Recent Comments:
TiVo's AN0100 802.11n WiFi adapter hits the FCC, stirs up imaginations {Engadget}
Nov 6th 2009 1:36PM I'm never able to get much better than 10-12Mibps on a clean, low-use 100Mibps switched LAN. My PC is clearly able to do higher rates (to my UNIX box) so that's not the bottleneck. Mike-engadget mentions hard-drive bottlenecks, but even a 5400 RPM IDE drive can beat those rates and they don't vary significantly between zero, one or 2 simultaneous recordings. TiVo to TiVo is about the same as TiVo-PC so my money's on the Network interface or more importantly, the CPU's ability to stuff/clear the buffers.
Hopefully, this is ultimately a driver issue and TiVo just haven't bothered tweaking the driver/kernel 'cos the transfer rate *is* good enough to keep you ahead of ad breaks etc as described, but it sure is a pain when transferring to my PC in order to xcode to a portable device as the xfer time is by far the long tail. My xcode spreads neatly across all 4 cores and really pins them, so a 2hr show only takes about 20min to xcode, but pretty much 90 minutes to xfer.
Nissan and AIST partner up to make foot-sized Segway shoes, enable first tracks all year {Engadget}
Oct 27th 2009 12:58PM Almost stolen straight from the drawing! Ah, what memories this brings back!
Lenovo's all-business ThinkPad SL510 gets reviewed {Engadget}
Oct 25th 2009 11:55AM OK, which joker came up with the 1024 (2^10) price tag :)
BlackBerry Bold 9700 gets handled, appreciated for its nuances {Engadget}
Oct 21st 2009 3:28PM I'm still not sure why they refuse to change the colour of the digits on the keypad; it makes dialling numbers quite a bit more tricky.
Engadget's back to school giveaway part 2: win an Xbox 360 prize pack! {Engadget}
Sep 7th 2009 8:22PM 360 reasons why I want it:
1) OK, that's enough :)
Logitec makes routers fashionable again with ultraslim LAN-W300N/R {Engadget}
Aug 10th 2009 3:54PM Why? Mine sits in the dark in a 19" rack in my basement....
Acer's Aspire Predator gaming rig gets even faster, stays just as orange {Engadget}
Aug 1st 2009 4:43PM Looks like an Espresso machine
Engadget's recession antidote: win a NZXT Cryo LX laptop cooler! {Engadget}
Jul 29th 2009 2:35PM Hot Stuff - it's going to be 100F in Seattle today.
Engadget HD's recession antidote: win a ZVOX 325 soundbar {Engadget HD}
Jul 28th 2009 2:47PM Sound off!
Engadget's recession antidote: win a FREETALK headset and Skype voucher! {Engadget}
Jul 28th 2009 12:43PM talk, talk! Lurv me some Skypeness
