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  • Sony DRU-120A Won't Read DVD9 anymore

    The firmware page :: View topic – Sony DRU120A unusable after firmware upgrade. Yuck, I have this exact problem now. I used to be able to read double density DVD9s with the original firmware (1.13, thank goodness I backed up), but now with 1.51, it doesn’t read them. A DVD9 BTW is a double layer…

  • DVD Sites

    Well, given all this trouble, time to start collecting sites that seem to know what is wrong: * DVD Recordable :: DVD writing reviews news and advice * “Firmware Flash Forum”:http://forum.firmware-flash.com. Good site with information about lots of hardware that needs to get flashed. That seems like it is a big problem with these DVD…

  • All DVD Media Not Equal…

    SONY DRU-510A 1.0c FIRMWARE REPORTS HERE PLEASE >>> _As this report shows, you have to be pretty careful with what media you buy. Here’s a post the latest firmware report for the Sony DRU-510A_ i finally had a chance to test some differant types of media yesterday With the new 1.0c firmware,here are my findings:…

  • DVD to DiVX Backup Updated

    Doom9.net – The Definitive DVD Backup Resource. The latest on how to BAckup DVDs to DiVX. They now have a nice set of codec and other packs.

  • Sony DRU-120A Firmware Upgrade on Windows XP

    Burning has been pretty unreliable with my own Sony DRU-120A drive and I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to upgrade the firmware. Here is what you need to do: # Download the firmware update that is latest for the DRU-120A from the Sony site. The location keeps changing, so I’m not going to hard…

  • Sony DRU-510A Required Update for Windows XP

    Firmware 1.0C Update. Doesn’t seem to be well documented, but the DRU-510A CD-RW and DVD-RW drive. I got my dad had terrible problems with hanging Windows XP. I finally in desperation updated it to the 1.0c firmware and the latest version of Nero. Seems to work now, so you are warned. If you have this…

  • Japan Inc and Cell Phones

    Satoshi’s Wireless Weblog: User Interface is an Art: Sharp is coming. Satoshi points out that the Japanese market is super competitive and leading to some great products that will eventually threaten the leaders like Nokia and Motorola. Personally, I kind of agree. It happened with cars, consumer electronics of all sorts. That it didn’t happen…

  • Great Italian Restaurant

    * a little ludwig goes a long way: Firenze at Crossroads. A great Italian restaurant that I’ve been to and it is amazing to find a little Italy in a strip mall. * Other places that we love are Machiavelli in Seattle. Lots of garlic. Also, Serafina as well as Cafe Lago. There are really…

  • Tour de France on TV and Internet Audio

    Outdoor Life Network – Tour de France – 2003. The Tour de France is on 6-8:30 PT everyday. Nice to have this kind of coverage. Also, there is a live link to audio as well at “Listen Live”:http://www.olntv.com/tdf03/listenlive.html.

  • Tyler Hamilton Grits his teeth

    VeloNews: 2003 Tour de France Special CoverageIf you can believe it, Tyler Hamilton has a cracked collarbone and is muscling his way through the Tour de France, now that’s inspiration. Here’s what he says about it “Sometimes I was wondering if I’d finish with the front group, but I grit my teeth and kept going,”…