http://www.bitburners.com We Burn a Bit! Wed, 07 May 2008 06:22:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Usually when we review drives we focus mainly on the recording quality, and media quality scans. However in the case of Pioneer DVR-215 it quickly became obvious that it wasn't the most interesting way to go, as it seems to deliver identical results in terms of recording quality than the ... http://www.bitburners.com/articles/pioneer-215-vs-115d-sata-or-pata/4027/ The mkv2vob is a real Swiss Army knife of video conversion for the Sony PlayStation 3. It is a front-end application for a number of audio and video conversion tools that automates the process of converting Matroska .MKV files into a PS3 compatible format. Unlike tsMuxer, which we have covered ... http://www.bitburners.com/articles/convert-mkv-files-for-playstation-3-using-mkv2vob/4022/ This article is a sequel to our previous guide, which explained how to convert .MKV files to .m2ts for PlayStation 3 playback. Absolute novices are recommended to read it before continuing with this one, as we intentionally leave out some basics covered in the previous guide. This time we show you ... http://www.bitburners.com/articles/convert-mkv-files-to-blu-ray-or-avchd-for-playstation-3-using-tsmuxer/4019/ Besides gaming, the Sony PlayStation 3 is an excellent device for high definition video playback. Besides Blu-ray disc playback support, the PS3 can also play high definition video files, which can be downloaded from the Internet. The most common HD video file format is currently the Matroska (.MKV) file format, ... http://www.bitburners.com/articles/convert-mkv-video-files-to-m2ts-for-playstation-3-using-tsmuxer/4015/ After quite a bit of consideration, I finally decided to order myself a PlayStation 3, the 40GB model. Unfortunately I had to send it back for replacement or repairs, as the unit I received was obviously faulty. Interestingly, I am not the only European customer that has bought a faulty ... http://www.bitburners.com/articles/unboxing-a-playstation-3-40gb-and-putting-it-back-in/4012/ Pioneer Electronics just sent out an interesting announcement regarding their Blu-ray BD-ROM / DVD-RW combo drive. According to their press release, the BDC-S02 combo drive can now be purchased for less than €150 or £100 in Europe. While it is still somewhat more expensive than a plain DVD-RW drive, ... http://www.bitburners.com/articles/pioneers-blu-ray-bdc-s02-combo-drive-breaks-e150-price-barrier/4010/ Yet another proof that no copy protection is unbeatable, which again makes one wonder why do they put so much money and effort in developing them. Usually the protections get cracked and the one to beat the protection gets famous, like Jon Lech Johanssen aka 'DVD Jon', who craked the ... http://www.bitburners.com/articles/blu-ray-bd-copy-protection-is-cracked/4009/ One great thing about Linux is the furious 6 month development cycle that most major distributions use. That's right, no matter if you use Ubuntu, Mandriva or Fedora you will get a fresh bleeding edge version of the operating system twice a year. The fresh releases have loads of bugs ... http://www.bitburners.com/articles/pclinuxos-is-boring/4005/ The momentum is high for the PlayStation 3. Price reductions brought the console quite close to Xbox 360, the game line-up is constantly improving and the Linux capabilities makes it a versatile platform with many uses. The most important factor however is the ending of the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD ... http://www.bitburners.com/news/microsoft-goes-to-price-war-on-the-console-market/4003/ Most people are familiar with the AVI videos and the term DivX is widely popularized, but when they come across a video file with a .MKV extension, there seem to be a lot of confusion. The purpose of this article is to clear these confusions and problems and give you ... http://www.bitburners.com/articles/how-to-play-mkv-matroska-files/3990/