In today’s O’Reilly Digital Media newsletter, David Battino has a piece on how you can burn your own surround-sound DVDs without spending a fortune on encoding software. In short, you load six mono WAV files into an AC3 encoder and then drag the resulting file to your DVD-burning program. Depending on the encoder’s capabilities, you […]
Serasidis writes in – An RC5 infrared remote control receiver that can be used to handle any function or software installed in your Media Center PC. Further, it can be used to power On/Off your Media Center even it is in Hibernate, stand-by or power-off mode. Infrared remote control receiver for Media Centers – Link.
The MAKE store will be carrying this new open source hardware kit shortly, but if you can’t wait you can get it from Adafruit now… – Tired of all those LCD TVs everywhere? Want a break from advertisements while you’re trying to eat? Want to zap screens from across the street? The TV-B-Gone kit is […]
“TV remote control” by Philippe Kindelis – The TV remote control uses the principle of water displacement and the conductive properties of water to connect different cables. It highlights principles and processes that the user can interact with. It is an exploration as to whether water and electricity can be put together to create a […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Rosendahl writes – I just finished this yesterday. Based on an original design that I built in college, this is an LED lightshow that plugs into any audio source. (I have it on top of our home entertainment system, so it shows whatever we’re listening to or watching.) The display […]
Shawn writes – Saw the TV Retro casemod… I made something similar and built a PC and monitor right into it. Retro stereo mod for a media center PC – Link.
Steve Lodefink sent us a link to pics of this 1957 Magnavox set re-used as the cabinet for a modern (CRT) TV and stereo system. 1957 Magnavox TV – Link
