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A simple solution to poorly working remotes
When we remodeled our house, I ran HDMI cable from the TV through the wall to my equipment rack which is on the other side of the wall. At the time, we were using an Apple TV, so we were just using an iPhone over WiFi controlling the Apple TV. This worked well until I added a Roku 3 and a Fire TV to the mix. The Roku 3 uses a WiFi Direct remote and the Fire TV uses a Bluetooth remote.
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Channels DVR - A change in my TV viewing
I've written in the past about different systems that I've tried out to find the perfect system for recording and watching TV. The last system I wrote about was MythTV and it was working pretty well. However, it was a bit fragile. When Plex announced their DVR, I decided to give it a try. Once I found scripts to skip commercials and transcode the video to play well on my Apple TV, I thought I had found the system for us. Unfortuantely there were a few pieces that annoyed me to no end. It basically boiled down to the system would sometimes strip too much of a show when it removed commercials and the audio kept becoming out of sync with the video. If you'ever ever watched a show this way, you know that it degrades the viewing experience.
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VLAN on a home network
When I first setup IP cameras over 2 years ago, I purchased a Cisco PoE switch. I didn't need a managed switched, but at the time, it was the only PoE switch I could find without a fan (I probably should have looked harder). The switch has so many options like locking down ports based on MAC address, VLAN tagging, even some routing capabilities.
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Review: Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter Lite
Earlier this year I started to have problems with my Internet connection. As most people do, I blamed my cable company. I filed a trouble ticket and a technician came out. He checked the signals, replaced a few connectors and called it good. After he came out, I still experienced blips where I completely lost connectivity for up to 30 seconds. The tech suggested I try replacing my router. As I've never had problems with Apple routers (I have a Time Capsule), I basically said "whatever".