Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?

[Joe User]

Hello Tmservo,

Monday, December 29, 2008, 7:30:04 PM, you wrote:

> Xm and sirius are same now, sirius bought xm. Best monet I spend. 
> One of those cheap luxuries. Less then going to a film, and if you drive a 
> lot way worth it.

> CW
> Sent via BlackBerry 


Hello Bill,

Monday, December 29, 2008, 6:40:28 PM, you wrote:


> My son bought me a Sirius satellite car radio for Father's Day. My wife loved 
> it
> so much she hijacked it into her car!!

> But she wanted an in-home solution. So I picked up a Sirius Boombox. Plug in 
> the
> head-end unit, plug in my headphones, and when everyone is fast asleep, I have
> all the radio I could ever need way into the wee hours.

> Radio + subscription, + boombox set us back a few hundred, but it was well 
> worth
> it.

> Bill



> -Original Message-
> From: "Anthony Q. Martin" 

> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:18:20 
> To: 
> Subject: Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?


> You can get something like the RoadyXT w/ home bundle to listen inside
> your home with whatever speakers you have.  You can then move the 
> RoadyXT to the car as well.  Of course, you also need a sub to XM / 
> Sirrius. I think they are like 7$ / month or so.

> Most




I wondered about how people got along with these. How well do they
play inside anyway? Is there some sort of external antenna that must
be hooked up or does the thing have to be next to a window?

I don't
drive a lot but I drive some. How are these units for switching
between vehicles?




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Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?

[Joe User]

Hello Ben,

Monday, December 29, 2008, 6:23:52 PM, you wrote:

> Well, this doesn't fall into the cheap category, but a Chumby would do
> what you want to do. Maybe you could find a used one.

> http://www.chumby.com/


Well, I am just a tight wad - if I have to spend I will but I hate to
pay for something that I can get for free or at least a lot cheaper.
Like anyone I guess.

Wow, this looks awesome. I have concern with Brians mention of issues
with shoutcast streams. There are other avenues of radio that this
could get though correct? Really a neat little product...

Thanks, going to look at this hard.


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 joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

"...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."

Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?

[Brian Weeden]

I've been a happy sirius subscriber for 4 years.  Well worth it.   
However, there are concerns over the long term survivability of Sirius/ 
xm.  They have a  billion worth of debt coming due this year and no  
financiers in the market.


So you might want to hold off on a long term commitment to Sirius  
until their future is a bit more stable..


I thought about chumby as well for this application.  If you search  
the chumby user forums, some have gotten shoutcast streams to work but  
it isn't a plug and play solution.


---
Brian Weeden
Technical Consultant
Secure World Foundation

Sent from my iPhone

On 29-Dec-08, at 8:30 PM, tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote:

Xm and sirius are same now, sirius bought xm. Best monet I spend.   
One of those cheap luxuries. Less then going to a film, and if you  
drive a lot way worth it.


CW
Sent via BlackBerry

-Original Message-
From: "Anthony Q. Martin" 

Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:18:20
To: 
Subject: Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?


You can get something like the RoadyXT w/ home bundle to listen inside
your home with whatever speakers you have.  You can then move the
RoadyXT to the car as well.  Of course, you also need a sub to XM /
Sirrius. I think they are like 7$ / month or so.

Most

Joe User wrote:

Hello HWG,

 I just can't settle on a solution to an issue I have. See, I
 live out in the sticks. AM radio is a nightmare in the evenings. I
 want to listen to talk radio when I go to sleep. The bedroom is
 upstairs and I have no network connections up there. I have the
 ability to do wireless networking. The bedroom is on the top floor
 of the home and my bed is near a window. I have considered Internet
 radio but don't know anything more about it then that it exists and
 I have considered satellite radio service (xm/siris/other?). When I
 lived in upstate NY I used to listen to 81 WGY (810 AM) because in
 the evening was a talk radio show that discussed daily events and
 random chat basically. They had call-ins and what-not. It doesn't
 have to be theme based like gardening but I am open to options.
   As this is probably no surprise - I want to do this as cheap as
 possible. I will listen to whatever it is through a headphone jacked
 pillow speaker as to not disturb the wife. I have seen Wi-Fi Net
 radios but never seen a home install satellite radio. Just need a
 little advice and help if someone knows more about this stuff.

 Thanks.

Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?

[tmservo]

Xm and sirius are same now, sirius bought xm. Best monet I spend.  One of those 
cheap luxuries. Less then going to a film, and if you drive a lot way worth it. 
 

CW
Sent via BlackBerry 

-Original Message-
From: "Anthony Q. Martin" 

Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:18:20 
To: 
Subject: Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?


You can get something like the RoadyXT w/ home bundle to listen inside 
your home with whatever speakers you have.  You can then move the 
RoadyXT to the car as well.  Of course, you also need a sub to XM / 
Sirrius. I think they are like 7$ / month or so.

