iPhone/iPod touch: If you're a Comcast DVR user, you just got one very good reason to download the Comcast Mobile App for your iPhone: The free app manages your DVR recordings so you can add that last-minute recording from anywhere.
Ever notice how older-model televisions and monitors have that scanning-in-progress look in video and photographs? That's because your lens is literally capturing the set in the middle of a screen refresh. You can avoid that effect with some camera adjustment.Photo by dailyinvention.
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Sometimes you just want to turn on the television and, well, actually watch TV, but maybe keep Windows Media Center handy to record or watch something else. A quick shortcut hack can start your rig up on live television.If you're used to editing program shortcuts, one of the How-To Geek's favorite Windows tricks, you can go ahead and change the target of your Windows Media Center shortcut to this line:
Which episode of Modern Family had Ed Norton playing the Spandau Ballet bassist? When did Mario Batali tackle homemade gnocchi? Clicker.com's "Search Within" feature has expanded to cover a lot of ground, making it a convenient stop for finding precise media moments.
If you regularly tear the wrinkled sheets off your bed to use them as a makeshift projector screen, it's time to upgrade. Make this portable screen on the cheap that stashes away in a closet til the next time you need it.The DIY portable projector screen project over at Instructables can be whipped together in about an hour, and costs next to nothing to assemble. All you need is a white sheet, some eyelets, a few screw-in hooks, and about 12 feet of PVC pipe.
If your excitement about being able to watch Hulu on Boxee was dampened by your inability to access mature content, this simple hack will let you watch movies and television shows with a mature rating.
The proliferation of online media has made is really easy to track down new and interesting things to watch that aren't always in your native language. Subs.to makes it easy to find subtitles.Subs.to is a simple subtitle search engine. Plug in the name of the movie or television show—make sure to include the season and episode number!—and the language you'd like to read the subtitles in and Subs.to will return the subtitles in SRT or SUB format.