Technology

So I gave in and bought a new iPod.

My iPod’s been on the blink ever since I accidentally watered it. (I was aiming for the little Valentine’s rose bush my wife gave me. I hit the clickwheel of my iPod instead. No one ever said I was a good shot). I tried replacing the clickwheel with one I bought off eBay. But it still didn’t work out right and I can’t even get through the Lost podcast, these days, without the whole thing giving up.

So I bought a new iPod, capable of playing video.

This is cool in various ways, even if I am 18 months behind everyone else.

First, it means that backlog of videos can be cleared. Phew. I’ve Comedy Central’s Halfway Home, a couple of episodes of Life on Mars and Primeval, as well as the first episode of October Road to get through. My hour and a half commute every morning’s going to go a lot quicker now.

Then there’s the exciting “Export to iPod” function of my EyeTV software.

Continue reading “Succumbed to the iPod fever”

I’ve just bought myself one of these (click on it to see it bigger):

It’s an EyeTV DTT ‘stick’ which allows you to watch FreeView on your Mac. You just plug it in a USB port, attach an aerial (tiny portable one supplied) and tune it in. You can then schedule your Mac to record the programs to your hard drive, just like Sky+. You can also pause live TV, etc.

Seems pretty cool so far and I’ve already set it to record a few programmes using the EPG. I’m using the portable aerial at the moment, and while it’s pretty good, I can’t get ITV (any channel) or Channel 4. So I’m going to buy myself a cable to plug it into a nearby aerial socket.

I’ll let you know how it works out.