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Blu-ray and HD DVD (that don't suck!) for $300

Friday, February 8th, 2008 – running time 33:36
Blu-ray and HD DVD for $300. Physists say Cell Phone Ass Cancer (or brain cancer) is unlikely. Help buying a UPS. IrfanView rocks. Apple iPhone upgrade timing is mean.

Veronica Belmont of Mahalo Daily fame is back to host the show again!

Apple introduced a new higher capacity iPhone and iPod Touch this week. After MacWorld. What's the deal with that? They wait till after the big press show is over to roll up revised models of their popular cellphone and music player?

According to the Windows Vista Blog, SP1 for Vista is coming in Mid-March. Hopefully the update will assuage many of the concerns leveled against the OS since it's release last year.

Keith wrote in to say that our pronunciation of GOM has been incorrect. The "O is a long o sound. So GOM should be pronounced G-Oh-Mmm. Plus he wanted to add that GOM is Korean for bear, hence the bear paw design on the player.

A couple of other viewers took us and Kevin Rose to task about the cancer causing cellphones debate.

Jim's offered up his opinion with: "... Take it from a Physicist, there is nothing to worry about. The solar constant is about 750W/m2, meaning on a sunny day your scalp is getting about 27 of those watts. At best only 1.5W from your cell antenna is headed in your direction, and that energy is at a much longer wavelength than visible light."

Another Jim weighed on as well providing this helpful advice: "While I have worked with high power transmitters and other RF sources, I didn't know a good answer to the question "Does RF give me cancer/ cause birth defects?" I would recommend you watch Physics for Future Presidents. It's a series of lectures by Professor Richard A. Muller of Berkeley College who covers physics at a level that even I can understand."

Plus we received a stack of emails regarding last weeks stenciling segment.

Stephan share this nifty tip about using GIMP to generate stencils. "... I think the easiest tool to use would be the Colors -> Threshold tool in the gimp. It's also in photoshop and will give you a very customizable way to create a template."

He also clued us in on Inkscape a "... very nice Bitmap Tracing tool..." as another freeware image editing application (although vector based like Illustrator) for generating stencils.

Kristoffer from Norway offered up his work as some examples of custom stencils.

Special thanks to Aundrea and Kevin for providing pics of their respective stenciling efforts.

USB to Serial Adapter: If you're one of the hold outs who still horde their RS-232 port enabled gear then a USB to Serial Adapter is for you. They run about $12 online from computer stores such as NewEgg.com and Buy.com. They're a great way to get your older gadgets working on current systems. Be warned, however, as you might encounter driver issues within Vista or XP that may make the whole exercise moot if support for the device dropped off with the demise of Windows 98.

We received an email question from Ryan. Ryan wanted to know about picking a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) for enough juice to power his PC, monitors, printers and assorted peripherals on his desktop machine.

For starters all APC UPS support replacement batteries. The key of course is you'll be doing the replacing. You can also buy a generic replacement but write down the info of the current UPS model# and battery first so you'll have something to go on when searching. Batteries can last anywhere from 3-6 years according the APC website but that said if your UPS is seeing a lot of duty because of faulty wiring or electrical storms the number will be closer to 3yr. Our producer, Roger, kept his old 300VA APC UPS for 5 years before the battery died.

If you're looking for a brand spanking new unit and want to save some cash get one without the fancy LCD panel. While those are super handy they do up the price. Also look for one that supports both low voltage and over voltage interruptions. Usually the cheaper ones will only handle one. Plus depending on how much gear you have the amount of power needed will vary. Great place to start is the APC battery selection website. Remember it's always better to err with too much power than too little.

Free download week pick is IrfanView. It's a great PC image viewer that supports pretty much every conceivable image file format under the sun. Pat likes the thumbnail view that lets him peek at the thousand of vacation photos he takes each vacation without a noticeable slow down or lag. Plus if you're web maven IrfanView lets you resize images easily for generating thumbnails.

The Blu-Ray/HD-DVD drive: The LG GGC-H20L is a combo format Blu-Ray/HD-DVD drive for your PC. It lists for $299 online. While the drive does not support burning of either HD disc format it will support the following (taken from the NewEgg website)

LG Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 4X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 5X DVD-RAM DVD-ROM: 16X Blu-ray DVD-ROM: 6X HD DVD-ROM: 3X DVD-ROM 40X CD-R 24X CD-RW 4MB Cache SATA Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD

Basically everything you're standard dual-layer DVD burner will. The primary reason to own one of course the ability to play both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD formats. However, you'll still the software component which in Pat's case was provided by CyberLink. The one that ships with the drive is a limited version so you digital audio output options are a bit sparse. You'll need to be running XP w/ SP2 or Vista installed on a machine with at least a 3.2Ghz Pentium 4 or Athlon 64 X2 3800+ , of course the more the better. Unfortunately there is no OS X Blu-Ray/HD-DVD that we know of. Other issues include HDCP support. You'll need to have a video card that supports HDCP if you're running non analog VGA. Although Pat's 8300 card, non HDCP ready, still managed to play our the video. Finally some movies won't play correctly do to the lack of support for Blu-Ray profile 1.1 support by CyberLink for the playback software. When this is released this problem should be rectified, we hope.

Our next email comes from Jack. He has a Wanadoo live box but it only has 2 ethernet ports. He wants to increase the number of jacks what can he do? Well for those not in the know Wanadoo is a "Integrated broadband modem, wireless base station and domestic VOIP phone hub". To increase the number of Ethernet jacks, Jack will need to pick up a network hub or switch. Now a hub is cheaper and great solution if you just need several more ports. If you're looking beyond that like 8 or more a switch is better as it actively guide packets making network traffic more efficient, assuming that all the ports are used.

