, see www.xbox-scene.com tutorials for more information)

PS! You want to try the lastest CVS, a.k.a. 'daily-build'

yes XBMC is the best, the music and video database features in it are amazing, the most bang for the buck hands done once it's all setuped and configured! Though if you have the money and want a HTPC then go for MediaPortal which is the XBMC software ported to Windows, or get both as you can use MediaPortal as the back-end/server-side and XBMC as the front-end/client-side to get the best of both worlds! You can have once PC with MediaPortal and several Xboxes with XBMC connected to it, one for each room in the house ;)

http://mediaportal.sourceforge.net

yes XBMC is the best, the music and video database features in it are amazing, the most bang for the buck hands done once it's all setuped and configured! Though if you have the money and want a HTPC then go for MediaPortal which is the XBMC software ported to Windows, or get both as you can use MediaPortal as the back-end/server-side and XBMC as the front-end/client-side to get the best of both worlds! You can have once PC with MediaPortal and several Xboxes with XBMC connected to it, one for each room in the house ;)

http://mediaportal.sourceforge.net

my LCD moniter burns in how do i fix this and why is this happening. i thought LCD's wernt suppose to burn in

Hey guys,

After watching your show on HDTV you have convinced me to finally take the step and upgrade my analog cable to digital so that I can get some good HD programming. I currently have Comcast and I am thinking about getting their HD PVR (I think it is a Motorola).

My question, is there a way to easily pull my data (i.e. tv shows) from the Comcast PVR to my computer? I travel a lot and want to take my shows with me. I am currently using a program called Beyond TV by snapstream as a PVR and it records to WMV/ MPEG that is obviously very easy to pull to or even stream to my laptop, I can even compress using any method I choose (divix, compressed wmv) for portability to a handheld or laptop. I like the ability to stream to the laptop from my snapstream box so that I can watch Battlestar Galatica while the wife watches stupid reality shows.

What format does the Comcast PVR (or tivo for that matter) record in, .wmv .mp4 .mp2 other proprietary? Is there a hack out there that will allow me to get the media off the PVR to my PC hdd for portability/ streaming? Should I just get a HD tuner for my HTPC and keep using snapstream?

Love the show keep up the great work. Glad to finally see paint on the walls rather than the old drywall tape!

Rob Dutkiewicz
404-284-4491

Decatur GA, 30032

I really enjoy the content of dl.tv but Mr. Norton is an incredibly annoying host. His delivery is very grating, he is NOT that entertaining (stop looking for the rimshot jokes) and he's GOT to stop mentioning Baja (sp?) - who gives a damn?!

"But I digress..."

Seriously, his personality detracts from the delivery and focus of the show.

What do you think of FFdshow, is it really the "swiss army knife of codec-suit"?

At first look FFdshow seems like the only audio/video-decoder most Windows-users will ever need to play all and any audio or video files of the internet. However at a seconds look FFdshow lacks full QuickTime and RealMedia playback in Windows Media Player, also a MP3-encoder is missing (which is why you may also need to install 'QuickTime Alternative', Real Alternative, and 'LAME ACM MP3-Codec'). A other option is to skip all the codecs and play all files with 'Media Center Classic' (also known as MPC).

Not really a question or a complaint, but a comment. Just downloaded one of the episodes for sh--- and giggles in the xvid format. tried it on my portable video player and viola!... it plays.

The player is the MPM-201 and it plays and records div-x, I'm just surprised it played this content. So now I can wath DLTV on the computer, the handheld, and now, the TV via the dock craddle.
Awesome... you guys rock!
Keep up the good work and keep'm comming.!!!

I PURCHASED A SUBSCRIPTION FOR SYNC MAGAZINE AT THE DIGITAL LIFE SHOW, AND NEVER RECEIVED A SINGLE MAGAZINE, OR NOTICE THAT IT WAS CANCELLED! SOUNDS LIKE A RIPOFF TO ME  I WANT AN EXPLANATION!

Dear dl.tv,

For the most part, the show is good. Robert is great and the content (HDTV, gaming, cameras, etc.) is just what I'm looking for.

Suggestions:
1) I'm not sure if not being ready at the beginning of a segment is part of some sort of schtick or not, but it's either unprofessional or not funny. Take your pick.
2) I'm pretty sure (see above) I'm not the only one who's sick of Patrick's "but I digress".
3) What's with Patrick's cartoony voices? Not funny! Not informative! Not original! Please stop!
4) Specific commercials for the podcast version would be nice as they're often lost on the audio-only audience. The sponsors have got a captive audience in me (I'm too lazy to try to scan through them) so they might want to consider having more dialog in the commercials for the audio version.

In sum:
Heron & content - often great
Norton - often grating

Best wishes and Happy Holidays to all,

Ole Laporte

Ok, I know, I'm just another nattering naybob of negativism (to borrow an ancient phrase from another patrick) piling on the criticism stack, but here goes:

I wonder if the problem is that there's not enough contrast between Robert and Patrick? The two seem very similar on camera in temperament, and opinion.

Patrick made a really GREAT Co-host back in the TSS days, playing the "heavy" to Leo's more stary-eyed approach to tech, and fatherly demeanor on camera. Perhaps you guys need to mix it up more; get some differences of opinion going; spend less time on the happy-talk, and more on the "meat-n-potatoes"....

But then, I'm not in media, and never plan to be, so what do I know (seriously)... I'm just another schlubb with quicktime on my laptop, and a big mouth...

Keep up the good work guys,
Greg.

I watch your show on my iPaq 2200 series. I use the TCPMP viewer and the show looks great in XviD format. I know it is more time consuming to encode in XviD but it is the only format that plays back well from an SD card in my iPaq.

I am sure that you guys already know about the TCPMP media player but here is the link anyway. http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about

Also, I encode my DVDs into XviD format using FairUse Wizard 2. The movies are compressed down to 250MB and look good. I am hoping to get a 512MB SD card for Christmas so that I can make the file sizes larger giving me more detail.

Would it be possible to do a show on tricks on how-to encode video for portable devices?

The show is the best. Keep up the excellent work!

I have heard you mention problems with xvid, encoding on G5. I encode tons of stuff in xvid, and for the G5, use ffmpegX, http://homepage.mac.com/major4/

Use the ffmpeg xvid profiles, not the mencoder ones. The mencoder xvid output can be jumpy.

For windows, the gordian knot has been the one the produces the best quality output, and no jumpiness, and you can just dedicate a DIY pc to do it.

I have spent hours experimenting with settings and tweaks, I can send what I have found to work best if you need. I test my output on mac/win, and my Avel Link Player that uses the sigma chip.

