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Thursday, November 15, 2007
more fun with consumer electronics
I decided to update the firmware on my HD-DVD player tonight. I don't have the thing anywhere near my home network, so I figured it would be easier to do the firmware update via CD-R rather than trying to do it over the Internet. Lesson one: the Toshiba HD-A3 doesn't like CDs burned with Nero. It seems to like CDs burned with ISO Recorder, at 2x speed. I picked up that tidbit from AVS Forum, which is a great source of information on various audio/video stuff. So now I've got the HD-A3 at firmware version 1.1. I'm not sure that'll make any difference for anything I'm doing, but I feel like I've accomplished something.
I also ran over to the local Apple Store and picked up a new battery for my iBook G4 today. I'm pretty sure I want to get rid of the iBook and get a new MacBook soon, but the old battery had almost completely died over the last few days, and I really didn't want to pick up the new MacBook right away. So the new battery seems to be charging as it should right now. Hopefully, it's a good battery and will get me through until whenever I get the MacBook.
I also ran over to the local Apple Store and picked up a new battery for my iBook G4 today. I'm pretty sure I want to get rid of the iBook and get a new MacBook soon, but the old battery had almost completely died over the last few days, and I really didn't want to pick up the new MacBook right away. So the new battery seems to be charging as it should right now. Hopefully, it's a good battery and will get me through until whenever I get the MacBook.
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