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Highlights
Windows Vista ( 5:11, 5:11 ) windows update ( 5:12, 5:12 ) open source ( 9:58, 32:11, 9:58, 32:11 ) Guitar Hero ( 10:58, 31:14, 10:58, 31:14 ) Windows Vista ( 5:11, 5:11 ) windows update ( 5:12, 5:12 ) open source ( 9:58, 32:11, 9:58, 32:11 ) Guitar Hero ( 10:58, 31:14, 10:58, 31:14 )

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" Come we have a couple. We can't I mean -- got the the PS3 going on we've got the HD dvd drive for the Xbox 316 and that's we just had consul thing going around that's pretty easy yeah."

" And the switching issues this one's gonna be. Composite the other one's going to be like component actually tested positive for important updates he dvd don't know that's video. This looks so pretty. Any -- her reviews are free download and as always your -- questions. Of forward again I think and those not familiar running as vast body of work. -- vast now your body and that. That's pretty good for yeah actually yeah you should know from our daily if you haven't seen ballot -- I suggest you run or sprint there are what's the website."

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" None of Steve that was not -- okay that goes back to cranky geeks I was Johnson -- we -- talking about Star Trek in the new movie coming out and I know how it came up something about a cost him and he said if anyone. With make it cost him what I wherein I said yes. And then that never happened and then when the video about the Star Trek toward came out of rooms like well this seems like a perfect opportunity freeware that cost him but it never end zone."

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" I don't want to obedient soldier whose shirt is safe. -- so that you were elegant beautiful URL is daily alcohol dot com okay now. Apple courses introduced new iPod every new iPhone with greater storage capacity. Do you care."

" I don't know I'm excited irritated about it but I think I have -- early adopters I have the original iPhone and but then that. My biggest thanks to everyone has always been don't -- you know until after Macworld. Because drew praise the Mac comes you know whether it's safe to bike exactly what's coming up you expect that they're gonna make all the big announcements at Macworld and then you'll be safe to purchase after that point but not -- I feel terrible for all people I told to wait till after Macworld and I actually know and specifically a few people I told to run high when. -- because nothing major was announced and now they have high capacity."

" So 32 gigabytes for the for the iPods. Sixteen gigabytes for the iPhone. -- own an iPhone for an average I don't know how I'm so I I think I'm not gonna feel like you're not being specific about in May there are there any other hardware months but. The three G what's the point operating."

" Com -- if you watch a lot of video and if you're you're doing that kind of thing I mean if you're watching on video podcast content the the higher capacity would be good."

" Although we enjoy you watching video podcasts of any format when we make so many formats available."

" Exactly so now I'm I'm not gonna I want I mean I think it's still a great product and I you know recommend it right but. Personally."

" Notice they don't blackberries actually have a little port on the side put more memory and oh that's really special it's nice -- didn't know why a iPhone two things Roger actually Islam with the Blackberry any Al could edit actually. With Vista SP one yes exactly the new service pack for Vista the wanted to make everything right but but yeah I believe that I can't."

" Well I mean it doesn't okay service pack one coming -- march they've done a bunch of tweaks to which among other things over like reduce the amount of pain and suffering when you're doing things like copying files and."

" Right -- in mid march release Windows Vista SP one to windows update English French Spanish German and Jack Pitney is we'll move into the."

" Allen center on Microsoft dot com and -- are actually -- around the right now people running ads I I -- but I'm waiting is that giving admitted my old eight. Yeah I just want to see there's a good list of fixes them. I'm yeah I don't have a PC at home but I would probably upgrade given the chance we have several MI one running this at home and I'm definitely when the service pack ships I am all over it. Like speak on -- Your cats and now it's terrible well for the long. Go to -- and I'm sorry. Okay. Talk only about babies. Though now my baby never stakes now sir my sweatshirt commodity keep on last night probably six -- about now. But that's a washing thing comments from the viewers which are much more engaging the milk stories. Hockey has interests -- of the dome Blair writes go to screen for bear its place he would bear paw. Marking on the player are gonna don't doesn't play DivX files on a 400 that's a 400 megahertz pentium machine back in the day and it blew his mind. A good day he'd drop the link to the video download and watch your video just like streaming. And it's a long also be goal and it hurts when you pronounce it any other way gulf I'm involved I'd. We had a right of -- go rock she's been using for really long time and there's even use the media player anymore actually take midnight he's dome and PLC Keith. Banks are running at one."

" Thank you very much the mystery over that presentation has been -- I guess at least for now until -- start mispronouncing it again. Now the next couple of comments are about the cell phone cancer issue that you and Kevin are apparently talking on the last show. Because you know I watch it I swear it crazy chancellor I. It's just watch the Tekzilla episode -- and you were talking about BI a radiance from a cell phone that doesn't sound right ingredients. -- reading doesn't -- businesses take it this is yeah. Cents to close tradition is really hard on a profit center. -- does nothing to worry about the solar constant is about. 715 watts to per square meter per square meter thank you -- on a sunny day your scalp is getting about 27 of these -- The best only one point five watts from yourself on antennas headed in your direction and that NS she. -- at much longer wavelengths than visible light so in theory it's not gonna creep insiders still cause your brain for a I mean if you're standing like underneath the giant cell tower it would your office than any potential Tara second -- eventually."

" Only speaking like if if there's a elect a nose -- on a plane that's radar behind that you don't want to be in front of that you know you don't want to be up in the radar -- really high -- to basically they're saying the cell -- solo."

