Category Archives: Digital Living

Future of the phone

Posted on August 29, 2011 by RK

I asked couple of friends of mine how they saw their cell phones changing in the next five years. The last 5-10 have been game-changing in that phones have come a long way since being a device for making and … Continue reading →

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Play Right – Apple TV

Posted on December 15, 2010 by RK

Preamble: My home entertainment network wasn’t quite internet ready. My TV was old, I had no gaming systems and I had decided not to switch to Blu-rays. A 100% of my personal music and video collection is stored on a … Continue reading →

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Play Right – Internet TV

Posted on October 26, 2010 by RK

Alright, this review is not about a single product, but the whole product category. As I already mentioned, America, and presumably China and Japan, are pioneering Internet TVs, which if successful, would completely transform the way we watch movies. At … Continue reading →

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Play Right – WD MyBook World Edition II

Posted on October 25, 2010 by RK

Prologue: Western Digital made big progress when it upped its ante and started making consumer friendly products, as opposed to just hard disks that were relevant only to IT administrators. I have been a user of Western Digital NAS drive, … Continue reading →

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Play Right

Posted on October 24, 2010 by RK

Home entertainment has traditionally been a phenomenon disconnected from internet and computers. Blu-ray players made the first foray by connecting to internet for movie-themed interactive gaming, information lookup etc…NetFlix, the same company that made millions out of sending movies by … Continue reading →

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What we want and what is out there

Posted on October 23, 2010 by RK

Once again, I am on the street technology shopping. Excepting the iPad, it has been 3 years since I shopped for anything geeky. My home network has a 500gb NAS and a 250gb local drive backup. I am having capacity … Continue reading →

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Phone, TV and Now What?

Posted on October 9, 2010 by RK

In 2007 it was phone revolution; in 2009 it was tablet revolution. 2010 will see launch of another technology revolution and this time it’s the TV. They come in different forms and shapes, but here’s a laundry list of things … Continue reading →

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Digitize your music collection – Part IV

Posted on September 8, 2010 by RK

When I first mentioned I was going to do a post with the intention of helping with digitizing your music collection, I was immediately asked if the scope would include tape cassettes. I used to have a large collection of … Continue reading →

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Digitize your music collection – Part III

Posted on September 7, 2010 by RK

If you have meticulously followed the steps in Phase I and II, you are likely to have a folder full of MP3 files. Hopefully with good quality encoding and diligent tagging. If you have a large collection, your hard drive … Continue reading →

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Digitize your music collection – Part II

Posted on September 3, 2010 by RK

The entire project of digitizing your music collection involves 3 main steps. First step would be to rip your CDs and that I covered in Part I of this article, second step would be to tag your files (covered in this Part … Continue reading →

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