Tekzilla

Hosted by Patrick Norton, Robert Heron and Veronica Belmont. New episodes Tuesdays & Thursdays

Tekzilla feeds your tech hunger! Patrick Norton, Robert Heron and Veronica Belmont bring you hands on reviews of the latest gear, tips and tricks that improve the tech you already own and conversations with the most informative experts around. Read More

Where's Pat? HDTV Troubleshooting 101, Cool Uses for USB Flash Drives, Free CD/DVD/Blu-ray Burning Tools, and Finding Royalty-Free Music

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 – running time 26:05

Pat's busy with his new bambino, so Rob and Veronica are here to show you how to troubleshoot your HDTV woes, must have tools for USB drives, free CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning utilities and where to find good royalty-free music for your next video or indie film project.

Pat's busy with his new bambino, so Rob and Veronica are here to show you how to troubleshoot your HDTV woes, must have tools for USB drives, free CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning utilities and where to find good royalty-free music for your next video or indie film project.

Plug Your Laptop into an HDTV

Dylan's dad wants to plug his laptop into his HDTV and use it as a 2nd monitor. Learn about some simple options and some handy alternatives if your laptop lacks a video output.

01:40 | Play

Troubleshooting Your HDTV 101

Wes is having issues with his Vizio 42" and lines showing up across his screen. He wants to know how to fix it, and more importantly how to maintain his TV so the picture doesn't get any worse.

03:40 | Play

Cool Tools for Thumbdrives

Amin won a 64GB USB flash drive and wants to know some of the best ways to use it. Outside of using it as a portable storage for his PC he can load some pretty awesome free apps at PortableApps.com or as an encrypted drive courtesy of TrueCrypt.

07:42 | Play

Incompetech's Royalty-Free Music

Looking for royalty free music for your next film, video, or project then check out Incompetech's Royalty Free Music!. A great resource for those looking for music that won't cost an arm and a leg.

13:29 | Play

Free CD/DVD/Blu-ray Burning Utilities

Burning ISOs from Windows is a built-in affair, but Cameron also wanted to know what other free options we'd recommend. The two we like the most are ImgBurn and BurnAware Free.

14:59 | Play

Booting Windows from a SD Card

Jason wanted to speed up his load time by installing Windows on a 16GB SD card. Unfortunately while have been able to load and boot linux from USB thumbdrives similar success with SD cards has proven problematic. However, there's a great tutorial at GroovyPost with pretty thorough instructions on attempting such a feat.

16:55 | Play

Router DNS vs Windows DNS

Enrique was wondering if having a DNS listed in his Windows machine that was different from the one assigned in his home network router would cause any conflicts. Discover the answer and some helpful tools on judging DNS performance in the clip.

20:27 | Play

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Show Title:
Tekzilla
Description:
Tekzilla feeds your tech hunger! Patrick Norton, Robert Heron and Veronica Belmont bring you hands on reviews of the latest gear, tips and tricks that improve the tech you already own and conversations with the most informative experts around.
Categories:
How-To & DIY, Technology & Gadgets
Launch Date:
Sep 1, 2007
Episodes:
Credits