Tag: T.V

Oct/12

MediaTomb Samsung TV On Ubuntu

Filed Under Linux, T.V at 29th October 2012 0:01 by Danny

Tags: divx, DLNA, MediaTomb, mkv, Playstation, playstation 3, T.V, Ubuntu, UPNP, XML

Overview MediaTomb uPnP / DLNA server works out the box for standard media servers but required some configuration tweaks to enable playback on PlayStation 3. Whilst the changes were done manually in an XML file, the changes were simple and … Continue reading →

Nov/11

Samsung 46D8000 Mini Review

Filed Under Review, T.V at 29th November 2011 0:01 by Danny

Tags: 8000, ARC, d series, HDMI, HDMI-CEC, Logitech, Nintendo, nintendo wii, Onkyo, Philips, samsung, samsung 8000, SCART, Sky, Sony, T.V, TS-SR, USB

Overview I have been eyeing up a Samsung 8000 series T.V since last year and since the only discount that was applied was around £200 from release till the the C model was EOL with the new D series, it … Continue reading →

Jan/11

Harman Kardon HKTS 7 Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware at 26th January 2011 20:17 by Danny

Tags: Harman Kardon, HKTS, hkts 11, Onkyo, speaker, sub woofer, T.V, TX-SR, woofer

Pairing with my Onkyo TX-SR508 A/V receiver I got a set of Harman Kardon HKTS 117. The speaker cables that came with the speakers were colour coded to the standard colours so figuring out all 4 channels and wires should … Continue reading →

Dec/09

Unable to access MythTV Perl API. Try with –verbose to find out why.

Filed Under Linux at 28th December 2009 9:28 by Danny

Tags: MythTV, mythtv-status, perl, T.V, tv guide, Ubuntu, ubuntu 8.04, XML

I have been getting the error message Unable to access MythTV Perl API. Try with –verbose to find out why. on MythTv running on Ubuntu 8.04. It wasn’t bothering me too much because the TV guide was still being updated. … Continue reading →