tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post9086879010934919197..comments2024-01-03T19:05:32.641-05:00Comments on Kiarian Lunch: AT&T U-verse installationHector Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09464231766299961050noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-40038383785584224182009-04-12T00:53:00.000-05:002009-04-12T00:53:00.000-05:00So the struggle continues.The signals I get over t...So the struggle continues.<BR/><BR/>The signals I get over the air are better than cable and don't require any finagling to record on my Myth box. <BR/><BR/>I just wish some of these content guys had found a way to get in on the action.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-14496150249970159482009-02-18T02:45:00.000-05:002009-02-18T02:45:00.000-05:00Back in the '90s, I suggested sneakernet and a bun...Back in the '90s, I suggested sneakernet and a bunch of people--IT professionals, allegedly--had never heard of it.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-7834040658202513022009-02-18T01:20:00.000-05:002009-02-18T01:20:00.000-05:00"I grew up with sneakernet" — hardly! Gr..."I grew up with sneakernet" — hardly! Grew up with phones which, when you picked them up, an operator would answer. My grandfather had a Teletype in his office, similar to <A HREF="http://www.baudot.net/teletype/M28.htm#M28-KSR" REL="nofollow">this</A>. That was cool. The perforated paper tape was fun to play with, for a while.<BR/><BR/>What I meant was that sneakernet is what I have used to transfer files around since I became involved with computers at all, so it's what I'm familiar with. I don't know what I'm missing from not using networks.Hector Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464231766299961050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-81498346243205457772009-02-17T02:14:00.000-05:002009-02-17T02:14:00.000-05:00Yeah, that's called the "analog hole". They can't ...Yeah, that's called the "analog hole". They can't block that. It includes composite, S-video and component connections.<BR/><BR/>DVI and HDMI are digital and there aren't really consumer-level receptors for them, anyway. At least not yet: They move huge amounts of data per second. <BR/><BR/>The technology will catch up, though, and the content protection will be broken (and ultimately abandoned). We're just in annoying transition.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-63570880121464493782009-02-17T01:24:00.000-05:002009-02-17T01:24:00.000-05:00On Utalk, a commenter suggests hooking the composi...On Utalk, a commenter <A HREF="http://utalk.att.com/utalk/board/message?board.id=Uverse_TV_Equipment&view=by_date_ascending&message.id=18023#M18023" REL="nofollow">suggests</A> hooking the composite outputs to a video capture device, which would then send that output to a computer, removing the DVD recorder from the middle of the process. What they really will not let you record out of the DVR is the HD content. <BR/><BR/>Apparently the Network ports on the STB's can be used to connect computers or game boxes; if the STB is connected to the gateway by coax, then you could have a wired network. I think. Maybe I'll give this file sharing stuff a go, to see how it works. I grew up with sneakernet, so that's what seems normal to me.Hector Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464231766299961050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-7474650909322791532009-02-16T03:22:00.000-05:002009-02-16T03:22:00.000-05:00Interesting. Worth a call to the company.Interesting. Worth a call to the company.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-89226061244176552762009-02-16T02:01:00.000-05:002009-02-16T02:01:00.000-05:00"Home network?" One desktop, one notebook, no netw..."Home network?" One desktop, one notebook, no network; U-verse gateway is also a wireless router, which is as close as we get to a home network (none of that file-sharing around here). I suppose I could find a piece of cable and plug the ethernet ports together on the laptop and the STB. Not tonight though. No idea what would happen. U-verse runs on Windows CE. Don't know if XP would communicate with that. I'm out of my technical depth here.Hector Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464231766299961050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-61379902331930049012009-02-16T01:53:00.000-05:002009-02-16T01:53:00.000-05:00Huh. Have you tried plugging it into your home net...Huh. Have you tried plugging it into your home network?blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-70330039650035519992009-02-16T01:42:00.000-05:002009-02-16T01:42:00.000-05:00Of course there's an ethernet port. You can see it...Of course there's an ethernet port. You can see it in the <A HREF="http://broadband.motorola.com/catalog/product_documents/VIP1216_528334-001-d.pdf" REL="nofollow">picture of the back of the DVR</A>, labeled "network." It's just that it's meant to connect to the gateway router. I've been thinking of pulling network cable where there is coax now; some of the forum commenters have said that network cable provides a superior connection (makes sense). Maybe some of the freezes we have been seeing on the TV with the DVR are the result of using coax for that connection to the gateway.Hector Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464231766299961050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-66904755410485073122009-02-16T01:25:00.000-05:002009-02-16T01:25:00.000-05:00No ethernet port?Weird. So, they'll let you burn a...No ethernet port?<BR/><BR/>Weird. So, they'll let you burn a DVD--which you couldn't then possibly put on to a computer?<BR/><BR/>Huh.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-61396652992387691432009-02-16T01:13:00.000-05:002009-02-16T01:13:00.000-05:00You can connect a DVD recorder to a U-verse STB, b...You can connect a DVD recorder to a U-verse STB, by plugging the STB's output into the recorder's input. Indeed, that's the only way I know of, yet, to get recordings out of the DVR and into the world. <BR/><BR/>I'd rather be able to do a file copy, one computer to another, than have to play the recording at real-time speed onto a disk. Better than nothin' though. One of these days I'll connect a computer USB to USB into the STB and see if the computer detects anything.Hector Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464231766299961050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-12813513901478242052009-02-15T20:18:00.000-05:002009-02-15T20:18:00.000-05:00I didn't see your previous "connect to DVD" update...I didn't see your previous "connect to DVD" update. No, you can't do that. Everybody wants a closed system. I have to believe that the first guys who come out with an open system are going to create a new market and be a big success.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-45001050173441968752009-01-23T19:36:00.000-05:002009-01-23T19:36:00.000-05:00Considering your experience with the MythTV projec...Considering your experience with the MythTV project, I'll be interested to hear anything you have to say about DVR's or IPTV.Hector Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464231766299961050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-89336110853373502492009-01-23T00:27:00.000-05:002009-01-23T00:27:00.000-05:00Hmmph. I have more to say about this than I can ri...Hmmph. I have more to say about this than I can right now.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146760989517276292.post-44644959758492486632008-09-18T23:34:00.000-05:002008-09-18T23:34:00.000-05:00I've been toying with going AT&T.I've been toying with going AT&T.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.com