Most

Joe User wrote:
> Hello HWG,
>
>   I just can't settle on a solution to an issue I have. See, I
>   live out in the sticks. AM radio is a nightmare in the evenings. I
>   want to listen to talk radio when I go to sleep. The bedroom is
>   upstairs and I have no network connections up there. I have the
>   ability to do wireless networking. The bedroom is on the top floor
>   of the home and my bed is near a window. I have considered Internet
>   radio but don't know anything more about it then that it exists and
>   I have considered satellite radio service (xm/siris/other?). When I
>   lived in upstate NY I used to listen to 81 WGY (810 AM) because in
>   the evening was a talk radio show that discussed daily events and
>   random chat basically. They had call-ins and what-not. It doesn't
>   have to be theme based like gardening but I am open to options.
> As this is probably no surprise - I want to do this as cheap as
>   possible. I will listen to whatever it is through a headphone jacked
>   pillow speaker as to not disturb the wife. I have seen Wi-Fi Net
>   radios but never seen a home install satellite radio. Just need a
>   little advice and help if someone knows more about this stuff.
>
>   Thanks.
>
>   
>
>   

Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?

[Anthony Q. Martin]

You can get something like the RoadyXT w/ home bundle to listen inside 
your home with whatever speakers you have.  You can then move the 
RoadyXT to the car as well.  Of course, you also need a sub to XM / 
Sirrius. I think they are like 7$ / month or so.


Most

Joe User wrote:

Hello HWG,

  I just can't settle on a solution to an issue I have. See, I
  live out in the sticks. AM radio is a nightmare in the evenings. I
  want to listen to talk radio when I go to sleep. The bedroom is
  upstairs and I have no network connections up there. I have the
  ability to do wireless networking. The bedroom is on the top floor
  of the home and my bed is near a window. I have considered Internet
  radio but don't know anything more about it then that it exists and
  I have considered satellite radio service (xm/siris/other?). When I
  lived in upstate NY I used to listen to 81 WGY (810 AM) because in
  the evening was a talk radio show that discussed daily events and
  random chat basically. They had call-ins and what-not. It doesn't
  have to be theme based like gardening but I am open to options.
As this is probably no surprise - I want to do this as cheap as
  possible. I will listen to whatever it is through a headphone jacked
  pillow speaker as to not disturb the wife. I have seen Wi-Fi Net
  radios but never seen a home install satellite radio. Just need a
  little advice and help if someone knows more about this stuff.

  Thanks.

  

  

Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?

[Bill]

> -Original Message-
> From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-
> boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset
> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 4:24 PM
> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?
> 
> Well, this doesn't fall into the cheap category, but a Chumby would do
> what you want to do. Maybe you could find a used one.
> 
> http://www.chumby.com/

My son bought me a Sirius satellite car radio for Father's Day. My wife loved it
so much she hijacked it into her car!!

But she wanted an in-home solution. So I picked up a Sirius Boombox. Plug in the
head-end unit, plug in my headphones, and when everyone is fast asleep, I have
all the radio I could ever need way into the wee hours.

Radio + subscription, + boombox set us back a few hundred, but it was well worth
it.

Bill

Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?

[Ben Ruset]

Well, this doesn't fall into the cheap category, but a Chumby would do 
what you want to do. Maybe you could find a used one.


http://www.chumby.com/

Joe User wrote:

Hello HWG,

  I just can't settle on a solution to an issue I have. See, I
  live out in the sticks. AM radio is a nightmare in the evenings. I
  want to listen to talk radio when I go to sleep. The bedroom is
  upstairs and I have no network connections up there. I have the
  ability to do wireless networking. The bedroom is on the top floor
  of the home and my bed is near a window. I have considered Internet
  radio but don't know anything more about it then that it exists and
  I have considered satellite radio service (xm/siris/other?). When I
  lived in upstate NY I used to listen to 81 WGY (810 AM) because in
  the evening was a talk radio show that discussed daily events and
  random chat basically. They had call-ins and what-not. It doesn't
  have to be theme based like gardening but I am open to options.
As this is probably no surprise - I want to do this as cheap as
  possible. I will listen to whatever it is through a headphone jacked
  pillow speaker as to not disturb the wife. I have seen Wi-Fi Net
  radios but never seen a home install satellite radio. Just need a
  little advice and help if someone knows more about this stuff.

  Thanks.

  

[H] Pillow talk radio?

[Joe User]

Hello HWG,

  I just can't settle on a solution to an issue I have. See, I
  live out in the sticks. AM radio is a nightmare in the evenings. I
  want to listen to talk radio when I go to sleep. The bedroom is
  upstairs and I have no network connections up there. I have the
  ability to do wireless networking. The bedroom is on the top floor
  of the home and my bed is near a window. I have considered Internet
  radio but don't know anything more about it then that it exists and
  I have considered satellite radio service (xm/siris/other?). When I
  lived in upstate NY I used to listen to 81 WGY (810 AM) because in
  the evening was a talk radio show that discussed daily events and
  random chat basically. They had call-ins and what-not. It doesn't
  have to be theme based like gardening but I am open to options.
As this is probably no surprise - I want to do this as cheap as
  possible. I will listen to whatever it is through a headphone jacked
  pillow speaker as to not disturb the wife. I have seen Wi-Fi Net
  radios but never seen a home install satellite radio. Just need a
  little advice and help if someone knows more about this stuff.

