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Viewsonic WMA100

Paul Westbrook | 11 September, 2004 14:12

WMA100Viewsonic is coming out with a pretty cool wireless media adapter. The WMA100 is a 802.11 component that will play audio and video onto a TV, in addition it will also display photos. Some of the features differentiate it from the other devices are:

  • Playing MPEG-1,2,4 video files
  • Playing MP3, un-DRM’d AAC, WMA files
  • JPEG, GIF, and PNG photos
  • Scales video and pictures to the TVs native resoultion
  • DVI, composite-video, component-video, S-Video and VGA video outputs
  • analog and coaxial SPDIF audio outputs with Dolby 5.1 pass through
It looks like this will cost $299 and be available during the fourth quarter of this year.

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OMWAVE media PC

Paul Westbrook | 11 September, 2004 13:45

OMWAVE EH1Engadget has a post on OMWAVE's EH1 media PC. This is a A/V component looking PC, running Windows XP, that with their OMtheater software will:

  • Play Audio CDs and MP# files
  • Play DVD and DivX video files
  • Download music and videos to it's hard drive
  • Display digital photos
  • Watch, record and pause TV
  • Update the program guide data (available in France)
  • Burn CDs and DVDs
  • Contains web browser and email client
  • Runs all Windows software, including games
It looks like these go for between 1,090.00€ and 1,990.00€


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New Car

Paul Westbrook | 11 September, 2004 12:52

In a previous post, I mentioned that we were looking into getting a new minivan. We ended up getting an Odyssey. We got one with Navigation. We also had an after-market DVD system installed, and they did a great job with it. We are still planning on installing XM Radio and a CD changer. We will be installing an Alpine CD Changer and use the Blitzsafe HON/ALP DMX V.1D converter to allow the XM Radio to be connected to the head unit through line-in. The only thing to do now is to figure out where on the dash to install the XM radio interface, where it will not look bad.

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Potential disaster adverted

Paul Westbrook | 11 September, 2004 12:31

Washing Machine Valve Shut-Off KitYesterday, I got a call from my father-in-law. He said that the alarm on our washing machine was going off. This is the alarm on the Washing Machine Valve Shut-Off Kit. It appears that our washing machine had leaked some water onto the floor. This device potentiallly saved us from some major damage. When the kit senses water, it cuts off water supply to the washing machine. (The reason that we bought this is becuase our old washing machine leaked and caused about $2000 of damage).

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