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How to Experience Digital Media on HDTV

Chris — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:25:36 +0000

How to Experience Digital Media on HDTV is a post from Chris Pirillo

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You have digital images, digital video and even digital audio. What if you want to experience digital quality on your television? It’s not so easy to do, unless you have a specific device such as Hi-Den.

The Hi-Den HDMI Digital Photo Viewer is a small easy-to-use device that allows you to view your photos, watch videos, or listen to music right on your HDTV. Forget crowding around the computer. Sit back and relax on your couch while sharing your fave pics and vides with everyone. Show pictures on HDTV by inserting a memory card or USB drive. Play your favorite MP3 files through your tv, or watch slide shows from the last family reunion.

Assuming you have an HDMI television or a cable, you’ll be able to easily set this up. It has an AC adapter, and a remote control! It allows you to browse, or choose what type of device to watch from. You can even adjust the resolution right from the remote… supporting up to a whopping 1080p!! That’s about as good as it gets these days.

If you know of other cool devices I need to check out and review, drop me a line. I’m always looking for the latest and greatest gadgets!

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How to Transfer Music, Video, Photos from an iPod / iPhone

Chris — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:55:51 +0000

How to Transfer Music, Video, Photos from an iPod / iPhone is a post from Chris Pirillo

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You may have an iPod, or may get one in the future. When you buy a new one, getting your data off the old one is a bit of a challenge. You could cry yourself to sleep at night, or use an easy solution to get the data off the old one!

Using Pod to PC, it’s easy to pull the data off of your old iPod or iPhone. It is freeware that lets you transfer music, videos and playlists from an iPod or iPhone back to your computer and into iTunes. Additionally, you can recover your music in iTunes after your computer crashes by transferring the music on your iPod or iPhone back to your computer!

Of course, for you Mac users, there is Pod to Mac!! It’s exactly the same concept, by the same people. It’s just made to work on OS X instead of Windows. How beautiful is that?!

This service is completely and 100% free! It’s not the most beautiful utility I’ve ever seen, but it gets the job done very well. That is what matters, right? Bookmark this site – I guarantee you’re going to wonder how you ever managed without it.

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The First Geeks Community Video Roundup

Chris — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:56:02 +0000

The First Geeks Community Video Roundup is a post from Chris Pirillo

In just under a week, Geeks has exploded! All of you who have joined us have just made yourselves at home, and I love it! There are hundreds of message board threads, hundreds of groups, and thousands of pictures uploaded already. Heck, we are even starting to gain on YouTube for most videos uploaded. Ok, so maybe that was just a bit of a stretch. But, you get the idea.

I wanted to take a minute to not only say how proud I am of the entire Geeks community, but to shout out to those of you uploading your videos, as well. Most of these are bursting with creativity and passion, and I just can’t get enough of watching them. Take a look at some of what you’ll find:

I would like to start promoting other videocasts on the Geeks Web site. Every day, I hope to feature a different geek – which means every community member must start to upload their videos there (or include the embed for them in the Videos section). Doesn’t matter what kind of videos you’re doing – if they’re done with passion, I’ll throw ‘em into the loop! It’s front page promotion for everybody eventually (hopefully). Don’t ask when you’re going to be featured – you’ll know when it happens, or doesn’t happen.
Bonus points for:

Brevity (I know, I tend to ramble as well)
Creativity in presentation (grab our attention)
Good audio quality (we have to hear you clearly)
Good video quality (we have to see you clearly)

Got a product review (good or bad)? Got a simple “how to” you’d like to share? How about a passionate opinion or perspective on something you feel geeky about? Let ‘er rip.

How to Handle Remote Tech Support

chris@lockergnome.com (Chris Pirillo) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:30:00 GMT

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VMware and Parallels for Virtual Machines

chris@lockergnome.com (Chris Pirillo) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:30:00 GMT

It doesn't matter if you're running on Windows or Mac OS X - every power user needs either Parallels or VMware (or both). There's never been an easier way to test software without destroying your primary operating system's stability. Think of how many times you wish you could press a 'reverse' button on your computer. Plus, there's no easier way to try new Linux distributions - see what all the fuss is about. Run Windows in OS X, run Linux in Windows, but the best way to do either is with VMware and/or Parallels.

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chris@lockergnome.com (Chris Pirillo) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:56:13 GMT

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