I love waffles, and so should everyone else as well, waffles are just that good. But now they got even better, at least for the ones of us who are geeks. I present you the Keyboard Waffle Iron, brought to you by Chris Domino.
I have to just wonder if that plastic from the old typewriter could actually withstand all the heat. But whatever the case might be, it’s still a great gadget in my opinion. Now if only these were mass produced, or easily available for buying, then I’d certainly get one.
So I finally got around into pulling in some new satellite cables into my room so that I could watch TV on my PC once more. After spending a few hours trying to set it all up, I finally got it working. Ended trying out several different players, including the official/supported from Pinnacle, but ended up using DVB Dream as you can see in the screenshot below.
And even so I’m still not quite happy with it, noticeable slowdowns when switching channels, silly favourites system where you have hard coded four categories, and can’t define your own, but still so far it seems to be one the better ones out there.
Now if only they could do something about the quality of shows that they show these days on the TV, then it would be really cool. But I suppose watching TV every now and then is a nice change from the usual.
Anyone else watch TV on their PC? If so, could you tell me what TV card you use, and what software?
DisplayPort? What’s DisplayPort? Well, as you can see in the picture bellow it’s something that will replace the ageing DVI and VGA. VESA(Video Electronics Standards Association) has recently announced that its members have approved the version 1.1 standards of the DisplayPort interface. The new interface will be used in flat panel displays, projectors, PCs and CE devices.
So what’s so special about the DisplayPort? Well for one, it adds support for HDCP 1.3(enables viewing of protected content from Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs). As you can see in the picture, it’s also considerably smaller than the other interfaces so it’s less clumsy. Not only that, but it’s also about twice as fast as the DVI interface and comes with optional audio support.
Of course as always, there are no exact dates on when these things will start appearing in most devices, but it sounds pretty cool anyway.