Whats going on with the MINI version of firefox for PalmOS? is the release date still January 2nd?

I Feel you Pat the PSP is in real need of some new games , give Kingdom of Paraside a try it a fun action rpg with a good story and some cool real time combat, or if you like shooters try Socom Fire Team Bravo it's the BEST shooter on the system and it also has the best online play seen so far on the PSP (16 player w/ voice support if you get the $20 headset).

My Comment on video encoding for the PSP...., just download the Ipod version and then reformat it for the PSP with PspVideo 9, also once it's in the crazy PSP format it can still be played with quicktime and shown a fullscreen size, or moved to the ipod video. I prefer the avc format over the sp in video 9.

Sorry I know this was long just wanted to share the info with you guys and Hey I love the show and would love to see news on the PSP, Ipod video, and other portable media players...... Great show keep it up :D

Okay, What is XML and how does someone use it?

Can you guys do a segment on Opera? I don't think it gets enough exposure it is a great browser.

Hello guys; I'm a DL.TV fan from Mexico (not from Baja though)

So, last weekend I was about to purchase an HDTV at a major US electronics store (the one with the yellow tab); however the Sales Rep told me that I had to purchase something called a Power Center; he then gave me a demonstration how an unfiltered TV would have this horrible sound and all. Plus he told me that the only brand of cables he would recommend was the MONSTER brand.

My question is this; is a Power Center really indispensable? And also, do I really have to buy the Monster brand of HDTV cables? I've seen other brands which are much cheaper; are MONSTER cables so superior?

I recently recieved my new 5th Gen iPod and would like to put some video content on it. Do you guys know of any good h.264 encoders that are free for Windows. There are several for Macs.

Thanks,
Scott

I really think this website needs work. The videos are great, however, this website just kills everything. On my 1024*768 browser, I have to scroll horizontally! That's just pretty stupid, the reason for this is that damn add on the right. Cant you move it somewhere else? Also, please make each segment of the video shorter and cover more things. Sometimes, a single segment goes so long it gets pretty boring, no discussion should be longer then 6-7 minutes.

I wondered why I wasn't getting any new shows and in my Juice Podcast receiver and now I see that you haven't updated the XML for Xvid to tell it about any show after December 6th.

Can you update it please?

ITunes does not seem to be getting updated. It is now 12/27 and all I am getting is the 12/6 show. I cancelled and resubsribed, but that made no difference.

I just subscribed to th DLTV podcast! Great job guys! I also wanted to say that I'm glad to see that Patrick Norton and some of the old Screen Savers gang back on the air. Death the G4...I want TechTV back!

Love the show, but you got me jonesing for more.I thaught they where doing 2 a week. But been over a week. I can see tuesday for xmas break..but thursday's show too! Your killin me here I need my fix.

Hi Guys-
Is it possible to save your shows to my computer's hard disk, and if so, how?

Is it ok and free to re-broadcast these videos?
ie assuming original content is un-altered can people mirror and/or re-broadcast these?
Who do you need to get permission from?

If you are looking for a cool gadget, try a Meade 10 telescope with GPS tracking and motorized az/el mounts. They also have a ccd eyepiece camera that connects directly to your PC or laptop. I just emailed Patrick and asked him to do a review of these.

CES Show #2 Celestron's SkyScout Personal Planetarium. Jim Louderback mentioned he would like the functionality of this device built in to a telescope.

Celestron and Mead both have had GPS and Star Databases included in their telescope products for number of years now. The GPS and Star Database can be used to align the scope and then the database can be used to point the scope to a selected object or use get information on an object you have found. The scopes can also be connected and controlled from a computer.

Hi Guys,
I absolutely love your show. everything about it is perfect.

I really want to tell you how much i enjoyed the last show from CES in Las Vegas. Jim who was reviewing all those crazy products such as the furgles was extremely funny. His fascination with flashlights and buttons had me rolling on the floor! It would be great to get him on the show again....even if he replaces Rob. Don't get me wrong...I think Rob is doing a great job, but he exposes his geekyness too much and sometimes irritates me.

Thanks again for a fantastic show,

-Luke

Hi, Guys! It's Wednesday night and things have changed since I wrote you the last question on Sunday (about the free DVD software). Since that time, I was able to find the application for making DVD movies on my computer. It turns out what I thought I found with my last note was some bit of CD-burning MS crap.

The actual app for making DVD movies is a servicable piece of software from InterVideo. I have tried archiving DL.TV to DVD with good results. It's not straight data burning, if it were I could fit the entire 28 episodes you have done so far on one disk in WMV format. As it is, I can render one to five episodes per single-density disk, depending on the compression. The mid-range compression appears to work best, with a 2-hour recording time, allowing for 2 to 3 episodes (depending on their length).

I'm writing now because the InterVideo app refuses to load certain episodes of DL.TV. It throws an error on episodes 16, 19, and the 2nd CES show, citing format problems. I am able to open and view those shows in Windows Media Player, and re-downloading did not clear the problem. Could there be an irregularity in the way those show were encoded, as opposed to the other shows on the site?

(Aside: The reason I want to burn the shows to DVD is my wife seriously dislikes watching shows on the computer, but has been a fan of Patrick's since The Screen Savers days. GO DROPKICK MURPHYS!)

Uh...
I hate to sound mean, but why is your HDTV expert the one wearing glasses? I'm sorry, but it feels like getting advice about stereo audio from a guy who has an ear plug.

But then again, Robert tends to right, so I'll forgive him his flaws. Heck, I wear glasses too and just thought it was a bit ironic.

Glad to see you all again. I was an avid viewer of ZDTV and Tech TV. Missed Screen Savers & Call for Help.
I tried to send Ep #17 to my HP IPAQ (Windows 2003) through Windows Media Player and it would not let me. It says "Window Media player Error. Cannot sycronize." I have Windows media player 9 on my Pocket PC & player 10 on my computer. I have version 3.7.1 Active Sync. What am I doing wrong?

P.S. On TWIT you "guys" said only 3% of your audience are women. Don't count on it!! I'm a 55 yr old Grandmother with a PS2, Game Cube (yes, I played Resident Evil 4!), an MP3 player and a pocket PC. My husband doesn't like tech! Who bought you guys your first Nintendos? Your Mothers!!
Keep up the great shows. I'm getting my "fix" now that G4 took over Tech TV.

Closeups of the DLTV on-set television:
Can't you guys switch to a live feed from the PC instead of having the camerman film the TV screen? The shot often has info out of frame, and the content on-screen is rarely discerible. Just got a guy with a video switchbox to channge the recording input from the camera feed to your PC output. It would make the show much more watchable.

