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Monster on Vacation
Sunday, December 24, 2006 / Product Review, iPods / 0 Comments
Whoever said that “half the fun of travel is the journey,” must have been an iPod video owner. That’s because without your iPod, trudging through the long security lines and the otherwise endless waiting can be too much for a lot of modern Americans to endure. The longer we wait without anything to occupy us, the higher our stress levels climb. It defies logic, but doing nothing at all can really be more stressful than a full day at work.
The iPod Interface for Your Car that Works
Wednesday, September 20, 2006 / Hardware, iPods / 0 Comments
I have been on an exhaustive search for an iPod connection for my 1998 Toyota that actually works. Over the years, I’ve meet many other people on the same quest for true iPod / car harmony. Years went by: my iPod changed but my search continued. Last week I found my perfect solution and I got to keep my original Toyota stereo. USA Spec makes a line of quality iPod interface kits that attach to the factory stereo in your car. Installing it took only minutes and it gave me every feature I could expect.
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Getting TV to Your iPod Video
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 / Product Review, iPods / 0 Comments
After opening the iPod I gave my wife for our anniversary, she had only one question: “Can I get Oprah on this?” The answer was not an immediate ‘yes,’ but instead a tentative ’soon.’
There are really only two ways to put broadcast TV on an iPod. The first, and by far Apple’s preferred method, is through the iTunes Music Store. It’s certainly a simple way to add TV to your iPod, but not every show is available and the $1.99 cost per episode can add up quickly. Which leads us to the second option: capturing TV with a Personal Video Recorder (PVR). There are a variety of external PVRs, but converting video for your iPod requires many extra steps. For direct TV recording to your iPod there is one name that is universally respected. EyeTV 2 is the Mac PVR software from Elgato that turns any Mac into an impressive entertainment system. Although Elgato currently makes hardware to work with their EyeTV software, they encourage other hardware manufacturers to use the EyeTV software with non-Elgato devices.
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I Have My iPod nano. Where’s Yours?
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 / iPods / 0 Comments
Take out four credit cards from your wallet. Stack them and hold them in your hand. Apple’s iPod nano is about the same weight and half an inch less wide than that stack of cards. Now put three cards back in your wallet and use the remaining card to go buy yourself a nano.
The nano’s introduction should not be misinterpreted as just another iPod in the lineup. It is, in fact, exactly what the iPod should have been in the first place: a flash-based jukebox with a long battery life and stunning color screen. This new iPod is not a smaller version of another iPod, or combination of any other two iPods. The user interface is the same (which has always been iPod’s strength) but that’s it. The differences here are under the skin, most notably with the screen.
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