Synology isn’t the first company to produce software which turns a mobile device into an IP camera, but they have taken it a step further than I’ve seen with other products and integrated it into their Surveillance Station NVR application. It’s a great level of integration which makes it really easy to have a flexible array of cameras, assuming you […]
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I put a “smart” sprinkler controller on my shopping list a long time ago, but it was not until last month when I woke up to the sound of rain and saw that my sprinklers were on! I decided it was time to take action. Part of the reason why I had not before, is that there are so many […]
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When Nest first announced the Nest Hello last winter it piqued my interest. The Nest Hello is currently their only video doorbell product. At $229, is slightly less expensive than the $249 Ring Pro, so still not inexpensive. If it delivers on what it promises the Hello could be an added value to an existing external camera setup or replace […]
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I have to admit that the first thing that I did when receive the email about the CL2 Planar, was Google “planar magnetic headphone” :). It didn’t take much research to discover why I wasn’t familiar with the term (read high-end-audiophile-kit), but the benefit to the technology was also apparent, which is a more even, precise sound than is typically […]
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I am amazed. SiliconDust has done something so fantastic with their new HDHomeRun Premium TV service, that it almost difficult to contain the level of awe. And the best part is that anyone with a modern HDHomeRun tuner can get in on this, 2 minutes at a time, as well because they’ve pushed the channel line up to everyone. Best […]
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I had to check my calendar to make sure it wasn’t April when I ran across the news that SD is bringing out an OTT + OTA TV service. Price isn’t bad for the channels selection, 45 in all, at $35/month. Feature set looks great too. Well done SD. HDHomeRun Premium TV offers 45 of the most popular CableTV channels […]
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After setting up a Pi-hole DNS server for my IoT network VLAN, it was time to configure the internal firewall so that devices on it wouldn’t be able to communicate with the other VLANs in an unsolicited way. Ubiquiti has an article posted on their site which lays the foundation for this goal, but it doesn’t quite meet my requirements […]
Read moreEven though I am dumbfounded by Samsung’s continued attempts to make Bixby a thing, I have to admire their confidence in the attempt. After all, the value proposition provided by Google and Apple’s robot slave, er… um… AI assistant, is obvious to me. They have all my data (depending on ecosystem adherence) already, travel with me, and provide something besides […]
Read moreIf you have a Microsoft account and are a Movies Anywhere user, if you link the accounts together before August 28, 2018 Microsoft will through in a free copy of X-Men: Days of Future Past. I never bought anything through the Microsoft’s video store, but if you did this is a great way to get that content in other services. […]
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SiliconDust teased about this yesterday, and it has finally come! Yes, today is the day that support for encrypted (CopyOnce) CableCARD premium channels comes to the Android ecosystem (excluding FireTV devices). This means you can finally watch the whole lineup on your NVIDIA Shield, smart TVs running Android TV (e.g. Sony), or Android smart phone/tablet. Huzzah! We don’t have cable […]
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