Ads: I can't believe that there's anyone that does not immediately fast-forward through ads on the pocast or videocast. It's a waste of all of our time. I'd gladly pay $20 bucks a year to subscribe to the show or get some sort of made-up "DLTV Member's Only" features, in lieu of the hassle of skipping the ads. How 'bout it?

Hi guys, Love the show - try and get some cameos for us - say Sumi Das, or Michela Pierera, James Kim - just for fun - maybe a special report.

On a recent cast you mentioned that there are few cheap video edit software packages out there. Did you hear about the JahShaka project to provide free high quality HD compatible video editing.

http://www.jahshaka.com/

Mark

Your show is incredible. I read somewhere that I can watch your show live on internet. Is it true??
Tell me how and whats it link??

Hey Hasan,
On Tuesday and Thurday, each week, we stream live at 4pm PST(7pm EST and Midnight GMT). Click on the live stream link and you are good to go.

Scott
Associate Producer

I was surprised by the lack of enthusiasm towards virtualization software expressed on the show. I don't think you see some of the great things it can do. If you had a copy of VMWare Workstation from EMC you could easily be testing different operating systems such as Vista and Linux flavors on one computer, plus keeping the base Windows XP there as well.

Once you have the virtual machines setup, you can move them from system to system without worrying about hardware incompatibilities as the virtual machine doesn't change. For general users they are also great. Robert is always saying how machines should be reformatted when they get messed up. It is trivial to make backups of virtual machines, do all of the work in them, and if they get infected or something else goes wrong with them, just copy over a backup.

I would recommend doing most general purpose computing work in a virtual computer where CPU power is less of an issue. Also, now VMWare has a free client that can run on Windows and Linux.

Also I don't work for EMC, and am nothing more than a happy customer.

I was asking around about podcasting, and how I could do it myself.

I finally reinstalled Flash MX 6, found some code and made this all by my little lonesome:
http://ccl.flsh.usherb.ca/eslcafe/myplayer.htm - Not bad for a «newbie». If you try it, send me a URL. I'd like to see what folks do with it. Has a XML file that you can use to translate it too.

I'm now encoding mp3s and podcasting educational content to my students.

GPL! Code is "free" - "as in beer" too. I just don't believe in making people pay, after all the help I've received in the many newsgroups over the years. It's nice to give back!

John
ESL teacher in Sherbrooke
Former TSS fanatic

ive seen the DigitalLife 2005 Gaming T-Shirt around the web, and im probably going to buy it anyway, but i was wondering if there were any thoughts of making any dl.tv merchandise (shirts, stickers, even keychains) if so, id buy it.

thanks

hey, im thinking of buying inear earphones. and i have a very tight budget... anything that is low costing (mayB around 50 - 80 bucks) that i can buy? so far i've found Creative ep630 and another from sony... any recomendations?

Hey guys, love the show, glad I found you again after that channel screwed us over. Just wondering if there was a limit to the length of the show. I know TWiT has a limit of about 80 minutes or so. Does the same apply for DL.TV?

Thanx for keeping me informed. You're doing a great job!

Russ, Fargo ND

Don't know if it has anything to do with your server problems, but I keep receiving all the RSS feed posts from 1/6/2006 (Friday CES Special!) to 2/14/2006 (DL.TV Episode 35!). About 13 posts, and I receive them every day, the same ones. I have 2 other RSS feeds that are not acting up, so I'm fairly certain the problem isn't me.

I use Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.

Hey if SQL is causing you to go down, is there any alternatives? can you use mysql?

Robert- You mentioned on one show that the only true HD plasmas are 50" and up. I have seen a Hitachi 42" plasma that is 1024 x 1024 resolution. Two questions, is this true HD? and how do they manage the "square" resolution?

Thanks

Hi Robert,

I love your show, and you are a brilliant guy, but can we keep the personal resume boasting to a minimum. Not everyone is you. So for one show can we not start a sentence with the word "I...", or "I got a friend...". Thanks. Keep up the good work!

Like TSS, but we still need some Leo.

hello Guys I am wondering how to set something speacifically my BOINC to run anytime my computer is on no matter who is logged on or even if noone is logged on. I really could use your help I know you guys wont get many of these questions but I love using my computer s for something other than porn( not that I mind a little T&A watching )

How do I get the live stream set up? how i missed some thing?

Anyone got a good slide show program that burns to dvd? I have 321's x-show but it will crap out if slide show is longer than an hour.

Thanks,

wuffer

Don't get me wrong, I really like the show, but what gets to me is waiting for the recorded shows to be put up on the website. It seems they have this problem every ep! What gives?

Love the new camera angles. Feels more personal and you both look more comfortable.

When is Patrick getting his sledge hammer back lol.

Would it be possible to make this available in a 3GPP format for viewing on the phones? This would avoid an addtional step of conversion for me (and may be for many others).

I'm not impressed. How you could miss JDiskReport (which works really well on Windows, OS X and Linux (http://www.jgoodies.com/downloads/index.html), which is free is beyond me. Oh well.

Great show but the Gateway is nothing compared to Sony's VAIO® TX Series. I hate Sony and have to say this computer rocks. Has everything including the DVD burner. Small, lighter, and faster then Gateway..

Great for Biz-niz..

Buy a real computer. lol

I miss TechTV so much. Will never forgive G4Media for what they did. Any chance that there will ever be a reunion of Leo & Patrick, and even Kevin Rose? I like the web-based ideas for distribution but would love to see DirecTV pick up a new channel like the old ZDTV/TechTV. Any chance that Ziff Davis will start TechTV anew (maybe with Vulcan's help)?

I am subscribed to your podcast using iPodder X.
After dumping the file into my iPod I move it into another folder for safekeeping.
Then I am getting the same show downloaded again
I delete it then it downloads again
No other podcasts are doing this
I hate to cost you bandwidth for nothing
But I don't know what to do

Okay I'm a dope, I can't find the correct feedback point for WWN so since Patrick contributes to that podcast I thought it might be okay to get a message regarding the latest WNN.

PLEASE don't use that VOIP product again! It was painful to listen to and I couldn't finish it.

Thanks and regards,
I can't wait until my ears stop ringing...

Hey...
On your last show about Boot Camp on the Macbook Pro, couldn't you just right click by holding the Ctrl button and click ?? Thats how I do it with an iBook!!!
MAC ROCKS!!

Psss...I would like it if you guyz talked more about Linux....
Thanks

I'm somewhat computer capable and I want to learn more.
I want to learn more about how to make my system more secure. I went to belarc and there it said that my PC is only rated at a 3.0 on how secure it is. I want to learn more about changing permissions and doing more of my own system admin. stuff. Is there a place or book that I could read that would help me learn about how admin. my own PC and windows XP Pro. I also would like to learn more about network admin.

