When I first built the system, I had a problem with an annoying blue line above the picture during playback. I searched for the problem and found a command to change the colour of the line to black, xvattr -a … Continue reading
Mum was away over Christmas, so I recorded a couple of programs for her. This then provided the next challenge with Mythtv, how to get a recording onto a DVD in a playable format. Mythtv has an archive utility, so … Continue reading
My DVD recorder that I have had for about 3 and a half years has been causing us a few problems when recording Freeview channels. We were getting breakthrough on the audio from the cable connection on the other Scart … Continue reading
I was looking on the VirginMedia website to find the cost of adding Caller ID to my telephone line and noticed that the prices they were quoting for 10MB broadband were £12.50, half the price I was paying. So I … Continue reading
If you’re not an IT person supporting printers using HP Web JetAdmin software, tune out now. What, you’re still reading. I am surprised! OK, here is some background. HP Web JetAdmin is software that monitors network attached printers and provides … Continue reading
Over Christmas, the main hard disc on our 5.5 year old Dell mini tower failed, causing us to replace the computer with a new one. We could have replaced the disc, but we had had other components in it fail … Continue reading
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