Tag Archives: DVD

JVC XV-S60 DVD Player Repair

Posted on December 17, 2013 by jwk

A local gentleman brought in his JVC DVD player, model XV-S60, for repairs. It’s a high end unit from around 2001 with some sentimental significance and despite it being a fair bit outside my normal interest, I decided to take … Continue reading →

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A neat discovery to add more storage to a laptop.

Posted on November 3, 2012 by jwk

I acquired a few HP ProBook 4415s laptops which had been scrapped, and decided to rebuild them into working machines. I’ve been needing a new personal/media laptop for a bit, and these are capable little machines with an HDMI output … Continue reading →

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The Amazing Shrinking Netflix Catalog

Posted on July 23, 2011 by jwk

Following up on my complaint about Netflix streaming not having enough content, I’ve discovered something even more annoying: apparently content that’s previously been there is rotated or otherwise phased out. I’d been working on translating the Greek text from the … Continue reading →

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Netflix Needs More Content

Posted on July 15, 2011 by jwk

There’s a lot of uproar about the Netflix price increases lately. I ditched my Cable TV subscription about 6 months ago and haven’t looked back, relying on Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and television network sites to watch the shows over the … Continue reading →

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