Thank You,
Dear

In Juice link for episode 53 under wmv files is written as a mp4 file(location).

Episode 40 is missing from the the front page and it's not on the older episodes link.

I want to transfer my movies to my IPod Video. How do I go about in doing such things? Thanks

Why is it the last 3-5 live shows are not woking correctly. Today's died after 5 minutes...

I downloaded IE7, and I have to say it is continuing with its past. GARBAGE!!!
It already has stoped and I had to shut down five times.
Back to Firefox.

I am entering the market for a laptop. The recent name changing by Intel and AMD has messed up my comparison abilities. Which is better, Turion or Core Duo in relation to performance for price...(if all other specs are the same)? Could you tell me which AMD Turion is an equivalent in performance to a Core Duo T2400...this will give me a place to start when comparing...

What new or present defrag software (tools) available for Windows XP? In the future (???) how about defrag tools for Vista?

Regards

Have you ever heard why a MSI Motherboard with Sempron Processor will not show all installed memory available only half.
Formware upgrades have not fix it.
MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R motherboard Model MS-6702
AMD Sempron 2800+ 32bit 754 socket
Two 1GB Centon DDR rams

Could my 32bit processor be the problem.

Thanks
Phil in Boston

Great show. Could you take a look at these cameras and compare them to the point and shoot one you had on dl.tv. Thanks!

Woops forgot to paste in the website. Sorry! http://www.aiptek.com/

All of the services with 'unlimited downloading privileges' sound to good to be true.

What's the catch?

for some odd reasion I have to click the video to get the frames to advance on your page... btw I need a job.. can I have one???

What version of Nero is robert always talking about for transcoding?

Have you seen these record players( http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/2006/05/23/laser_turntable/ ) and are they any good? I have many old records from the 60s and 70s. Some are a bit warped, would this play the records well enough to transfer to digital or do you have another sugestion. Love the show keep up the good work.

This is the question I just e-mailed to P&R:

Hey Patrick & Robert,

I want to put 480p video on my website for people to watch much like
Apple movie trailers does (with my own personal content of course :)

I have the script to put the mov video into a nice neat player for a
user interface but I don't know how to compress the video from 1080i to
the more manageable 848x(352~480). How do the movie studios compress to
get such clean sharp video?

It's inevitable that all online video will evolve to 480p and higher.
Any help you could give us early adopters would be a great help!

Thanks,

John Nickles
San Diego, CA
nicklesconsulting.com

I use Juice to manage my podcast downloads. After listening to #66, I subscribed to the WMV video feed. Oddly, Juice points the video entry to the MP3 list I'm already subscribed to. Tried a work around recommended on the Juice forum, but it doesn't work. Any idea why Juice would insist on pointing to the first DL.TV entry?

Jim

FYI, I had the same problem when I subscribed to the video feed, then elected to change to the audio feed. The new audio subscription pointed to the video directory. Go figure.

I would like to invite you to www.UFOFilm.org .
UFOFilm was created to unite people in the entertainment industry as well as those .

Windows Vista Beta 2 is available on www.bittorrent.com
You still have to register with Microsoft to get the key.
Additionally it can work in the free vmware server. You don't even have to burn to DVD. The vmware client allows the CD drive to point to a ISO file.

The install was painless and the vmware tools installed on Vista without any issues.

Regards
Nigel
From Oakville, ON, Canada.

I have finally decided that I can't stand the slowness of my 5400rpm notebook hdd so I am up for an upgrade to a shiny new 100gb 7200rpm drive. However, I don't want to have to reinstall every application that is on the current 80gb drive. Could you suggest anything about copying the contents of old drive onto the new one? Perhaps some ide adapters and good cloning software? The software doesn't need to be free. Also taking out the optical drive and plugging in the new hdd really wouldn't work as the notebook does not have universal bays.

Thanks.

If Robert Heron is going to repeatedly laugh maniacally for no apparent reason and use the word 'arguably' in every sentence, you're going to lose a regular listener. The dude might be a good lab rat but as an on air personality, he has a long way to go.

http://netgear.com/products/details/SPH101.php plz review this. Looks cool

The reported feature complete version of Vista Beta 2 is somewhat incorrect.

I purchased a 360 last night pluged it in, connected it 2 my network and much 2 my frustration the setup wizard for Media Center Extender ends with an error.

Obviously this will be fixed in later released of Vista, but my point is it should not be called feature complete until all features work.

I am looking for a remote desktop application which can control my pc while I am on the road. I am looking for something which allows doesnt need to install any program on the client (remote) side. (ie when using a public computer etc) Is there at good suggestions?

Wasn't Real a spy ware player? Not to long ago.

Is Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) as cracy as he sounds to be?

http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/?entry_id=1512499
http://media.publicknowledge.org/stevens-on-nn.mp3

Carl
Sweden

Robert: I have used software called Acronis. They are located at http://www.acronis.com/ They have disc imaging software suitable for the Home, Network and Enterprise user which takes a snapshot image of your drive.It is compressable and can be saved to External hard drives,, DVD and the like. As an example my 47.6 GB System drive is compressed down to 5.5 GB and is burnt onto just one and bit DVDRAM Dics. Full details are contained on the site as well as trial software.

Lary Sydney Australia

Guys, the second camera on the Nokia N80 is for 3G communications. It's all about audio and video communications. This way you can talk and look at the the other person.

Tada!

ROBERT WHICH WOULD BE THE BEST INDOOR ANTENNA I COULD
GET TODAY. I LIVE ABOUT 2 BLOCK AWAY FROM AN ELEVATED
TRAIN. THE HD SIGNAL I GET IS BROKEN UP BY THE TRAIN.
THIS HAPPENS ABOUT TWO BLOCK BEFORE AND AFTER THE TRAIN
ENTER AND LEAVE THE STATION. I LIVE IN A APARTMENT BULIDING.
I HAVE (2) LCD HDTV'S A Philips 32PF9630 32" AND A HP LC2600N 26".

Me, and a friend got into a discussion about the ever increasing wattage of PSU's. Now we understand that computers require a lot of power, but I'm having a bad feeling thinking about a 1000w PSU, and 200w GPU in my room consuming that much power.

Are they working on anything, or anyways to lessen the amount of power a Computer must consume? Because at the rate we are going, in another 3 to 4 years we will be using 2000w PSU's....