" Quick aside I recently did she -- slack which is the Stanford Linear Accelator Center awesome which was -- error it was really cool and I was a little concerned about the radiation because there were signs all over the place saying you know do not -- this knowing you're gonna get radiation they had these little badges that -- black you know if you had too much radiation it. But the thing the -- that's a particle accelerator the only -- once a year at a I. Tried it and then get this letter from the radiation people being like PS you know you're you're in trouble for. If you're so they wouldn't you said you have -- more of a chance of getting high radiation levels from traveling on airplanes has your that was closer to the radiation from the sun. But they have to do these things -- yes it's amazing things look at it's like you'll miles of underground coup removed. Two miles long it's scary I won't play any went up so high -- chipset. Well is that it and it's not coming up yet daily alcohol dot com okay. Yeah that's all what you."

" Now this is pretty active go to Patrick got -- episode eighteen and heard your question about cell phone radiation. Well I have worked -- high powered transmitters another are sources I did no good answer to the question does RF kidney cancer slash caused birth defects so -- I would recommend you watch physics for future presidents it's a series of lectures by professor Richard -- Berklee college covers physics at the level. That even I can understand which means there's a hope Jim that you and I could understand it so that one and Netflix are to watch pretty amazing stuff. Good tenacity I think we're safe but the whole cellphone cancer thing we got a number of other letters from engineers and physicists -- her -- Relax especially after -- just -- what Kevin you know he's holding hands Kennedys like. It's okay that's toward big -- sports -- in Macedonia. Okay. If I'm afraid it -- bad at the nuclear -- 2000 some remarkable sort of nice. The new killer. Finally got a great response last week stencil sudden reversal comes from Steve writes in I think the easiest will be used to make sense we'll be colors and they going the threshold tool in him. It's also in Photoshop don't you go very customizable way to create a plate also think Steve has a very nice bit map -- tool and we're gonna talk about in -- a little later it's an open source. Tool like illustrator it's amazing. It's actually really really cool basically creating back -- a bit map."

" That's really cool I -- pencils. We did a whole bunch of them yeah heavy CNN does a lot of collections on Flickr online of people that walk around and got take pictures of stem -- have -- seen the city. And then post them up certificate to collect send this links -- how well posted. And then text email comes from Christopher he writes. I just -- to work on jump -- and stop injured in Norway I have at some Norwegian death metal stuff over there it is I can't let only six shoppers dot insurance dental work is just. To see how my work look."

" Actually the web sites appear to be a website of the on stressful named it is on the lower third right now. Moves speaking we get the scary German eagle functions. -- I'm thinking there's a little eighties hair metal."

" Influence fact there we go got the death metal nice I like it Metallica."

" Yale or I want him to come do some work on my on Guitar Hero three controllers. And a -- reduced pencil for the yeah its in the iron cross -- who nice. She's such a rocker. What -- they -- go. Kevin -- tape -- I'm pretty new to stand -- Beautiful about three months and he's got some work he wants to send us a -- work in cardboard state legal. As it not -- sidewalks hope to see more segments on urban art Kevin we will do our best we see sort of a crossover between the whole technology in urban art. I think what they get ready for -- your comments -- your art and we're trying to include emails didn't make it -- the show in the show notes and whose favor -- going to -- Chester was -- some cool you can email us Tekzilla revision3.com. We're especially fast the and we should you get your tech on. Or when you show lusty new attack on just outside of the normal desktop living room environment that's actually pretty cool stuff out for -- quality to -- one of our fabulous sponsors. Have flex ladies and delicate like high Def you can now get both HD dvd and Blu-ray movies and shows through Netflix get a free trial out of them simply by signing up through the site -- set up forests at Netflix dot com slash. Tekzilla and it's always that is Tekzilla litigate and -- he had an. Yeah -- they've got a tremendously expensive maybe a couple hundred bucks a media controllers from like when you're in the or my keys and auto tablet to 300 dollar -- reader or old BD two rear -- it using the letters in the right order. A GPS device and any PC doesn't have serial port -- often wrong. To me that there is this is sad is -- body Curtis does for the catch the controls this fuel injection he basically has an old 300 megahertz pentium notebook and all IBM. He lives in his toolbox and there's nothing we use it for that particular device that's that's a possibility if you got bass for spare notebook. Or you can actually try one of these gadget which is a serial port adapter. Com I'm not getting new brand on this is it memorex is seen the same brand of these twice in my local computer store -- promise they're rarely more than twenty bucks actually -- I think it's one of those commodity things. And like USB cables there's lots of places that'll give you the selling inexpensive USB cable casino we need it 300 dollar USB cable the connector printer. That there is a certain brand we mentioned earlier that's extraordinarily expensive. -- Yeah in the end you get to Vista and suddenly the whole driver thing falls apart which is happen for a lot of prayers and and stuff like that so for an old GPS device maybe it wouldn't be shocked. -- the courts themselves the it basically you rip it out of the package you know we teach help your small child butcher -- to get the blister pack open. -- in your XP or Vista machine it's basically going to law automatically load drivers inside there. I usually restart and then just plug in your serial device in this case we get a -- hardship. And Berkus of the application running so put everyone's asleep was asleep already. But it's not a bad way like you know I don't think they want to spend a couple hundred bucks replace. The code reader. But cell with one of these cables are gonna actually make it work."

" Good deal good deal not bad. So let's take another email on this one is from -- something about UPS's. He writes I'm looking to buy a new UPS and I'm willing to spend up to 200 dollars. I was looking at the ATC UPS's with the LCD screen. The batteries are not replace the -- where I find a reliable UPS it has to replace Kerry with enough outlets for my PC gear."

