DVD Box Sets – Extended Film Watching Session is Coming
Today I finally got around to ordering some stuff from Amazon.co.uk using the vouchers I was given as present at Christmas. I have ordered The Matrix Trilogy and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Extended Edition Box Set) which I hope arrive before the weekend as my wife is away for a few days and [...]
In: Home Cinema · Tagged with: DVD, Home Cinema
Panasonic Plasma Black Level Fluctuation Fix
I have noticed that the contrast levels on my Panasonic TH42-PHD8 plasma will suddenly increase during dark scenes and then drop back down to normal a fraction of a second later. This can be most distracting but as it only happens once or twice a week it hasn’t really bothered me. But, I found a [...]
In: Home Cinema · Tagged with: black level, fix, Home Cinema, panasonic, plasma
PaceTwin USB Interface Modification
I had previously read on Yahoo Groups that a project was under way to retro fit a USB interface to the PaceTwin allowing for easy archiving of recorded programs to a computer. Well, the guy who is planning the DIY upgrade has setup a website which is documenting progress and also other useful PaceTwin information. [...]
In: Home Cinema · Tagged with: DVB-T, Home Cinema, PaceTwin, PVR, USB
Lumagen Video Processor Bug Fixed
I have been exchanging e-mails with the UK distributor for Lumagen and the Lumagen engineering department. Today is a happy day because I have just tested a prerelease firmware which fully fixes the issues I have reported Thanks very much to the engineers at Lumagen for their patience and hard work, truly excellent customer service! [...]
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Lumagen Video Processor Bug Hunting
I have spent the last few weeks tweaking and improving my home cinema setup, most of my time has been spent learning how to fully exploit my Lumagen video processor. I am extremely impressed with the hugh improvements in image quality the Lumagen VisionDVI provides as opposed to sending video sources direct to the plasma [...]
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Home Cinema is complete!
Tonight was a landmark occasion. After nearly two years of planning I finally completed our home cinema, the last job was mounting the plasma screen. Apart from hiding away some power cables it is all complete, can’t wait to get into some serious film viewing Mounting the plasma screen was not a job I was [...]
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New PaceTwin PVR Update
I got an e-mail form my farther-in-law this morning telling me that Pace were about to release a new software update for the Twins PVR. Yah! I love my PaceTwin but it has had a checkered past with bugs in the software, the one existing bug which I still encounter is 0 second recordings. Initial [...]
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First Prototype of my Linux PVR
I have built an initial prototype of a Linux based PVR using some (very) old hardware I had available. I simply plugged in a new Hauppauge Nova-T PCI card and hoped for the best This initial prototype uses KnoppMyth Release 5A16 so that I could get up to speed as quickly as possible but I [...]
In: Linux · Tagged with: DVB-T, Home Cinema, Linux, PVR
When Linux meets Home Cinema
I have started working on a new project at home, it is one I know I am going to enjoy because it satisfies two of my hobbies I am going to build a prototype PVR based on MythTV. I am still in the planning stages at the moment but I am keeping notes in my [...]
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