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 [...]
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 [...]
Mini-itx computers are amazingly small computers.
They can be powerful machines, they dont take up very much space, and they are highly modifiable. http://www.mini-itx.com/ is a great site for seeing all of the crazy things people do with these little devils. If you are looking for ideas of what you can add to your [...]
We recently added several products that allow for the conversion of VGA signals from a computer to TV. Many people have been asking about the quality of the picture. VGA sources sends their signal as pixels. On the other hand, most TV connections receive signals as Horizontal and Vertical lines. The signal is converted. This [...]
If you’re like me, reaching behind your computer to unplug your speakers in order to plug your headset in is one of life’s greatest challenges. Almost everytime I do it, I end up plugging the microphone cable into the speaker port or vice versa and get frustrated in the process. Even when I [...]