" Power as a Bryant South Dakota okay personal to -- will power supply industries did okay so it's a device like this. And it's one end of it plugs in your wallet your 120 volt DC you've got a battery inside of the device itself and the batteries connected to an inverse of the power goes out this is going to very quickly switch. From them the the is the now dead -- supply electricity than the current that comes from the power company to be battery that's inside of -- So would you know there's also -- of the really cool ones actually they go from. The wall. The wall charges the battery and battery ghost and converter in the inverted goes to. Your machine so actually there's basically you're always sexy kind of running off battery power in those cases and those who really good job of power conditioning. So Ryan exit the model you listed almost every PC that I know of actually does have a replaceable battery the matter facts out. You're gonna actually have to install the battery yourself and this is not the same model it's kind of a shame the politicize me was to an Amazon web page it's okay. Thank you like yeah. For mostly -- going to have to basically take the battery out and install the connectors on there. And it's yes it is really hard to tell both from a PCs page in the Amazon page that there is replace the battery in there. It gets pretty clear the user manual and probably on the side the box. Now the thing that's actually an interesting about these is this is a much smaller wattage -- you're looking on the table. By the battery life in these third -- on the manuals is like three to six years in typical usage. And actually talked to a rep from APC and they're seeing the batteries are lasting like four to seven years sister classic. In most cases lead acid batteries typically alarm -- showed for couple projects on here. And yeah that's basically to take off a couple of screws -- door and that you just plug things back in so your return calls through what through negative pick up terminals that -- And the -- popping back together. And yeah and actually if you're if you're. Really seems about whether the whole point of this right astute if the power goes out to -- your machine to gracefully shut itself down and one of the coolest things out there. One of the cool things out there is -- ABC's calculator on there. And if you're doing the college thing in -- of cash right you might want to consider skipping the cold I LCD panel -- version which is like 200 box 170 on the street. I pick up like a 750 -- old apps for like a hundred bucks. What's the are basically there's no cool guy LCD screen on this. But it does communicate to your machine. By UPS port and you one more run time your machine you might consider not connecting it. Printer and the speakers -- it a long list of items went to connect to its and if you actually want to have some real fun. Good APC UPS selector you see that's fabulous URL in your screen and -- machine -- four hour run time. And -- battery power from -- like 5600 dollars on the street you can actually. But your computer and your two monitors and your printer. And your speakers and probably year you're brouder assuming the cable hasn't gone out of the -- hasn't gone -- and continue to -- well into the wee small hours of the morning. Thank goodness our how. There are more power supplies. -- So there was -- machines running kind of constantly. And not on a badly they like Thursday night ultimately -- would start going off it was down halt for my room so have to like stumble up and make sure the the other parachute software is automatically shutting everything down. And actually case you're wondering I've heard good things -- models and replied in Belkin but I've been buying a PC models myself for over a decade I don't see much reason to stop yet. Fact this is one of the two I just bought to you protect machines in my house. Looks pretty -- it's they're pretty you know. Did it's it's a pretty. Issued cola fueled robust stable technology at this point not have -- acid battery and murder switch UPS board or you. UPS sport that's and they want. -- out inventing words everything it's like UPS for. The rest of the I think what you posted what college. Did -- achieving -- small child."

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" They have like eat. I have to wrong. Kevin has that -- April talks about that in the streets later. Moving on a couple of ways to mention about trying out a blu -- dvd drive when we're PC tracks we showed you the HD dvd kids from because of the Xbox 360 and basically running its on a PC. And actually want to -- you can check out is a combo each dvd Blu-ray drive which probably be cheapest best way. You get both HD dvd and Blu-ray into your. HDTV. If you have 300 dollars and HT PC your home theatre PC it was in the letters and zero. It looks like a dvd drive big shock. And basically looks like a little tiny -- a serial ATA drive. Look at the super multi blue what's the LD GE C east when he L or -- it refers to a PLG black sixteen X dvd plus REX dvd plus RW four X dvd plus. But -- 175. Characters that's a really that's actually what's list and add a new X 300 bucks. It's a serial ATA drive it's it's the funniest they never they list like every form of dvd convert. It does quite a few things but it won't burn Blu-ray or HD dvd -- that's part of why it's so cheap. Compared to Blu-ray dvd burners it does support dual layer so both formats and they can actually burn CDs and dvds. So if you want like Blu-ray HD dvd reader. That'll burn dvds and CDs is actually pretty options that maybe don't care about both HDDVD carefully right. Xbox. HD dvd kit is the cheapest. Each dvd drive out there and Sony has a new Blu-ray only drives coming out later this year for under 200 dollars from has -- about a 150 bucks which is really cool especially becomes. With the software. It's been -- much there is no OS-X HD dvd or Blu-ray playback software periods."

" Enjoy your X windows -- Yeah out all the I run Austin too so it's kind of frustrating. The drive comes with a slightly limited version of -- ultra that is pretty much if you speak English if you the United States is pretty much your only option for a dvd. And Blu-ray playback free version evidence -- they -- want the full audio outputs -- gonna need spent a hundred bucks for the ultra version of Howard dvd. You're gonna need windows XP SP two or Vista service pack two and SB. As much process you can throw at it but a three gigahertz pentium four or like Athlon 64 X 23800. Plus. Should just make it run its amazing how much processor it takes to decode. HD dvd or Blu-ray. -- not you're just yet you like this is a lot of acronyms and and I'm sorry send my screen with a cough medicine your your MacBook will decode this or MacBook MacBook pro Apple pro account number yeah. That has more than enough power to decode this if there was software available. -- in it and and if -- test series TV that has HDMI inputs are gonna need an HD CP ready video card and NEC's GB."

