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TiVo chop shop WeaKnees is offering the biggest Series 3 TiVo they can muster. Cramming a 1TB drive internally along with an external 1TB eSATA, they’re offering ready-to-run TiVos with a whopping 2TB of storage space, or enough for 292 hours of HD programming. But when you have enough storage for well over 100 HD movies, it’s gonna cost you.WeaKnees is asking $US1,599 for the device, and that’s after the $200 mail in rebate. And while we can appreciate the modding they’ve done to slip in the extra internal terabyte drive, that eSATA requires all of 1 minute of user installation.
We’ll pay for convenience all day long, but at that price, we’d rather just pony up for a full blown media PC…or pay someone to invent this thing. [weaknees ]Thanks James!
New AIBO PS Rumours Grow, PlayStation AIBO? Completely useless and ridiculously expensive…Must. Have. Now.
The Nine Lives of the Superstar Who Wanted to Jump the Grand Canyon Our tribute to the crazy cool of the stuntman of stuntmen, Evel Knievel.
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Batmobile Lost its Wheel … And It Fetched No Cash on eBay Ah well…At least Clooney can always rest assured that Batman and Robin was a worse movie…
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What Should You Get the Geeky Ladies This Holiday? Gift guide for the women in your life – to make Christmas shopping a little easier.
The Asus Eee PC has been a runaway hit. (Who would have thought that people would want small, cheap laptops?) The only real thing that users have been complaining about is the “warranty void if removed” sticker on the laptop’s access panel, saying that users couldn’t perform a simple memory installation without giving up their warranties. But today Asus has pulled off the dogs and decided that they won’t unduly punish their loyal users who install extra RAM.
All Giz Wants isn’t about wanting what we have now. It’s about wanting what we should have now, what’s technically possible but practically improbable. Here’s an item I’ve been (wet) dreaming about for some time—a universal remote that’s really universal. I don’t mean to control both a Blu-ray player and an HD DVD player. I mean to control my TV, computer and the air popper. This is what I imagine: an IR/various 2.4Ghz technology remote with a touchscreen interface to control the more basic functions of any electronic device I own. Here’s what it would have:
We knew senior citizens were using Wii Sports to exercise without the risk of breaking a hip. What we didn’t expect were retirees with names like Lefty, Six Pack or The Hook vowing to destroy each other in a promotion video for a Wii Bowling championship, which looks produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for the World Wrestling Federation. Weak of heart? Sensitive eyeballs? Naphthalene balls? Then by all means don’t miss this promo, with the announcer shouting: “Who will RISE to the top and who will get LEFT in the DUST?” (Tip to the scriptwriters: when it comes to senior citizens, mentions of “rise” and “left in the dust” are a big no no no. NO.)
Top Gear got some time behind the wheel of a BMW 330i that can drive itself. How it works: a human driver takes the car around the track for a spin, while the car records data of event. Then, using military-grade GPS, the car can coordinate its position on the track with the driver data to zoom around at high, pants-crapping speeds. It’s like Knight Rider’s KITT, if David Hasselhoff preferred tweed over leather. [crave via bbg]
According to a rumour from the GPS Information forums, this is the upcoming Garmin handheld GPS unit called the “Colorado.” You notice immediately that its design seems unconventional at best, while you wonder how one could operate the control pad without blocking the screen. It almost looks like a walkie talkie when upright that features easy transformation to GPS mode when turned 90-degrees. According to one forum poster (a different person than posted the original picture), here’s the full scoop on the Colorado:
At a minimum of two retailers, Samsung’s BD-P1400 Blu-ray player has dropped below the $US300 barrier…by pennies. But it’s done so without rebates or crazy, Black Friday sales. And while we’re still partial to the PS3 as a Blu-ray player of choice (there are actually some good games on the platform now), this Samsung has the lowest retail price at the moment to get into full, 1080p Blu-ray fun. (Plus it supports Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD along with the most current HDMI 1.3 spec.) Plus you get the five free movies.
So without special discounts, I guess that Blu-ray did hit $300 by Christmas after all…it just wasn’t Sony leading the charge. [amazon and vanns via engadget]
The Newspaper Brick Maker is the perfect device to add a little eco friendly to your pyro transgressions. You fill the brick maker with wet pieces of newspaper. The brick maker (and a bit of your muscle, were sure) smashes out the liquid while smashing together the paper. Allow the brick to dry and, at long last, you have a decent excuse to watch Garfield pay for his cinematic sins. And for $29.98, it’s a legitimately a neat gift and perfect for that neighbour who is always asking to take those fallen branches off your hands. I have a fire pit, too, asshole! And mine is copper. [product via dvice]
The iPhone just went platinum, literally. From the precious metal enthusiasts at Goldstriker International, you can now buy a platinum-coated iPhone for about $2,500. And while most of us aren’t interested in purchasing or carrying around a platinum iPhone (that will probably scratch to hell, btw), it’s still the best way to shut up that a’hole talking on his gold iPhone. Well, that, or watching him get mugged while your friends hold him down.