Hey Robert and Patrick:
Just wanted to drop you a note to tell you I LOVE the show. I don't think you guys and the rest of the crew hear it enough - we appreciate ALL the hard work and LONG hours in making DL.TV what it is - the BEST.

I have never tried to watch live, I just wait the 1-2 days for the download.

My family makes fun of me for LMAO while watching - gee, tech stuff AND humor!

Thanks again!

free online space 25GB! of space.
www.streamload.com
I have been using it for a while and it has increased to 25GB. check it out.

I have seen some products that use 4th and 5th generation ipods to display video thru an adapter, which is displayed on a 7 inch screen. I was just wondering if you guys know of any product that can use a 3rd generation ipod?

http://www.isee-ato.com/

http://www.i-luv.com/iLuv/index.php

Thanks

When I sit down at the computer to catch a quick tip or
read a review, I don't like to sit through 2 minutes of idle shit-chat. It's boring and a waste of my time.
Digitallifetv could learn alot from CNET and ZDNET. They get right to the point and give you the info you want pronto. I'd like to support your site..but I can't sit through 15 minutes of geek talk for something that should take 8 minutes.

Thanks,
Stuart
Portland,OR.

Why does a 2 gig flash memory drive cost $50 but 2 gigs of DDR400 costs $200?

Please ask Patrick Norton's wife to increase his ritalin dosage.

When are the Laptop core duo 2 chips supposed to be released?

You waited so I could watch this one on my birthday. Thanks guys. Please do like CFH does and add the episode along the bottom we know you names. Love your show Thanks in advance

Lyle Hensley
golddigr@gmail.com
Enjoying Every Breath
Retired US Army
1957 - 1978
Ripon Ca.

Hi

I'm wondering. Will these new 64Bit Xeon Macs allow my to install normal XP and run windows games on them?

If so, they are some kick butt machines.

Conrad

Hey Guys. i got a question:

Are HDTVs selling? Or are we still in the SDTV era?

I was just listening to another podcast and claimed that HDTV are not selling thats why Sony quit their Plasma and thats why prices keep falling because consumers are not buying them. I hope you guys can clear this up.

Personlly, im knee deep in HiDef. 50" SXRD w/ HD Cablebox + xbox 360 + Oppo971...

I heard somewhere that SATA II(3Gb/s) is not compatible with SATA 150. Is this true?

Thanks,
Megathesis
Arlington, Tx

P.S. Love the show!

Shopping for HDTV 720p plasma
I see a lot of tvs marked as having resolution of 1024x768 - is that technically 720p?

I thought 720p specification called for 1280x720.

It's now TUESDAY and I'm EARLY! The show streams live (usually) at 4PM PST if I recall right. It's now 2PM PST (actually, it's 14:15 PST / 16:15 MST) and I don't see a link for episode #86 anywhere! Maybe I'm too early for the live stream and you don't post links that "soon" -- I'll check back in about an hour and a half (when it starts). Hopefully, I'm not late (again)...

My receiver has one optical input. I need 2, one for my Samsung HLR618W TV and one for my DVD. If I buy a upconverting DVD player that has a HDMI output, will my TV pass the sound to my receiver digitally thru the optical input?

Could you address the issue of how we begin to build a full HDCP chain Ie. A Blu ray/HD DVD player/recorder through a HDCP compliant graphics card(like MSI NX7900GT through Dual link DVI-I(analog and digital) or through HDMI 1.3 using the new SI-sil9134 transmitter to sil 9134 receiver(1.3 increasing bandwidth to include better audio and lipsync). It appears all this will be necessary for HD media to work in Vista. 1920x1080p LCD screens are begining to look very good but few actually have HDCP compliance through HDMI and/or dual link DVI. It can be argued HDCP is BS but it (is) and if we want to play protected content we have to figure a way to deal with it. It appears that we can't expect ATI and Nvidia to be a solution to HDCP since they pass that along to GPU card makers that use their chips.
I think this partly explains why it is difficult for HD DVD and Blu Ray to move ahead quickly. The 1.3 standard was agreed to... the transievers comming next month and no/few monitors/HDTVs able to handle the data. Help us make some sense of this mess...Tom

my local abc station resantly did a story on movie
pirates where they got what they said was the first
access to the motion picture association of america
anti piracy room if you want to watch the story here
is a link
http://www.abc15.com/news/investigators/index_story.asp?did=28302

Great show guys, just noticed the last couple of shows (the H264 QT version) the colors are very muted, skin tones are a sickly purple-green. This never happened before, colors used to be quite vivid. I tried the files on different macs, ubuntu linux and win xp with the same results.
Keep up the good work
Stefano
Italy

well Robert and Patric i have a website building question how do i embed an image to the URL of my website?? Example tiny little image icon that shows up in IE and my Favorites etc. so far i use dreamweaver so im familure with building websited but this one little thing i dont get please help

Eddie Roche
Pennsauken, NJ

you show is cool but you have to talk about the psp that a lo of people have psp so you get better with you show but i like it

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I have a couple systems that I bought from HP and they have the OS install files on a locked partition of the HD. I want to FDISK the drive and re-install the OS without all of HP's built in "helper" apps. Is there a way to get in the partition and pull out just the XP install files that I can use (with the key that came with the box) to accomplish what I'm after. Thanks again.

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Robert, Hairstyle; Get One! The Caesar look went out a long time ago.. How about some spikes? I'm sure there's a hair stylist in ur area that could help you get a better MORE MODERN look.. Just lookin out for ya buddy!

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Slashdot is reporting Bill Gates has bought out open office.org. Linux is sounding better and better.

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Do you guys know anything about samplers? if you do whats a relly good one for Beginners p.s if you dont know what kind of samplers im talking about just click the link to see the pic http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/b/b7/350px-Akai_1.JPG

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I though you said you will have 2 shows a week?

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That was the most painful interview yet

Anyone know if Robert and Patrick will be making an appearance at the convention in NY this October???

Why does Patrick keep saying that HD-DVD puts out a 1080p signal? He said it again on TWIT this weekend. I looked at the specs and it clearly stats that it is 720p/1080i. The only true 1080p HD device is the Blu-ray. Why does he keep trying to make this more confusing than is has to be. Robert has done similar things on TWIT. I don't have an exact quote, but once on TWIT he made a comment that resolution that the differnce between 1080p HDTV and 720p HDTV was minimal, this makes me crazy. I really don't think anyone who doesn't own an HDTV should even be reviewing them and calling themselves an expert. Those couple HDTV calibration classes don't make you an expert. 20 years of monitor callibration might be closer to an expert.

Am I wrong? Please correct me if so.

I love happy donut shop. There is also a really good ice cream puff cake at Shinjuku district. I love Tokyo.

