Re: [H] OT For Sale - Popcorn Hour
Thing works great, retails for $70 but I'll take $100 OBO. Email me privately. Or does it retail for $100 and you'll take $70 OBO? :P
Re: [H] OT For Sale - Popcorn Hour
Whoops. Retails for about $170 :) --- Brian On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Neil Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thing works great, retails for $70 but I'll take $100 OBO. Email me privately. Or does it retail for $100 and you'll take $70 OBO? :P
Re: [H] OT For Sale - Popcorn Hour
Had I just not recently bought an AppleTV I'd be all over this. Brian Weeden wrote: Whoops. Retails for about $170 :) --- Brian On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Neil Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thing works great, retails for $70 but I'll take $100 OBO. Email me privately. Or does it retail for $100 and you'll take $70 OBO? :P
Re: [H] OT For Sale - Popcorn Hour
That's a tough choice - Apple TV or the Popcorn Hour. For me I went with the Popcorn Hour because 99.9% of my media was non-DRM stuff ripped from CDs and DVDs or recorded TV shows. While I used iTunes mainly for its podcast subscriptions, I try and avoid purchasing content as much as possible. Not because it's bad, but because I have a Linux laptop that I would like to watch the content on. But the Apple TV is a very appealing solution, especially if you have a bunch of other Apple products and I hear it has very high spousal approval. Brian On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Had I just not recently bought an AppleTV I'd be all over this. Brian Weeden wrote: Whoops. Retails for about $170 :) --- Brian On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Neil Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thing works great, retails for $70 but I'll take $100 OBO. Email me privately. Or does it retail for $100 and you'll take $70 OBO? :P
Re: [H] OT For Sale - Popcorn Hour
Most of my media is non-iTunes, and I've had to hack it to play various other media. Truth be told, I'm not very happy with it. A lot of media in my collection just won't play on it, due to the way it's encoded. Brian Weeden wrote: That's a tough choice - Apple TV or the Popcorn Hour. For me I went with the Popcorn Hour because 99.9% of my media was non-DRM stuff ripped from CDs and DVDs or recorded TV shows. While I used iTunes mainly for its podcast subscriptions, I try and avoid purchasing content as much as possible. Not because it's bad, but because I have a Linux laptop that I would like to watch the content on. But the Apple TV is a very appealing solution, especially if you have a bunch of other Apple products and I hear it has very high spousal approval.
Re: [H] OT For Sale - Popcorn Hour
Yep - that's the other downside. The Apple TV only really plays stuff encoded with Apple's codecs. If you've got WMV or XVID stuff then you will have issues unless you hack it. Many people don't realize that Apple does just as much monopoly lock-in as Microsoft, it's just that they usually have a much more enjoyable (and prettier) box to lock you into. I've owned 1st Gen, 3rd Gen, and 5th Gen iPods and also 1st Gen iPhone. Loved them all, especially once I got em hacked so I could do what I wanted with that sexy hardware :) Brian On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most of my media is non-iTunes, and I've had to hack it to play various other media. Truth be told, I'm not very happy with it. A lot of media in my collection just won't play on it, due to the way it's encoded. Brian Weeden wrote: That's a tough choice - Apple TV or the Popcorn Hour. For me I went with the Popcorn Hour because 99.9% of my media was non-DRM stuff ripped from CDs and DVDs or recorded TV shows. While I used iTunes mainly for its podcast subscriptions, I try and avoid purchasing content as much as possible. Not because it's bad, but because I have a Linux laptop that I would like to watch the content on. But the Apple TV is a very appealing solution, especially if you have a bunch of other Apple products and I hear it has very high spousal approval.
Re: [H] OT For Sale - Popcorn Hour
Actually, my problems are with H.264 encoded media, which is an Apple standard! The AppleTV just does not like high bitrate/VBR files. Brian Weeden wrote: Yep - that's the other downside. The Apple TV only really plays stuff encoded with Apple's codecs. If you've got WMV or XVID stuff then you will have issues unless you hack it. Many people don't realize that Apple does just as much monopoly lock-in as Microsoft, it's just that they usually have a much more enjoyable (and prettier) box to lock you into. I've owned 1st Gen, 3rd Gen, and 5th Gen iPods and also 1st Gen iPhone. Loved them all, especially once I got em hacked so I could do what I wanted with that sexy hardware :)
Re: [H] Running laptop of DC
Unless he can regulate that DC to the exact voltage (18.5-19.5) required by the laptop, it would be safer to get an inverter and use that to feed the AC adapter that came with the laptop. Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP -- From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a person who is off-grid and wants to run his laptop off the DC power he produces. Is there a device that will let him bypass the power adapter that comes with the laptop to do this and is it recommended?
