Woa2 » thegreenbutton http://woa2.com We know whats hot Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:34:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 DIY’ers successfully build their own CableCARD equipped HTPC http://woa2.com/diyers-successfully-build-their-own-cablecard-equipped-htpc/ http://woa2.com/diyers-successfully-build-their-own-cablecard-equipped-htpc/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:28:00 +0000 admin http://woa2.com/?p=65 HTPC fans were devastated when it was revealed that only OEM PC builders would have the privilege of building Vista Media Center PCs with CableCARD support, but hope is here: it looks like a few members of The Green Button forum have figured out how to build their own CableCARD ready HTPC. There’s two barriers to overcome, which unfortunately still make it more difficult than just picking up an internal or external ATI Digital Cable Tuner , but they’re not terrible: would-be system builders just need to score an OCUR tuner product ID number and use a BIOS contains the correct OSFR table. No one’s figured out how to tweak just any BIOS yet, but apparently most ASUS P5Q motherboards work fine — so really you just need to score some used CableCARD tuners off eBay and ask the seller for the PID from their computer.

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]]> http://woa2.com/diyers-successfully-build-their-own-cablecard-equipped-htpc/feed/ 0 Mio S401 and S501 nav units leak out, due in May http://woa2.com/mio-s401-and-s501-nav-units-leak-out-due-in-may/ http://woa2.com/mio-s401-and-s501-nav-units-leak-out-due-in-may/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:02:00 +0000 admin http://woa2.com/?p=67 It’s been a while since we’ve seen a new Mio navi hit Stateside — Mitac seems to be concentrating on the Magellan brand here — but it looks like there’s still some kick left in those boots: say hello to the Moov S401 and S501. Baby brother 401 will sell for $129 and has a 4.3-inch screen and four million preloaded POIs, while the $169 501 bumps it up to 4.7 inches and 12 million. Both have Mio’s newish “Spirit” interface, but we’re most intrigued by the repeated mentions of gas price searching and Google Send to GPS in the docs we were leaked, which suggest integration with a service like MSN Direct

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Mio S401 and S501 nav units leak out, due in May

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