gadgets, sports, tv
I got an Airport Time Capsule nearly a year ago. It supports the 802.11AC WiFi protocol, but until the iPhone 6 I didn’t have any devices that could take advantage of it. I’d assumed my devices, even the majority of which are lowly 802.11N capable, would take advantage of 5GHz on the Airport Time Capsule … Read more
I’ve been using the beta of Apple’s forthcoming 10.10 update to its operating system dubbed “Yosemite” for a while. For the most part it has been an evolutionary update because the biggest update in Yosemite in my opinion is that it more easily allows for your iOS devices (with iOS8) to communicate with the Mac … Read more
If you value a low/no-hassle experience over a few extra bucks it’s worth giving Gazelle a look. I used Gazelle to trade-in an iPhone 4 a couple of years ago and it was a good experience. I went with them again when I traded in the iPhone 5. It wasn’t the best price — I could’ve gotten at least … Read more
I’m excited to (hopefully) receive the new iPhone 6 tomorrow. I received the case for it today. It’s a slim fit and the same type I used for the iPhone 5. Just the empty case feels palpably larger in the hand vs. the iPhone 5. In fairness, my brain reacts (not all that well) to even … Read more
I was enjoying Gruber’s review of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus until I got distracted at the ~2000 word mark (not a typo!) when I saw: […]but it feels like a new device, bigger than the iPhone but smaller than the iPad Mini. One size doesn’t fit all, and a 5.5-inch display is just too big … Read more
I use iOS devices and my iPhone is my camera, so I use iCloud for syncing calendar & contacts as well as automatically uploading any pictures I’ve taken to a desktop or laptop. That works pretty well for me, and as long as I’m living in the iOS world, I can’t imagine not using iCloud … Read more
I’ve had the newest $150 Slingbox M1 for nearly a month and am happy with it. The TiVo Roamio Plus has a few holes, namely that outside of the home, its WiFi experience is pretty spotty and at this point TiVo still doesn’t offer streaming over cell networks. The TiVo does offer downloading via cell … Read more
When I came back to “Team TiVo” about 9 months ago I was looking for something and found Dave Zatz’ blog. It’s not all-TiVo all the time, but it covers both popular and obscure video tech that I’m curious about, so I’ve become a regular reader. Yesterday I saw Dave tweet the following: Speaking of … Read more
In days of yore when it came to video streaming, WiFi wasn’t always optimal. So I tried to go with a direct ethernet connection for everything from the DVR to the desktop to the Playstation. Where ethernet wasn’t conveniently situated, I used 1GB Powerline adapters. Ryan Block didn’t inspire me to cancel Comcast, but he … Read more