" Ready display ports going to down sample the output to an analog format and that yourself a favor there's a really could -- look at that we're actually playing -- these that is HDDVD. Mixed right there. Which actually what's really funny is there like trailer does next -- to be in 1080. But. It's -- slim and oh my goodness it won't stop. Good actions continents and Hillary -- trust. There we go we're actually gonna go into our task manager. Chris what -- or friend. But a little piece of software Americans. To -- to have full screen that'll help. What's really cool actually several it has an advisory you can download. And it's really funny is the dissembling adviser tells that we can actually played -- ray or dvd on this machine because there's -- have an appropriate graphics card and -- 8300 isn't qualified. But it actually plays quite beautifully 1080. And we just up -- and that updated drivers still telling us the driver won't work but despite this actually. Despite the increasing in accuracy of the we -- HDDVD adviser actually is pretty useful tell you whether or not your card. -- work and it works actually pretty well. All these dvds menuing this plays to their works."

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" Well we're not even -- into the whole audio output options in this we'll do that another time but if you do buy one of these drives have problems chances are running like a video or not Intel chipset. I can PCI basically relates here card connect your system. And there are some promise I believe -- have -- their software. Pirates of the Caribbean dead man's chest. Person black girls a couple of new ones apparently -- had to release the profile one point one support for Blu-ray yet which is little frustrating. Basically the whole cracking on Blu-ray than into the profile updates. And apparently the profile which is not controlled the drive to control the software has been completely updated yet. So. Not that -- on something promising well it step what's interesting right is is you can do and partially it's like -- very outdated home theater system. If five point one doesn't seem to be an issue on shall play around that seven point one I don't think is an issue but I don't have some point one surround sound receiver. What's interesting is if you're looking for the true reached either really high -- the true -- true dolby stuff. Really high end stuff is it's still pretty much locked down and you're gonna need HD CP in his -- TCP one point three out your graphics cards -- thing they'll doesn't exist yet. -- that super high end audio out of this thing. Surround sound stereo is easy surround session be a problem but a high that the super high end bleeding edge stuff which actually is -- required -- right. It is an HD dvd. That's we will talk about on another -- So if you have questions for us a -- them."

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" Yeah Patrick I think it's time to answer the viewer email after all isn't who'll be and purpose of the show we live for the question to help people with their technology problems that's three people do around here right kill off. So we got email from Sam and Sam wants to know on the latest show you showed an and I splattered. I -- have a receiver only has two optical port is there anything out there that let me add additional devices to the world of surround sound."

" Yes actually there are this is an ever seen it costs links literate costly switch -- so they're really weird to basically like a little box com. And you basically search around for that was basically a little box which multiple. It. Animal -- multiple optical inputs and basically switch between the optical inputs and run them through to your. Machine I would assume we're actually that's the fiber looks like inside of that because the whole concept of like switching. -- Well I mean there used to be used to -- and like sort of RCA Jack you were basically was a digital electrical rather than digital light but most of to be costly these days. So yeah I mean there's there's a ton of switchers out there were basically you're gonna need a switcher that'll add additional. Optical inputs to your. Receiver take it ever receiver television -- Our next you don't go to Jackie writes and I've got -- want to do light box but it only has two ethernet ports are there any -- adapters for the live box. And excel I need them cheap Jack who has they're rewriting it from like England Australia as they wanna do boxes -- like that either cable or DSL modem and and this is actually you basically see Gallic I cable modem or USB Mon has gotten more if you ethernet ports on it. And it's got DH CP so it'll automatically assigned an IP address to any computer that plugs it. If you want to add additional ethernet ports to really simple options plug in a hub or plug in a switch. And it's just that simple yeah I'm a teensy kind of -- to count cards are cheap -- but I as fanciest switches they don't control things but man they're cheap. In a twelve port hubs like fifteen hospital computers. Yeah yeah anything."

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" Come we have a couple. We can't I mean -- got the the PS3 going on we've got the HD dvd drive for the Xbox 316 and that's we just had consul thing going around that's pretty easy yeah."

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" None of Steve that was not -- okay that goes back to cranky geeks I was Johnson -- we -- talking about Star Trek in the new movie coming out and I know how it came up something about a cost him and he said if anyone. With make it cost him what I wherein I said yes. And then that never happened and then when the video about the Star Trek toward came out of rooms like well this seems like a perfect opportunity freeware that cost him but it never end zone."

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" I don't know I'm excited irritated about it but I think I have -- early adopters I have the original iPhone and but then that. My biggest thanks to everyone has always been don't -- you know until after Macworld. Because drew praise the Mac comes you know whether it's safe to bike exactly what's coming up you expect that they're gonna make all the big announcements at Macworld and then you'll be safe to purchase after that point but not -- I feel terrible for all people I told to wait till after Macworld and I actually know and specifically a few people I told to run high when. -- because nothing major was announced and now they have high capacity."

" So 32 gigabytes for the for the iPods. Sixteen gigabytes for the iPhone. -- own an iPhone for an average I don't know how I'm so I I think I'm not gonna feel like you're not being specific about in May there are there any other hardware months but. The three G what's the point operating."

" Com -- if you watch a lot of video and if you're you're doing that kind of thing I mean if you're watching on video podcast content the the higher capacity would be good."

" Although we enjoy you watching video podcasts of any format when we make so many formats available."

" Exactly so now I'm I'm not gonna I want I mean I think it's still a great product and I you know recommend it right but. Personally."

" Notice they don't blackberries actually have a little port on the side put more memory and oh that's really special it's nice -- didn't know why a iPhone two things Roger actually Islam with the Blackberry any Al could edit actually. With Vista SP one yes exactly the new service pack for Vista the wanted to make everything right but but yeah I believe that I can't."

" Well I mean it doesn't okay service pack one coming -- march they've done a bunch of tweaks to which among other things over like reduce the amount of pain and suffering when you're doing things like copying files and."

" Right -- in mid march release Windows Vista SP one to windows update English French Spanish German and Jack Pitney is we'll move into the."

