Neuros MPEG-4 Recorder 2
Analogue Video Capture Device
Link: Neuros
The Neuros MPEG-4 Recorder 2 enables you to capture content from any analogue video source, including cable or satellite television, DVD players, VCRs, camcorders, into MPEG-4 files. Using Compact Flash or MS Duo memory cards, you can record content for viewing on your TV, or transfer that content [...]
Archive of entries posted on April 2006
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Episode 46
Get Me Off The Phone
Phone Excuses/Sound Effects
Link: stupid.com
With the Get Me off The Phone Excuse Machine, you can play one of six special sound effects in the background for an excuse to get yourself off the phone, such as a crying baby, the door bell, static for bad connection, and a police siren.
Catching UpDGW will [...]
Episode 45
Casio TE2500
Dictionary/Translator Watch
Link: Nerd Watch Museum
Dick's Gadget Warehouse
From 1983, a Casio watch with a built-in dictionary of several languages including English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese.
Leo MacLaporteLeo does a Scottish accent in the intro, and the only clue to what the accent is, is Leo calling himself Leo MacLaporte.
MAD TripsBill Gaines had an arrangement [...]
Episode 44
Xantrex XPower Powerpack 400 Plus
Portable AC Power and More
Link: Xantrex
Portable/Emergency unit that delivers up to 400W of AC power to electrical appliances, with 2 AC outlets. It includes jumper cables, built-in light, an AC charger that recharges the Powerpack from a standard wall outlet, and a DC charging cable to recharge the unit from the [...]