Re: [H] Running laptop of DC
But that's a DC to AC to DC conversion and going to lose a lot in the conversions. Generate quite a bit of heat too. Best thing would be to find a PSU that can feed off 12V DC. I did that way back in 1998 when I put a computer in my car to play MP3s. Wasn't all that expensive, just a bit hard to find. Not sure if the same thing exists for laptops. Brian On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Gary VanderMolen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unless he can regulate that DC to the exact voltage (18.5-19.5) required by the laptop, it would be safer to get an inverter and use that to feed the AC adapter that came with the laptop. Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP -- From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a person who is off-grid and wants to run his laptop off the DC power he produces. Is there a device that will let him bypass the power adapter that comes with the laptop to do this and is it recommended?
Re: [H] Running laptop of DC
Not all laptops run at 19v My old HP (3 years old I think), runs at 12v. My current Asus does run at 19v though. If the laptop does require more than 12v, have a look in auto electrical places, or just electronics stores that do some auto electrical stuff. Maplin (http://www.maplin.co.uk) over here have laptop power adapters that run off 12v. http://www.maplin.co.uk/search.aspx?MenuNo=12245FromMenu=ydoy=8m7 they even go as high as 120watt, which i'm surprised about. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: 08 July 2008 18:00 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Running laptop of DC But that's a DC to AC to DC conversion and going to lose a lot in the conversions. Generate quite a bit of heat too. Best thing would be to find a PSU that can feed off 12V DC. I did that way back in 1998 when I put a computer in my car to play MP3s. Wasn't all that expensive, just a bit hard to find. Not sure if the same thing exists for laptops. Brian On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Gary VanderMolen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unless he can regulate that DC to the exact voltage (18.5-19.5) required by the laptop, it would be safer to get an inverter and use that to feed the AC adapter that came with the laptop. Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP -- From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a person who is off-grid and wants to run his laptop off the DC power he produces. Is there a device that will let him bypass the power adapter that comes with the laptop to do this and is it recommended?
Re: [H] Running laptop of DC
On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:00:54 -0300 Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a person who is off-grid and wants to run his laptop off the DC power he produces. Is there a device that will let him bypass the power adapter that comes with the laptop to do this and is it recommended? I think most models of laptops have a car adaptor. If your friend is not producing 12VDC, an off the shelf solution may be difficult. Best, al
Re: [H] Running laptop of DC
Ah yeah car adapter - that would be the best. On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 4:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:00:54 -0300 Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a person who is off-grid and wants to run his laptop off the DC power he produces. Is there a device that will let him bypass the power adapter that comes with the laptop to do this and is it recommended? I think most models of laptops have a car adaptor. If your friend is not producing 12VDC, an off the shelf solution may be difficult. Best, al
Re: [H] OT For Sale - Popcorn Hour
does it take a hdd too? or is that an external usb hdd? On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Brian Weeden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's pretty much brand new only used it for a couple weeks before deciding to dump the money into my HTPC instead. Main difference there was being able to use a BluRay. Thing works great, retails for $70 but I'll take $100 OBO. Email me privately. Info on the device: http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/ Brian -- -Francisco http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More...
Re: [H] OT For Sale - Popcorn Hour
Both. It has 2 USB ports on the front and opens up where you can stick a HD inside. Only IDE connector though. Pretty easy to do: http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2008/07/07/how-to-video-install-a-hard-drive-into-popcorn-hour/ Brian On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:14 PM, Francisco Tapia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: does it take a hdd too? or is that an external usb hdd? On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Brian Weeden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's pretty much brand new only used it for a couple weeks before deciding to dump the money into my HTPC instead. Main difference there was being able to use a BluRay. Thing works great, retails for $70 but I'll take $100 OBO. Email me privately. Info on the device: http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/ Brian -- -Francisco http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More...
