Monday, October 13, 2003

WiebeTECH - SATA DOCK - IDE to SATA device

WiebeTECH Micro Storage Solutions - SATADOCK

"Provides support for ATA-5 drives, allowing capacities to 120GB. Designed for easy drive attachment and removal. 1.5 Ghz transfer rate - really zippy! Uses the Silicon Image SATA bridge. May be used with Apple's new G5 computer's motherboard Serial ATA ports. (Perfect for transferring old IDE drives to your new computer!!) May be used with Serial ATA port equipped PCs. Available with or without +12V/2A adapter."
This company has a lot of neat devices. Handy way to add a new IDE drive without dealing with IDE bus limitations to a mb w/ onboard SATA.

Sunday, October 12, 2003

Canopus Analog to Digital Converter

ADVC-100

Seems higher quality than most of the competition. Firewire!

ALL-IN-WONDER 9600 PRO: analog video digitizing

ALL-IN-WONDER 9600 PRO

The 9600 and 9800 sound interesting. Cost is about $250 for the 9600. Might be a good fit for my Intel P4 mb, it comes with onboard video that's one can disable and replace with a new video card.

If this has good reviews I might start doing home video sooner than anticipated. They bundle the Pinnacle software, which has a pretty reasonable rep.

One Intel doc hints that I could use XPs dual monitor support with this card and the built-in Intel graphics. That would justify a new flat panel monitor! Could get costly ...

Friday, October 10, 2003

Director's Cut Take 2 - analog to digital video conversion

Director's Cut Take 2 - Video capture and export made easy!

iPod 1.1: How to Scroll to Any Point in a Song

iPod 1.1: How to Scroll to Any Point in a Song: "1. From the Now Playing screen, press the Select button (in the center of iPod). A diamond symbol indicates the point in the song that is selected.

2. Use the scroll wheel to go to any point in the song. The diamond symbol moves as you scroll, and the elapsed time and time remaining indicators change.

3. The song continues playing from the point where you stopped scrolling. You may also press the Select button to continue playing."