" Allen center on Microsoft dot com and -- are actually -- around the right now people running ads I I -- but I'm waiting is that giving admitted my old eight. Yeah I just want to see there's a good list of fixes them. I'm yeah I don't have a PC at home but I would probably upgrade given the chance we have several MI one running this at home and I'm definitely when the service pack ships I am all over it. Like speak on -- Your cats and now it's terrible well for the long. Go to -- and I'm sorry. Okay. Talk only about babies. Though now my baby never stakes now sir my sweatshirt commodity keep on last night probably six -- about now. But that's a washing thing comments from the viewers which are much more engaging the milk stories. Hockey has interests -- of the dome Blair writes go to screen for bear its place he would bear paw. Marking on the player are gonna don't doesn't play DivX files on a 400 that's a 400 megahertz pentium machine back in the day and it blew his mind. A good day he'd drop the link to the video download and watch your video just like streaming. And it's a long also be goal and it hurts when you pronounce it any other way gulf I'm involved I'd. We had a right of -- go rock she's been using for really long time and there's even use the media player anymore actually take midnight he's dome and PLC Keith. Banks are running at one."

" Thank you very much the mystery over that presentation has been -- I guess at least for now until -- start mispronouncing it again. Now the next couple of comments are about the cell phone cancer issue that you and Kevin are apparently talking on the last show. Because you know I watch it I swear it crazy chancellor I. It's just watch the Tekzilla episode -- and you were talking about BI a radiance from a cell phone that doesn't sound right ingredients. -- reading doesn't -- businesses take it this is yeah. Cents to close tradition is really hard on a profit center. -- does nothing to worry about the solar constant is about. 715 watts to per square meter per square meter thank you -- on a sunny day your scalp is getting about 27 of these -- The best only one point five watts from yourself on antennas headed in your direction and that NS she. -- at much longer wavelengths than visible light so in theory it's not gonna creep insiders still cause your brain for a I mean if you're standing like underneath the giant cell tower it would your office than any potential Tara second -- eventually."

" Only speaking like if if there's a elect a nose -- on a plane that's radar behind that you don't want to be in front of that you know you don't want to be up in the radar -- really high -- to basically they're saying the cell -- solo."

" Quick aside I recently did she -- slack which is the Stanford Linear Accelator Center awesome which was -- error it was really cool and I was a little concerned about the radiation because there were signs all over the place saying you know do not -- this knowing you're gonna get radiation they had these little badges that -- black you know if you had too much radiation it. But the thing the -- that's a particle accelerator the only -- once a year at a I. Tried it and then get this letter from the radiation people being like PS you know you're you're in trouble for. If you're so they wouldn't you said you have -- more of a chance of getting high radiation levels from traveling on airplanes has your that was closer to the radiation from the sun. But they have to do these things -- yes it's amazing things look at it's like you'll miles of underground coup removed. Two miles long it's scary I won't play any went up so high -- chipset. Well is that it and it's not coming up yet daily alcohol dot com okay. Yeah that's all what you."

" Now this is pretty active go to Patrick got -- episode eighteen and heard your question about cell phone radiation. Well I have worked -- high powered transmitters another are sources I did no good answer to the question does RF kidney cancer slash caused birth defects so -- I would recommend you watch physics for future presidents it's a series of lectures by professor Richard -- Berklee college covers physics at the level. That even I can understand which means there's a hope Jim that you and I could understand it so that one and Netflix are to watch pretty amazing stuff. Good tenacity I think we're safe but the whole cellphone cancer thing we got a number of other letters from engineers and physicists -- her -- Relax especially after -- just -- what Kevin you know he's holding hands Kennedys like. It's okay that's toward big -- sports -- in Macedonia. Okay. If I'm afraid it -- bad at the nuclear -- 2000 some remarkable sort of nice. The new killer. Finally got a great response last week stencil sudden reversal comes from Steve writes in I think the easiest will be used to make sense we'll be colors and they going the threshold tool in him. It's also in Photoshop don't you go very customizable way to create a plate also think Steve has a very nice bit map -- tool and we're gonna talk about in -- a little later it's an open source. Tool like illustrator it's amazing. It's actually really really cool basically creating back -- a bit map."

" That's really cool I -- pencils. We did a whole bunch of them yeah heavy CNN does a lot of collections on Flickr online of people that walk around and got take pictures of stem -- have -- seen the city. And then post them up certificate to collect send this links -- how well posted. And then text email comes from Christopher he writes. I just -- to work on jump -- and stop injured in Norway I have at some Norwegian death metal stuff over there it is I can't let only six shoppers dot insurance dental work is just. To see how my work look."

