Category Archives: Hardware
ASROCK 330
As part of my plan to produce some more content for this blog I am starting with my TV room HTPC. This PC (ASROCK 330 HT) was purchased in 2010. It is connected to a Samsung 42” “non smart” TV. … Continue reading
Another tablet.
Well I already had an Ipad 2 and to be honest liked it very much. My gadget fund recently received an injection of cash so it was time for another purchase. I now have a Nexus 7 tablet (16GB). As … Continue reading
HTC ONE X update
Well I have had the phone a while now and am starting to like it less and less. The two main issues are: Terrible battery life (12-14 hours max) and GPS issues (GPS position moves around even when I am … Continue reading
Oh no. More gadgets
Well I am not long back from my yearly trip to the U.S. And what did I come back with? Well I bought back a kindle 4 (the one without the keyboard) and an apple TV. I liked the borrowed … Continue reading
Apple TV 2 and XBMC
No. I did not buy an Apple TV v2 (ATV-2). I borrowed one from a colleague. I have to say that it looks great and the remote is a thing of beauty, but it is an Apple product so we … Continue reading
Yet another remote
Just got another remote to add to my family of remotes. This time it is a Bluetooth based remote to replace my keyboard and mouse used to control my HTPC (ASROCK 330HT). As the HTPC already has a USB based … Continue reading
All installed and running again
So I finally got to put in the replacement hard disk in my HTPC (ASROCK 330HT). Re-installed everything and then spent hours getting the DVB-S and DVB-T all working and the channels mapped correctly. So now have all the UK … Continue reading
WHS 2011 Installed
Well the WHS 2011 install completed without an issue. I just copied all my video’s, photo’s and music to the appropriate shares. Took ages but done now. Installed Squeezebox server and pointed it my music so now I can stream … Continue reading
The new server has landed
Well the new HP microserver arrived so within an hour I had the 2x 2TB drives in, the 4GB memory stick in, DVD drive in, USB stick (internal) in. All working great. ESXi (VMware) was installed in minutes and the … Continue reading
Even more hardware
Well, it has been a while.. My 500GB HDD in my media center PC broke the other day. I managed to get most of the data I needed off it, but now it is time to replace it. The list … Continue reading
Loads of gadgets 