Since my windows file server had an unrecoverable crash last week, I’ve been looking for a good inexpensive solution for storing all our video content. I recently found NasLite 1.x, from ServerElements.com. NasLite is a very simple file server linux distribution that fits on a single floppy. If you have some old computers laying around, NasLite can bring them back to their old glory.

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Atmaspheric Endeavors has some good things to say about his new Scientifc Atlanta 8000HD High Def DVR / set-top box.

TivoBlog.com has the scoop on what David Courtney, CFO of Tivo told investors at a recent Morgan Stanley Conference. He was quoted as saying:

“[Execs at DirecTV] have not given any indication that they expect to change course”

Here’s the original news article.

I’m a little late on taking this advice, but Connected Home Media has their Top Ten Mistakes in the Connected Home. I’m sure my wife would attest that I’ve probably made all of them at one time or another.

eHomeUpgrade links to an interesting study on users connecting the computers to a consumer electronic device. It found that 15% of “internet households” have connected their PC to their stereo or television.

This chart on usage is what I found most interesting:

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