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" Yale or I want him to come do some work on my on Guitar Hero three controllers. And a -- reduced pencil for the yeah its in the iron cross -- who nice. She's such a rocker. What -- they -- go. Kevin -- tape -- I'm pretty new to stand -- Beautiful about three months and he's got some work he wants to send us a -- work in cardboard state legal. As it not -- sidewalks hope to see more segments on urban art Kevin we will do our best we see sort of a crossover between the whole technology in urban art. I think what they get ready for -- your comments -- your art and we're trying to include emails didn't make it -- the show in the show notes and whose favor -- going to -- Chester was -- some cool you can email us Tekzilla revision3.com. We're especially fast the and we should you get your tech on. Or when you show lusty new attack on just outside of the normal desktop living room environment that's actually pretty cool stuff out for -- quality to -- one of our fabulous sponsors. Have flex ladies and delicate like high Def you can now get both HD dvd and Blu-ray movies and shows through Netflix get a free trial out of them simply by signing up through the site -- set up forests at Netflix dot com slash. Tekzilla and it's always that is Tekzilla litigate and -- he had an. Yeah -- they've got a tremendously expensive maybe a couple hundred bucks a media controllers from like when you're in the or my keys and auto tablet to 300 dollar -- reader or old BD two rear -- it using the letters in the right order. A GPS device and any PC doesn't have serial port -- often wrong. To me that there is this is sad is -- body Curtis does for the catch the controls this fuel injection he basically has an old 300 megahertz pentium notebook and all IBM. He lives in his toolbox and there's nothing we use it for that particular device that's that's a possibility if you got bass for spare notebook. Or you can actually try one of these gadget which is a serial port adapter. Com I'm not getting new brand on this is it memorex is seen the same brand of these twice in my local computer store -- promise they're rarely more than twenty bucks actually -- I think it's one of those commodity things. And like USB cables there's lots of places that'll give you the selling inexpensive USB cable casino we need it 300 dollar USB cable the connector printer. That there is a certain brand we mentioned earlier that's extraordinarily expensive. -- Yeah in the end you get to Vista and suddenly the whole driver thing falls apart which is happen for a lot of prayers and and stuff like that so for an old GPS device maybe it wouldn't be shocked. -- the courts themselves the it basically you rip it out of the package you know we teach help your small child butcher -- to get the blister pack open. -- in your XP or Vista machine it's basically going to law automatically load drivers inside there. I usually restart and then just plug in your serial device in this case we get a -- hardship. And Berkus of the application running so put everyone's asleep was asleep already. But it's not a bad way like you know I don't think they want to spend a couple hundred bucks replace. The code reader. But cell with one of these cables are gonna actually make it work."

" Good deal good deal not bad. So let's take another email on this one is from -- something about UPS's. He writes I'm looking to buy a new UPS and I'm willing to spend up to 200 dollars. I was looking at the ATC UPS's with the LCD screen. The batteries are not replace the -- where I find a reliable UPS it has to replace Kerry with enough outlets for my PC gear."

" Power as a Bryant South Dakota okay personal to -- will power supply industries did okay so it's a device like this. And it's one end of it plugs in your wallet your 120 volt DC you've got a battery inside of the device itself and the batteries connected to an inverse of the power goes out this is going to very quickly switch. From them the the is the now dead -- supply electricity than the current that comes from the power company to be battery that's inside of -- So would you know there's also -- of the really cool ones actually they go from. The wall. The wall charges the battery and battery ghost and converter in the inverted goes to. Your machine so actually there's basically you're always sexy kind of running off battery power in those cases and those who really good job of power conditioning. So Ryan exit the model you listed almost every PC that I know of actually does have a replaceable battery the matter facts out. You're gonna actually have to install the battery yourself and this is not the same model it's kind of a shame the politicize me was to an Amazon web page it's okay. Thank you like yeah. For mostly -- going to have to basically take the battery out and install the connectors on there. And it's yes it is really hard to tell both from a PCs page in the Amazon page that there is replace the battery in there. It gets pretty clear the user manual and probably on the side the box. Now the thing that's actually an interesting about these is this is a much smaller wattage -- you're looking on the table. By the battery life in these third -- on the manuals is like three to six years in typical usage. And actually talked to a rep from APC and they're seeing the batteries are lasting like four to seven years sister classic. In most cases lead acid batteries typically alarm -- showed for couple projects on here. And yeah that's basically to take off a couple of screws -- door and that you just plug things back in so your return calls through what through negative pick up terminals that -- And the -- popping back together. And yeah and actually if you're if you're. Really seems about whether the whole point of this right astute if the power goes out to -- your machine to gracefully shut itself down and one of the coolest things out there. One of the cool things out there is -- ABC's calculator on there. And if you're doing the college thing in -- of cash right you might want to consider skipping the cold I LCD panel -- version which is like 200 box 170 on the street. I pick up like a 750 -- old apps for like a hundred bucks. What's the are basically there's no cool guy LCD screen on this. But it does communicate to your machine. By UPS port and you one more run time your machine you might consider not connecting it. Printer and the speakers -- it a long list of items went to connect to its and if you actually want to have some real fun. Good APC UPS selector you see that's fabulous URL in your screen and -- machine -- four hour run time. And -- battery power from -- like 5600 dollars on the street you can actually. But your computer and your two monitors and your printer. And your speakers and probably year you're brouder assuming the cable hasn't gone out of the -- hasn't gone -- and continue to -- well into the wee small hours of the morning. Thank goodness our how. There are more power supplies. -- So there was -- machines running kind of constantly. And not on a badly they like Thursday night ultimately -- would start going off it was down halt for my room so have to like stumble up and make sure the the other parachute software is automatically shutting everything down. And actually case you're wondering I've heard good things -- models and replied in Belkin but I've been buying a PC models myself for over a decade I don't see much reason to stop yet. Fact this is one of the two I just bought to you protect machines in my house. Looks pretty -- it's they're pretty you know. Did it's it's a pretty. Issued cola fueled robust stable technology at this point not have -- acid battery and murder switch UPS board or you. UPS sport that's and they want. -- out inventing words everything it's like UPS for. The rest of the I think what you posted what college. Did -- achieving -- small child."

