Western Digital My DVR Expander 1TB
External Storage for DVR
Link: Western Digital
Dick plays “What’s In the Box?” with Leo again. Way back in Episode 363, Dick did the original My DVR Expander from Western Digital. The latest iteration has far higher capacities, 1TB or 500GB. Choice of eSATA or USB. Compatible with [...]
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Episode 922
Roku Player
Digital Video Player
Link: Roku
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Like the cable box, the Roku Player brings entertainment to your TV, except that the content comes from the internet. At the moment, you can watch Netflix movies, Amazon video-on-demand, and Major League Baseball. Connection to the internet can be via ethernet cable or Wifi (b/g). Connections to the TV include [...]
Episode 830
Evolve Guide Universal Remote Control
Universal Remote
Link: remotecentral.com Review
Dick's Gadget Warehouse
A precursor to the Harmony Remote (Episode 82), the Evolve Guide Universal Remote Control was a universal remote, which you could connect to the computer to download the programme guide. It had an LCD dot matrix screen, and a huge number of buttons for controlling the [...]
Episode 807
Canon EF 2x II Extender
Lens Extender
Link: Canon USA
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The Canon EF 2x II Extender is a lens converter for compatible Canon lenses by a factor of 2, doubling the focal length of the lens. It does reduce the effective aperture by 2 stops. Any Canon IS lens will retain the image stabilisation capability, but Autofocus will [...]
Episode 19
Creative Zen Vision M
Portable Multimedia Player
Link: Creative
From Creative, the Zen Vison M plays music, photos, movies, FM radio, biult-in microphone. 30GB. You can also go to Creative's website ZENcast to download shows to watch.
Do you know …… what Dick and Leo are most annoyed about with gadget PR people?
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