It is my first Set-Top-Box from mainland China. I ordered it from the official site of Xiaomi. The price is CNY299.00, including tax, shipping and handling. It is sent to my parents’ home, then my mom brought it when she came here. It is a good deal. CNY299 is aboutContinue Reading
I just start to use Telus TV service since 2012. I have a HD Box without PVR function. The remote control looks like the one below. For reference only, I put the User Guide here. If, you have same module, you can use the guide to programe it. It willContinue Reading
I power on the Raspberry Pi this morning. See pictures below. The first look of the screen in text mode. Raspberry Pi is located on the lower right corner. After the loading, I can enter startx to load a window. Because it is the first time, I want to recordContinue Reading
If you have a Shaw remote control as below, you can use the code I provided below to program your device. This is Atlas PVR Universal Remote Control, which is preprogrammed to operate the Shaw cable box. To control devices other than the Shaw digital box, do the following steps.Continue Reading
From this month, I switch from Shaw to Telus. I am just using Internet and Basic TV. When I am with Shaw, I have to pay $89.49 a month including tax. Which is including Personal TV package and High-Speed Internet. Now I am using Telus. Including Optik High Speed andContinue Reading
The new London Olympics will begin tomorrow. The Opening Ceremony will be started 1:00PM PST July 27. This Olympics Game is from July 27 2012 to August 12, 2012. We can watch the games through CTV, TSN, TSN2, etc.Continue Reading
Got a new toy, USB TV tuner, from NCIX.com. Hauppauge WINTV-USB2-FM Analog TV Stick. I plugged it into one USB port. Installed the software from the CD. And connect the TV cable with the usb stick. Run the program to scan the channels. I got 50+ with shaw cable.Continue Reading
Here, in Vancouver, most of the people use Shaw or Telus for their TV, Internet and Telephone. Actually, Shaw is a Cable TV company. Telus is a telephone company. Now they provide the service crossover. I do my third compare during last 6 years. I did it every two year.Continue Reading
Today, I upgrade O!Play firmware from 1.17N to 1.21N. There are so many new features I would like to show. On v1.18 Update Item: 1.Improve subtitle font support for the missing characters 2.Add in txt subtitle format support 3.Add in file and folder management function. Press left key to deleteContinue Reading
I use Shaw Cable’s services for TV and Internet. They still have some other service I do not use, say telephone. Let us go through the full bundle of three. TV Basic Cable $33.95 35 Channels, including The Knowledge Network, A-Channel, CITY TV Vancouver, KIRO – CBS Seattle, KING –Continue Reading
There are some free-on-air HDTV channels in the big city, such as Vancouver and San Francisco. Requirements: 1) HDTV with ATSCContinue Reading