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" They have like eat. I have to wrong. Kevin has that -- April talks about that in the streets later. Moving on a couple of ways to mention about trying out a blu -- dvd drive when we're PC tracks we showed you the HD dvd kids from because of the Xbox 360 and basically running its on a PC. And actually want to -- you can check out is a combo each dvd Blu-ray drive which probably be cheapest best way. You get both HD dvd and Blu-ray into your. HDTV. If you have 300 dollars and HT PC your home theatre PC it was in the letters and zero. It looks like a dvd drive big shock. And basically looks like a little tiny -- a serial ATA drive. Look at the super multi blue what's the LD GE C east when he L or -- it refers to a PLG black sixteen X dvd plus REX dvd plus RW four X dvd plus. But -- 175. Characters that's a really that's actually what's list and add a new X 300 bucks. It's a serial ATA drive it's it's the funniest they never they list like every form of dvd convert. It does quite a few things but it won't burn Blu-ray or HD dvd -- that's part of why it's so cheap. Compared to Blu-ray dvd burners it does support dual layer so both formats and they can actually burn CDs and dvds. So if you want like Blu-ray HD dvd reader. That'll burn dvds and CDs is actually pretty options that maybe don't care about both HDDVD carefully right. Xbox. HD dvd kit is the cheapest. Each dvd drive out there and Sony has a new Blu-ray only drives coming out later this year for under 200 dollars from has -- about a 150 bucks which is really cool especially becomes. With the software. It's been -- much there is no OS-X HD dvd or Blu-ray playback software periods."

" Enjoy your X windows -- Yeah out all the I run Austin too so it's kind of frustrating. The drive comes with a slightly limited version of -- ultra that is pretty much if you speak English if you the United States is pretty much your only option for a dvd. And Blu-ray playback free version evidence -- they -- want the full audio outputs -- gonna need spent a hundred bucks for the ultra version of Howard dvd. You're gonna need windows XP SP two or Vista service pack two and SB. As much process you can throw at it but a three gigahertz pentium four or like Athlon 64 X 23800. Plus. Should just make it run its amazing how much processor it takes to decode. HD dvd or Blu-ray. -- not you're just yet you like this is a lot of acronyms and and I'm sorry send my screen with a cough medicine your your MacBook will decode this or MacBook MacBook pro Apple pro account number yeah. That has more than enough power to decode this if there was software available. -- in it and and if -- test series TV that has HDMI inputs are gonna need an HD CP ready video card and NEC's GB."

" Ready display ports going to down sample the output to an analog format and that yourself a favor there's a really could -- look at that we're actually playing -- these that is HDDVD. Mixed right there. Which actually what's really funny is there like trailer does next -- to be in 1080. But. It's -- slim and oh my goodness it won't stop. Good actions continents and Hillary -- trust. There we go we're actually gonna go into our task manager. Chris what -- or friend. But a little piece of software Americans. To -- to have full screen that'll help. What's really cool actually several it has an advisory you can download. And it's really funny is the dissembling adviser tells that we can actually played -- ray or dvd on this machine because there's -- have an appropriate graphics card and -- 8300 isn't qualified. But it actually plays quite beautifully 1080. And we just up -- and that updated drivers still telling us the driver won't work but despite this actually. Despite the increasing in accuracy of the we -- HDDVD adviser actually is pretty useful tell you whether or not your card. -- work and it works actually pretty well. All these dvds menuing this plays to their works."

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" Well we're not even -- into the whole audio output options in this we'll do that another time but if you do buy one of these drives have problems chances are running like a video or not Intel chipset. I can PCI basically relates here card connect your system. And there are some promise I believe -- have -- their software. Pirates of the Caribbean dead man's chest. Person black girls a couple of new ones apparently -- had to release the profile one point one support for Blu-ray yet which is little frustrating. Basically the whole cracking on Blu-ray than into the profile updates. And apparently the profile which is not controlled the drive to control the software has been completely updated yet. So. Not that -- on something promising well it step what's interesting right is is you can do and partially it's like -- very outdated home theater system. If five point one doesn't seem to be an issue on shall play around that seven point one I don't think is an issue but I don't have some point one surround sound receiver. What's interesting is if you're looking for the true reached either really high -- the true -- true dolby stuff. Really high end stuff is it's still pretty much locked down and you're gonna need HD CP in his -- TCP one point three out your graphics cards -- thing they'll doesn't exist yet. -- that super high end audio out of this thing. Surround sound stereo is easy surround session be a problem but a high that the super high end bleeding edge stuff which actually is -- required -- right. It is an HD dvd. That's we will talk about on another -- So if you have questions for us a -- them."

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" Yeah Patrick I think it's time to answer the viewer email after all isn't who'll be and purpose of the show we live for the question to help people with their technology problems that's three people do around here right kill off. So we got email from Sam and Sam wants to know on the latest show you showed an and I splattered. I -- have a receiver only has two optical port is there anything out there that let me add additional devices to the world of surround sound."

" Yes actually there are this is an ever seen it costs links literate costly switch -- so they're really weird to basically like a little box com. And you basically search around for that was basically a little box which multiple. It. Animal -- multiple optical inputs and basically switch between the optical inputs and run them through to your. Machine I would assume we're actually that's the fiber looks like inside of that because the whole concept of like switching. -- Well I mean there used to be used to -- and like sort of RCA Jack you were basically was a digital electrical rather than digital light but most of to be costly these days. So yeah I mean there's there's a ton of switchers out there were basically you're gonna need a switcher that'll add additional. Optical inputs to your. Receiver take it ever receiver television -- Our next you don't go to Jackie writes and I've got -- want to do light box but it only has two ethernet ports are there any -- adapters for the live box. And excel I need them cheap Jack who has they're rewriting it from like England Australia as they wanna do boxes -- like that either cable or DSL modem and and this is actually you basically see Gallic I cable modem or USB Mon has gotten more if you ethernet ports on it. And it's got DH CP so it'll automatically assigned an IP address to any computer that plugs it. If you want to add additional ethernet ports to really simple options plug in a hub or plug in a switch. And it's just that simple yeah I'm a teensy kind of -- to count cards are cheap -- but I as fanciest switches they don't control things but man they're cheap. In a twelve port hubs like fifteen hospital computers. Yeah yeah anything."

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