FIMO slugs
The next part of my TV control project was to cover the TV's IR sensor. I have an IR transmitter stuck to it, but the TV gets confused by signals from other remotes. I needed some sort of nodule to co…
January 2010
Mains Power Fun!
I'd been looking for a way for my media PC to control the power of the other devices in that system (sub, amp, tv). I'd thought about X.10, but I felt that was expensive overkill. After some investiga…
working 32wlt68 tv control solution
Here we go! First of all, my lirc configuration for the toshiba TV power button, manually adjusted to the proper NEC timings: begin remote name Toshiba bits 16 flags SPACE\ENC eps 25 aeps 100 header 9…
The TV saga continues!
I've been experimenting with the IR blasting TV control option. With IR blasting you don't (normally) get any status back from the TV, so you need what is called a "discrete code" - an IR signal that…
HDCP and the Toshiba 32wlt68 LCD TV
In which I investigate tv control and accidentally stumble over the HDCP protocol. I've been investigating controlling my tv from my media box recently. There are three four main possibilites: 1. IR b…
Ofcom consultation about BBC DRM
Interesting, see this link on the reg Ofcom are asking people if the BBC should be allowed to apply their proposed programme listing DRM. Whether responding will do any good, I don't know, but it can'…