  Thanks.

  

-- 
Regards,
 joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

"...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."

Re: [H] Extend partition?

[Gary VanderMolen]

I'm not familiar with Acronis, but some time ago when I used a trial version
of BootItNG, you had to 'slide' the unallocated space over so it was adjacent
to the C: partition before I could resize the C: partition.

Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)

--
From: "DHSinclair" 
Went and dl'd the trial copy of DD10 from Acronis.  I do recognize the windows.  Trouble is, the trial version will NOT let me 
do any of the basic operations!  Even though the webpage indicates these operations are available.  Very confusing.  The only 
operation it did allow was to change my current unallocated space back to the old D:\ partition.  I still can NOT RESIZE the C:\ 
partition.

Re: [H] HannSpree LCD Monitors

[Anthony Q. Martin]

Well, I bit the bullet and bought the smaller one of these monitors 
mentioned below, which can be found here:


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8732749&type=product&id=1201307759117

I must say this is the best $280 I've ever spent on a LCD screen. For 
the money and for everyday pedestrian use, this is good.


It came with a DVI-D to HMDI cable so I'm driving it straight off my XFX 
GTS 8800 w/ 640 MB ram (kinda old now).  It's very bright so I had to 
turn it down a bit. Running at full 1920 by 1080 resolution.


I also got this LG Blu-ray drive

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8844655&type=product&id=1208562591968

which burns various formats and reads blu-ray at 6x. It comes with a 
copy of PowerDVD 7.XX that plays Blu-ray discs.  Had to update both the 
drive firmware and the PowerDVD. Also had to update the driver for my 
vidcard.


After doing all of this I can now play Blu-ray discs. $400 investment 
(note: I needed a new monitor anyhow which sort of drove this & I had 
been wondering about Blu-ray for a while). The Blu-ray drive is much 
quieter than the Samsung 203H burner that I replaced, so this is 
actually a good thing to make my Ultra-quiet PC as quiet as I want it.


The Blu-rays are good. I have to admit though that I wasn't sure there 
was much difference until I got Iron-Man on Blu-ray and DVD and plaused 
them at the same spot. The difference is amazing. 1080p rocks.


This LCD monitor would make a great cheap PC, console, and DVD-player 
screen. It's big brother would be better for watching at a distance like 
in a bedroom, methinks.


Is there any reason to upgrade to the latest and greatest version of 
PowerDVD Ultra?


Anthony Q. Martin wrote:

Anyone have any experience with this brand of monitor?

Bestbuy has both a 25" version and a 27" (or 28?) version. The smaller 
one supposedly had a rather flimsy stand. Both do 1080p resolution and 
have HDMI connections.  The smaller one is on sale. The larger one 
isn't. Thing is, the larger one is too big for my space, standing 
almost 2 ft at top. I want this on a PC not as a TV (though I don't 
mind the extra options as one could connect a PS3 or an Xbox - I think).

Re: [H] Extend partition?

[DHSinclair]

Sam,
Went and dl'd the trial copy of DD10 from Acronis.  I do recognize the 
windows.  Trouble is, the trial version will NOT let me do any of the basic 
operations!  Even though the webpage indicates these operations are 
available.  Very confusing.  The only operation it did allow was to change 
my current unallocated space back to the old D:\ partition.  I still can 
NOT RESIZE the C:\ partition.
Acronis lets me set the operation up, but at Commit/Proceed an error window 
pops up saying that this operation is "impossible" with the trial 
edition-would I like to buy... :)
Going to snoop around for an older version. At 09:42 12/27/2008 -0800, you 
wrote:


\I suggest you download a trail copy of the above Acronis Disk Director or 
get a copy ofthe old Power Qwest Partition Magic

Either one will do what you want.
Sam





DHSinclair wrote:
Been studying the Disk Manager in XP.  I would dearly like to extend my 
current c:\ partition to now span the remaining 4.27GB on the hard 
drive.  Last night I backed up and got rid of the d:\ partition on the 
same drive.  So, now I have my c:\ partition (system) at 4.27GB, and an 
Unallocated 4.27GB space on the same drive.


Reading the details of the Disk Manager, and, buried deep in the 
directions, it says the EXTEND command will NOT allow extending a 
system/boot partition!  Huh?  Anyone know why this is so?


I suspect that the MBR may get dorked up and/or I may have to use the 
Repair Console again to do a CHKDSK c: /R followed by the bootcfg 
/rebuild commands  (well if it worked :)


I do have a variety of disk partition tools here, but none will play on a 
full U160 scsi system!  And, I do hot have a spare pata CDROM to swap 
into the system... :(

Thanks,
Duncan




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