Did I miss something? Today is TUESDAY and presumeably episode 100 will be streaming in LESS THAN AN HOUR! So where are the links to watch it!?!?!?!?!

This is posted 10/03/06 @ 15:59:00 MST (TODAY IS TUESDAY AND I ASSUME A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE WILL BE STREAMING SINCE TODAY'S EPISODE SHOULD BE NUMBER 100!!!)...

For free file transfers up to 100MB, I've used and like DropLoad at www.dropload.com

Peace.
Jersey Chris

I can't believe that DigitalLife TV haven't tested XBMC (Xbox Media Center) yet! It's open source, it's free and it plays any audio/video file you through at it, what more can you want?! I dare you all to find a media player (hardware or software) with a nicer GUI and as many functions and features :P

XBMC 2.0.0 stable point-release was just released a week ago which would be nice for a test on DL.TV ;)

http://www.xboxmediacenter.com

You guys do tons of HD video stuff... Is it possible for you guys to do a 5.1 Headphone review to enhance the HD gaming and Movie experience?

Kindest Regards,
Allen

Hello All,

I have a Toshiba notebook ( a105-s4094 ) with built in WIFI antenna. I would like to add an external antenna to boost AP signals. Is there a way to do this w/o adding an extra card. I'd like to use USB if passable. Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Hello guys,
I just wanted to comment about the sending large files. A great website I use is http://sendspace.com
It's free and you can have up to 300MB of files, but only last on their server for 30days or so. They will send your friend a link and you also get a link, which you can forward to whoever eles you want to have it.

Thanks for Listening,
Kyle

I sincerely advise against posting your e-mail address here or sending e-mail to dl.tv@ziffdavis.com. All that happens is your message get's ignorted, and even worse your e-mail address gets added to the ZiffDavis SPAM list.

Shame, I thought these guys were ok. Shows how deceiving things can be.

@DL.TV crew, I normaly like your show so I'm sorry to report this but I'm highly disapointed by Roger Changs presentation (or should I say miss-reprensentation) of a modded Xbox in this Episode 106. He showed it in very poor light so to speak.

First of all; why did he not set it up to boot directly to XBMC (XboxMediaCenter), why did he play the medi-files from the file-manager and not from the "My Videos" interface (and why didn't he show of the "My Music" and "My Pictures" views as well), that just gives the wrong impression, the real interface is so smooth and great to use, and why the heck did he use an old third-party skin (a clone of Wndows XP MCE 2005) when the original Project Mayhem 3 skin is much nicer.
http://www.chokemaniac.net/download.php?cat=pm3

Secondly; if possible choose a hardware modchip before a software mod (softmod), only use a softmod if you for some reason don't want to spend the $20 to £60 bucks on a modchip. Once you tested XBMC you probebebly won't mind spending some money for a modchip and DVD-remote control for your old Xbox.

Finally; the orignal Xbox and XBMC does too output HD (720p and 1080i), you just need to buy a other video-cable, a component cable-adapter, either from Microsoft or a third-party one. True the Xbox processor is not fast enough to decode native 720p or 1080i/1080p video but it can upconvert all video that has a lower resolution than 960x540 (a.k.a. HRHD or Half Resolution High Definition) to 720p and 1080i. So a normal NTSC or PAL DVD-Video movie can be upconverted to 720p and 1080i without problems on the Xbox in XBMC.

I like to request a new review and new reevaluation of a modded Xbox with it booting directly to XBMC with it's original skin and the latest version, XBMC 2.0.0

PS! www.xbox-scene.com is much better than www.xbox-hq.com

Response to Why did I install IE7 in episode 107?

Quick fix to space issue. Press F11 and the nav bar turns into a hidden tool bar so you have 100% screen browser in on your monitor. Both tool bars are hidden. Need the tool bar back? Put mouse on top of page and like magic, the tool bars back.

Rock On!!

Is it too tuff to update your website to indicate when the new show will be ? I know it is new website but can't be that tuff to do. I think it is RUDE to not indicate when show is especialy when the show does not always start on time. If it is TOO tuff maybe you should only offer the show via a download.

Still up to your same stupid comment and games. If you have evidence of an illegal act that you did not suffer damages and demand payment than that is extortion. If you suffer damages from that act, obtain evidence and demand payment than that is not extortion. Who cares how many lawyer friends you have (Wow), nobody would waste a second suing your pitiful show. Why don't focus on improving your show.

As an ardent fan of DL.TV I feel that the show is successful not least as a result of the interaction between Robert and Patrick who compliment each other wonderfully.

When Jim has stood in for Patrick in recent shows he is undeniably energetic but is it just me who finds him a little overpowering? Jim is a great front man on his own but he simply doesn't work with a partner.

Poor Robert's face seemed to range from disbelief through surprise and back to resignation!

Hello, Patrick and Robert
I'm thinking on buying an apple notebook computer. Of course i'd like the biggest and baddest. I've never owned apple before but would like to check them out. I'm some what windows geek. So, suggestions are really appreciated. I'm not sure if I could get used to the software.
Help, please.
truly a faithful follower of you guys,
Bob

Pat, can you please loose more hair!

Thanks buddy.

Now that HD-DVD is 'hacked', do you feel, as I do, that they will 'win the war'? To me it is obvious. If the format is made user-friendly, it wins. You would think the companies involved would learn and provide end-users something less restrictive. What are your opinions on this?...

Now that HD-DVD is 'hacked', do you feel, as I do, that they will 'win the war'? To me it is obvious. If the format is made user-friendly, it wins. You would think the companies involved would learn and provide end-users something less restrictive. What are your opinions on this?...

Just found this site when I read Jim's article in the new PC Mag. It's great. I'll be watching every week now. Almost like having the Screensavers back on. Keep it up!

Love the show!!

geez,i hope hd-dvd doesn't win the war.! come on blue ray! bring out some good content and movies.! sheesh.

I bought a new phone that uses "Bluetooth". It's called a Fusic by LG. I have heard of this technology but know nothing about how to use bluetooth. Can you put something on the show to explain what it is and how to use it?

Hey Guys, Great work. One question, where are the wallpapers that were showed on the recent episode the one with the hosts and rodger, i think they were red in color?

Thanks for talking about the VLC Media Player! I really have found this to be quite useful. It plays many files which other players have failed at! Good on ya gents!

