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If you want to download Flash videos, such as from YouTube, there are many options. My favorite way is to use the Firefox plug-in called Download Flash and Video. It actually can download anything that’s Flash including Flash games.
Install it like any Firefox Add-on by going to Tools – Add-ons – Get Add-ons. Once installed [...]

It is common for a household to have their DVR in their living room.  But how can you watch your recorded shows in another room?  If you’ve got Tivo, you can transfer some allowed shows between tivos but that requires paying for a second tivo and hence a second monthly fee.  A cheaper alternative is [...]

An Annandale, VA client is moving to France for a year assignment with his family. He wants to be able to play his kids’ favorite DVDs for them on a French TV when he is there. Will this work?
Not easily, for two reasons:

NTSC/PAL: The video on DVDs from the US & Canada is in the [...]

Lifehacker has an article explaining how to burn any video file to a playable DVD using free software, either DVD Flick or Free DVD Creator.
DVD Flick is my favorite of the two. It lets you add menus, subtitles, and custom audio tracks. It works with 45 different file types.
DVD Flick is open source and easy [...]

Slingbox is a device that hooks up to your cable, tuner, or DVR. You connect to it remotely using the SlingPlayer software to watch TV from wherever you are on the Internet. It costs $150 to $240 depending on the version you want.
Because it is a one-to-one connection and not a broadcast, it isn’t illegal. [...]