Archive for March, 2006
Monday, March 27th, 2006
Here at SewellDirect.com, we are dedicated to products that make the world a better, safer place. For example, we used to stock the Iomega Rearview Monitor Mirror to help alleviate potentially deadly shocks from coworkers (or bosses) surprising you from behind. We provide the XPad Laptop Heatshield in order to help you protect yourself from [...]
Posted in Other | 17 Comments »
Friday, March 24th, 2006
Is it possible to connect Component and HDMI? Yes. But it might not be worth it.
Posted in DVI, HDMI, Video | 21 Comments »
Friday, March 24th, 2006
Manually assign an IP address to each computer.
Start with your Connecting machine.
In the Control Panel open the Network Connections and find your Ethernet adapter.
Right click and select Properties.
Select the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) connection and press the Properties button.
On the General tab, select the radio [...]
Posted in File transfer, Networking, Software | No Comments »
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Getting the data from your old computer to your new computer can be a lot of time and work. Fastlynx can facilitate the backup of your data and files. However not your programs.
One of the trickier aspects is transferring your outlook data to the new computer, with your address book and other information. [...]
Posted in File transfer, Software | No Comments »
Monday, March 20th, 2006
Here at SewellDirect.com we’ve seen a proliferation of FM transmitters designed to transmit audio files to your car’s existing stereo so you can enjoy the tunes off your iPod or USB flash drive without having to do some messy cable installation. Granted, this is pretty cool, but for someone who appreciates the highest audio fidelity [...]
Posted in Audio | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 20th, 2006
The other weekend I tested our USB Video Capture Adapter to see how well it would capture the video and audio from a home video VHS tape. I wanted to compare how well it captured the video/audio versus my video capture/tv tuner pci card. The results really surprised me.
I suspected that the video [...]
Posted in Audio, USB, Video | 8 Comments »
Friday, March 17th, 2006
So initially I thought this product was intended for loan sharks, mob bosses, and any other profession where breaking people’s thumbs was the order of the day. Turns out, it’s another iteration of the ever-popular USB to Serial Adapter, with a twist, literally. This USB to Serial Adapter (Thumbscrew Version) has the standard screws that [...]
Posted in Serial | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
Over the next few years you should slowly see the standard PCMCIA slots on laptops disappear (if you are a Mac laptop user it won’t be so slow - the new MacBook Pro’s only have ExpressCard slots). The new standard, ExpressCard, is smaller and faster than PCMCIA. ExpressCards come in two different sizes - 34mm [...]
Posted in PCMCIA | No Comments »
Friday, March 3rd, 2006
We wanted to let all of our customers who may be using FastLynx for file transfer know that we released a new build a few days ago. The new version includes a 64-bit USB driver for 64-bit versions of Windows XP.
We are excited to offer this feature to our customers - as always please free [...]
Posted in File transfer, Software | No Comments »
Thursday, March 2nd, 2006
The DVDO iScan is just too cool not to talk about - any home-theater enthusiast should be able to appreciate a A/V Hub/Scaler that allows you to upscale 480i to 576p and provides 720p and 1080i pass-through.
The input list reads like an all-star lineup:
Two Composite inputs
Two S-Video inputs
Two Component Video inputs (YPbPr or RGB/S)
One VGA [...]
Posted in Audio, DVI, VGA, Video | 1 Comment »