Cheers

I purchased an IPOD 60 Video. I have been fully enjoying it until I upgraded to the Itunes 7, now, when I try to update my music or, restore, my IPOD I receive an error message 1418. This seems to be a huge problem with IPOD. I am running a Windows computer. Now my IPOD is just a useless paper weight

Hello One and all .
Am I the only one who has a clue as to why MS took so long in coming out with Vista. It didnt take me long to figure it out. Does anyone remember when back in 2002 or 2003 Ms said that it was ready to come out with the next MS OS. The all of a sudden , Nothing. Then 5 yrs later, VISTA finally shows up. Well my educated guess is that when MS did have vista finally done, MS had to show the Hollywood exexutive of all the major movie and recording label's Look we have the new VISTA. Guess what? Hollywood said to MS, It aint going to fly. Meaning that MS had a OS that was so very user friendly to US folks , that Hollywood said no way , no chance JOSE. They , HW, said that you are going to have to go back to the drawing board and make it Hollywood friendly. Well guess what MS had to do it in order to comply with HOLLYWEIRD buisness model. And that is why MS took so long to come out with this version of VISTA. Think about it. It makes Perfect sense to me and it should to everyone else, Well everyone except Hollywierd.

Just a couple of quick technical corrections from the Boston mooninite/bombing comments. C4 does ignite unlike concrete and it burns readily although it doesn't detonate from being simply lit. The shoe bomber had TATP, not C4, which is made from hydrogen peroxide and acetone and is the same stuff the London bombs were made from and it's also the reason you can't carry liquids in volumes over 3 oz. on planes now. Unlike C4 it does detonate when ignited and the shoe bomber's plane could have very well been destroyed like the London buses were had the passengers not prevented it. Your chemistry is a little off but I watch the show for the electrical engineering.

I enjoy the show a lot and it's great that it's available for downloading as well as streaming. If only the networks had your insight. Keep up the good work.

Could you guys PLEASE, PLEASE make the ipod version of dl.tv smaller to maybe about say 100MB or so. My ipod is filling up really fast with dl.tv, hak5, labrats, tiki bar, diggnation and others I only have a few GBs left on my 30 GB ipod even though I try and watch them as soon as they are released.

ipod filling up fast please make .mp4 smaller

in an earlier show you asked for suggestions on how an old server could be used.
this might sound strange but would he be able to use it for BOINC projects? its better than it going to waste

How do I watch the "Live" show?
Is there a link?
tia
Beefy Box

i recently re installed windows keeping the "my documents" folder but my old user name was password protected, so whenever i try to open the folder i get an error message saying access denied
is there any way that i could unlock this folder?

The difference is very noticeable between the iTunes podcast feed of dl.tv 147 Mar 13, 2007 iPod version and podcast feed of dl.tv 147 Mar 13, 2007 H.264 version. The iPod version has a smooth frame rate, but the H.264 is slightly jerky video. Is my system not able to decode that stream?

iTunes 7.1
Athlon 2500+
1gb ram @333
ATI 9800pro 128mb
nForce2 motherboard

Hey, love the show. Patrick, noticed your comment about the earth 6400 years old. Interesting. I'm a Pastor with an IPOD and deep in to the TECH stuff. YOu may have been making fun of Creationist or you may be one. Whatever it is... thanks for the great show and keeping us informed. As a Pastor and "TELEVANGELISTS" (Quick Study TV) I'm always interested in tech stuff.

later dude

Jesus Freak and Creationist plus subscriber to DLTV the cool show.

Rod Hembree
www.thestreamtv.com

My name is Bobby kraft and i watch your RSS video feeds religiously with that said i came across the google wifi through the sewage system, i dont know if this is real but it would be awesome if your guys reviewed it. here is the link http://www.google.com/tisp/

Bobby, I hope you realized it was a April Fools?

I have a 50" Plasma (few years old) with only component inputs - no HDMI/DVI.
If I purchase a Bluray DVD player; will I be able to watch a true Bluray movie in HD format; meaning 1080i?

Hi,
everyone who wants to look DL.TV Live Stream via Linux.
Here is a simple guide. You simply have to install vlc version 0.8.6 . It has vc-1 codec support and can play any wmv stream seamlessly ;)

I have been watching the show off and on since last year. I found the show on my dvd player with its online capabilities. I didn't know what it was at first, but then I read the topics and hosts and saw Patrick and Robert from TSS. Watching the show on my tv is good, but I wish the quality was a bit better. Is there any way to bring ZDTV back so we can all watch cool tech shows again? TechTV was my favorite channel. Keep up the good work. Would be also nice if you could have LEO on as a guest host. Patrick and Leo back together would bring back memories. I know that he has been on the show before, but I haven't seen him guest host a full show.

Folding @ Home!!
We'll be in the top 100 within a month :)
Eric_From_Ak

SO after installing FreeNas and succesfully copy my iphoto and iTunes data to using AFP. I now get a spinning beach ball after authenticated with the same credentials. Finder Hangs can still log into web interface of the freenas server.

Thanks Ben
makdaddy88888@yahoo.com.au
Sydney

On show 170 I saw a program that used called speed test. Where can I find it.

Thanks Rick

any tips on how to make portable apps from cd like games and visual c++ 6.0

Patrick,
While trying to find the shot of you crossing the street on Google maps to show to my friend, I came in from the wrong direction and found images of you all over the place. That is just creepy.

Hey guys great job I love your show, I wanted to say I just read an article concerning new laws on basically hacking into to networks and etc. by making it a felony with 5 years of prison time.This law states that any attempt to get information, harm the computer or utilize its network in any capacity is a crime ,so I guess using the apartment next door's broadband connection is now a felony sweeet! hell you could even say someone drving with a laptop is looking for open connections ,pre-meditated felony ,these laws are a joke and the people writing them Im not sure if they have ever even used a computer, Lastly does this mean I can press charges on Safenet and other companies that constantly try to hack into my computer and see what files im sharing that would be great ! lol awesome job guys maybe you can talk about this on the next show ,Thanks Jeremy

I've missed a lot of your shows it's good to see DLTV is still going& Great shows to boot. A suggestion for a future show article would be to try the Linux distro PCLinuxOS. It can be found at http://www.pclinuxos.com/
This is a super easy distro for advanced & noob alike so easy a caveman could use it!

often you need a so called GROUND LOOP ISOLATOR if you have noise when connecting from laptop to stereo.

how come when the hd2900xt came out it was matching performance with a 8800gts and in some cases slower

but when the new ati drives came out it jumped up right behind a 8800ultra??

can drivers realy make so much of a diffrence on performance of hardware?

expecially after considering cost

Could you guys give a demo on how Apple TV works please.

Great show guys. Thanks for all the reviews of open source software - that was really useful. Yes I am cheap!

