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10/31/09
If all you're doing is recording shows to watch later then it's not any more illegal than using a VCR.
Legal issues only become a problem if you want to start building a long term/permanent library of shows and/or start sharing them with your friends and family.
That's not to say recording off the TV is legal. Strictly speaking it's not. You're still making a copy you don't have permission to make.
Similarly if we interpreted the license that comes with CDs/MP3s and DVDs in the strictest sense. Then loaning a DVD you have bought is illegal and leakage from your MP3 player headphones can pass for a public performance.
Personally I stopped worrying about these legal issues a long time ago. When I can no longer enjoy the music, TV and movies I watch because of draconian DRM or legal restrictions I'll simply find something else to fill my time. Which is what everybody else should do.
So in the end the only people that lose out are the idiots trying to shake every single penny from our pockets. #htpcs
10/31/09
A representative for the RIAA appeared at my cousin's school a few years ago to talk about illegal downloading, copying music and the like. Someone brought up fair-use, and an additional question was asked - "I can make one backup copy, and if my archive is destroyed can I legally use my backup?" To which the answer was yes. "If my archive is destroyed, but I still own it, can I copy someone else's CD as my backup?", Of course the answer is No, even though the end result is the same - A license and media is purchased, a copy is made, the archive is destroyed, user plays copy instead. The fact is, you are buying a package of license and media, and agreeing to the rules before you even read them.
Basic Point: Record TV shows all you like. No one's gonna bust you for it, but if you want to follow the letter of the law, you're prolly gonna need a lawyer. #htpcs
10/31/09
10/31/09
IR adapter upstairs, External USB Drive, External USB LCD display all in a small extruded aluminum project box which sits on a shelf under my TV. I have a Harmony remote programmed for Windows Media Center.
Completely quiet experience. no fan noise, etc. No restrictions on processor type, HD size, # of DVD drives, etc. Running Vista, hasn't crashed once. The only issue are the mandatory big updates sometimes hangs the system on reboot. I use it as a DVR box, but mostly don't see the frontend - I use it through the Xbox Media Extender more in both the living room and the bedroom. #htpcs
10/31/09
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10/31/09
The Aeon skin is really nice, here's the url; [xbmc.org] #htpcs
10/31/09
10/19/09
For shame, Gizmodo. For shame. #secondarydisplays
10/19/09
The article also lacked mention of the Sony Pocketstation (pictured). Sony took the PSX memory card and, you guessed it, added an LCD screen similar to the Dreamcast's VMU. While this device was never released in the US, at least one US Playstation title actually was compatible (ie, it had a Pocketstation game, otherwise it functioned as a normal mem card) with it: Final Fantasy 8. The instruction book even contained all the info on how to use the Pocketstation despite also having the note that the device was only available in Japan. #secondarydisplays
10/19/09
10/19/09
The Nintendo DS doesn't really fit in here. They weren't trying to be innovative, they were actually trying to be retro.
The innovation was in making one of the screens a touch interface. #secondarydisplays
10/19/09
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10/19/09
I bought them on their normal product pages, through this seller, I've ordered two things, a controller and a VMU, and they both came packaged. Cheap, too, $2 with $4 shipping, same price as the controller I ordered. The controller I got was a european model with the blue swirl, same controller otherwise. I don't know if he has any more of these in stock. #secondarydisplays
10/19/09
10/19/09
...Or it's just the eye of the storm. #secondarydisplays
10/19/09
i wish you come out at a good price #secondarydisplays
10/19/09
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10/11/09
One acronym: BSOD.
10/11/09
10/11/09
But see the funny thing is I'm not the idiot because I did the smart thing and don't use a Windows anymore.
10/12/09
It's cool though. Jumpy little icons make you happy. Good for ya.
10/12/09
Sorry are you forgetting you're a Facebook commenter? Just thought I'd remind.
10/12/09
Not only did you fail miserably at trolling, but a Facebook commenter gave you a lesson in English grammar.
You really should be disappointed in yourself. Go listen to some Panic! at the disco or whatever that you "hip" macsters are into these days and console yourself.
10/12/09
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10/12/09
@ilovexspin:
10/12/09
Well you must be an ID10T yourself. I use XP every day too. I've had my current work desktop (IBM) for 3 years now and it's never BSOD'd once. Hell I don't even shut the damn thing off anymore (unless a Windows update forces a reboot) and it works just fine. I just logout and login. I can't even remember the last time my home desktop BSOD'd.
10/15/09
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10/11/09
Frankly, anyone that can't handle the original probably shouldn't be using an alternative.
10/11/09
Haven't you ever wanted to kill a hanging process only to find it was one of a dozen 'svchost' or 'rundll' processes?