Can you give any advice on web editing software? I have obtained a domain name from Google /GoDaddy (your sponsors), but am struggling to make the website look like anything. Because I am cheap, I dont want to pay a web designer, but find editing the HTML content through Google Apps very limiting.

Please help!
John.

I love your videos, but could you get rid of that hoky commercial at the beginning. It's time to change it. Thanks! I have a little over a hundred computer students that I have put on to your site. Keep up the good work. I miss TechTV and was glad to find you and friends here.

lkw

Hey guys,


I just wanted to say that you have just completely made my day. Nay, my year, because I have been missing The Screen Savers since the minute it went off-air, and I had absolutely no idea that some of you went on to make this show. It's great having you back, and keep it up! Thanks,


-- Cory, Norman, OK

They Guys were talking about slo blo[w] fuzes. The reel purpose of a slow blow fuze is for equipment that may draw high current at startup. The fuze will not blow when the unit powers on while charging the filter capacitors, or maybe if it has a motor that draw high current when it starts up. You can ID a slow blow fuze that has a clear glass tube, it has what looks like a little spring inside, standard blow fuzes have an element that is the same shape from end to end.

Jim

This is to Sean T. He wants to try Linux. Here's a gotcha to watch out for. If you INSTALL linux it will mess up your computer's Master Boot Record, a.k.a. MBR. So if you decide to go back to your old OS you may find that it won't load because the mbr got changed. In that past what I have used is a program that comes with all versoins of Dos called fdisk. You may recognize it is the program that is used to work with partitions. But it has a mode that will fix the master boot record, it is: fdisk /mbr.
An ordinary bootable floppy disk [created by Windows] may not have this program. You may need a full Dos disk.

Jim

So I just started watching I believe episode 181? Anyways it started out with asking people to give Rodger Chang and chance, I don't know who these people are but I enjoy Mr. Chang very much. I think he was filling in on the first episode of dl.tv that got me into the show. And I think I've seen him a few times on Tech TV before.

Great show guys. I am a dedicated fan.

Just one comment for Roger: I know that OLPC is controversial i.e. don't these people need water and sanitation? I know what you are getting at, but I think your concerns are are misdirected. Just look at the cell phone adoption rate in developing nations for a clue. These children are going to grow up and have to compete with the best in the world. By exposing them to this sort of technology such as OLPC will give them that chance. It will also enable them to sort out basic amenity issues in the future.

This is not the same as exposing them to Prada or Gucci - I would agree with you in that case. I grew up in Africa. These people need the chance to leapfrog to current worldwide standards - and they can only do this through technology.

Hey guys i love your show but I havent been able to keep up with it recently. This may have been mentioned before but I love it.

I had some vista validation issues today. I had to reinstall after a dead chipset killed the mobo.
Anyway I set mozzilla as my default browser and microsoft detected it and automaticly downloaded a plugin to make mozzilla update compatible, I never need IE again!

Why don't you use that nice HD Camcorder and allow people to watch in HD or in SD.
(The camcorder i am talking about is the one you should on tuesday Aug. 7)

Robert and Roger, you guys are doing a good job hosting but please stay with tech. There is enough game podcasts and tv shows around. Having a game segment in your show just turns me off! I am sure I am not the only non game player that uses a pc.

John

P.S. even with all the Apple koolaid drinkers the Iphone will be dead within a year!

Love the show, but the build a PC segments are putting me to sleep. Its great to have the segment on but i just fall asleep during that segment. Other than that the show is great.

No I disagree with Ryan. The build a PC segments are great and very helpful. Please keep them coming.

I don't know what your feelings are on the breakup, but I tried to watch the new techzilla, I could only stand about 5 minutes before I had to turn it off. It's no where on the level of dl.tv.

I just don't like chang. He is not an animated host and he can't seem to keep his political opinions out of the show. Decide if you want to be a show host or hillary fund raiser.

MISTAKE IN ADVERT -

This is more of an issue for Symantec corp. but in one of the DL.TV adverts for "Norton 360", the narrator says that this man (Eric) on the sofa/couch is defending his computer and is backing up files as he naps, then we cut to the computer and if you look closer you might be able to tell that both "PC Security" and "Backup" statuses are not green (secure) "PC Security" seems red (Not Secure) and "Backup" seems orange (Warning) and the norton status seems to be "At Risk". All in all "Eric" is more of a "lazy mutt" rather than a "vigilant watchdog of PC security", to top it off the narrator says "we are proud of you Eric" at the end.

Watch the advert yourself (usually at start of show), and compare to this Norton 360 status screenshot, I only figured this out as I find this advert a bit annoying and have Norton 360 on one of my computers.

http://www.symantec.com/norton360/about/images/n360_screenshot_alert_big.jpg

I was a bit bored as you see, that was my smart ass 2 cents.

You guys are great, but can you clone Veronica Belmont and have two or three of her host every show?

God how I missed you guys!!! It is so great to see you again. I guess now I can stop sending nasty e-mail to g4. NOT! Keep up the great work.

Please, for the love of all that's good and pure, fire Roger. He's the worst show host ever.

Great work Robert I enjoy your relaxed style and your depth of knowledge is obvious with High Def stuff, looking forward to the new shows to come all the best to you and the whole crew at DL.TV

In the intro of the valentines show, what is the first phone they show, has a sliding QWERTY keyboard?
Thanks.

I was wondering. You seem to do a lot of video game coverage in your shows. I was curious as to if you'd ever taken a look at the Free online RPG Rappelz. http://rappelz.gpotato.com. This game is amazing for a "free for life" video game. The graphics are great, and the game reminds me a lot of WoW.

Just watched dltv 233 with co-host Garnett Lee. I just wanted to say that I like the chemistry of Robert and Garnett. It makes the show more entertaining to watch. Hopefully Garnett will become the full-time co-host. My 2 cents.

Question. I have seen a copy of XP Pro SP3 Black Edition. I would like to know how to make my own copy, from my legal copy of XP, and also to ensure there is no virus or hidden Trojans in there. The number of times I reinstall XP per year for my family, this would be worth it. I wonder if a vista version is available?
P.S. I removed vista and downgraded back to XP on all my laptops. Vista was just way too slow on a fast CPU with 4GB of ram!

A GO GREEN Suggestion: Hey Robert.

.....About shredding, stop throwing out your paper, buy one of those small composting kits. Paper, is pulp, and mixed with dead leaves, grass, etc it makes excellent compost to add to your in house planter pot for future green thumbs.

its there any way i can watch dl.tv episodes in my tivo...

Why are you showing episodes of CES from last year, it got me confused, and I thought those were from this year.

Please stream in better quality. Like HD. I love the show but this would make it better.