We went through all of the port forwarding and dmz and everything they will run you through but the problem was the routers we were using. We picked this one up from Future Shop (help desk recommended it) took it home after trying two that were over $200 i thought no way this $70 one was going to work, i was wrong. It took about 10 min to setup, i didn’t have to do any dmz, no port forwarding or anything and now both xboxes  can play on live, halo 3, halo 3 odst, and nhl 10 without any problems or nat issues.

So if your having the same problem where one Xbox is losing it’s live connection give this router a try it worked great for us.

LG Blu-ray Disc Player (BD370C) – from Futureshop (product url), I picked this up this weekend and got an extra surprise it game with 3 blu-ray movie pack which had Alien VS Predator (the second one), The day after tomorrow, and 27 Dresses. Now I picked this one over the cheaper version as this one connects to BD Live which is recommended so you can easily get software updates. The price as reasonable at $249.99.

It was easy to hook up just connected the hdmi and network cable then everything just worked, I had to manually tell it to check for a software update and it took about 3 min for the update to complete. I watched two movies The Day After Tomorrow and Iron Man rented from (block buster) and there wasn’t the slightest glitch at all. Only complaint was from my wife that she could see pimple on Robert Downey Jr.

Doing a side by side comparison there is definitely an improvement with blu-ray video and sound quality to dvd for people who have hd tv’s and are wondering if blu-ray is worth it. This one also has a direct connection to youtube so that you can search and watch youtube video’s through this blu-ray machine which was fun to play around with but great for finding some of those classic online shows like Chad Vader.

I am really pleased that this one is working out well without problems so I guess i’m not on the bandwagon of Ps3’s are the bluray of choice as I had nothing but problems as from my previous post.

Okay so you got the coolest phone on the planet the HTC Magic running the Android system from Rogers Communications but when you text message it’s not in the right order?!?!? It’s showing that any message sent to you is coming from eastern standard time and for you that could be 1 hour off or up to 4 hours off. You can’t find any reason for your HTC’s Magic Thread messaging to be messed up. Now you’ve scoured your phone for some setting that you must have made a mistake on, you have found nothing.

Now you are scouring the web finding forum after forum complaining about this and how evil Rogers is. Calm down you finally hit the right place and no Rogers is not evil they actually have the solution on their website and my wonderful wife found it for me as I was in the same position as you.

What you need to is upgrade your rom on your phone, it was a glitch but a fix has been released so here are the steps to getting your phone issue resolved.

*Warning this is going to remove all your applications from your phone so write them down so you can get them after. It also wipes contacts but if your using google contacts your phone will pick them up again when you connect your account.

1. go to - https://your.rogers.com/web_auth/downloads.asp?product=Wireless
2. Select Software from first drop down, select HTC from second Drop down
3. For your magic first get the HTC Sync 2nd bullet in the list save it to your computer and run it. This is used to connect your phone to your computer. After this is installed and running plug your phone into your computer with the usb cable it came with.
   1. Now on your phone you may get a notification that requires you to HTC sync with your computer, make sure you do that so that your phone and computer start talking.
4. Next download HTC Magic Software and save it your machine
5. Run the application you have just downloaded now at this step it takes about 10 min to update and you can’t disconnect your phone or let your computer go to sleep as it can mess up and potentially break your phone, as it will mess up the install ( you’ve been warned )
6. From here on out follow the prompts and your phone will have it’s rom updated and now your messaging is fixed.
7. Final Step go get your favorite applications from the Android Market Place and re-customize your phone.

It reads more complicated than what it is but if you have trouble you can always have a CSR from Rogers help you as they were helpful with us looking for and finding the solution. Or leave a comment and I’ll do what I can to help you.

However as a warning anyone leaving a comment saying that their screen is black and they haven’t tried turning it on yet I have a solution immediately – Take the phone and accessories and put them back in the box and return it to your local rogers and tell them this phone is to complicated for you. I’m just joking i’m sure everyone in the world has gotten that email forward about the CSR with the guy and the computer that wasn’t plugged in.

Good luck and keep on enjoying your Android HTC Magic (Google) Phone.

Same problem, so i decided that’s enough and the PS3 is being returned to the store as for $300 it was an epic failure that i’m not putting up with. The way I look at it for $300 the product better do what it brags about at least the first time you turn it on or it’s just not worth your time.

So don’t believe the hype from the fan boys about how flawless this system is.

Just wanted to pass on that money saving tip.

This is the wireless router provided by Rogers SMC Gateway 8014 WG, and with the port forwarding i have been able to get one xbox 360 to open, with the other one’s Nat being moderate. I called rogers tech support who all of sudden were not helpful. This is the first complaint I’ve had about rogers tech support, up until last night they were very helpful but last night started the blame game. Saying if it was the router it would affect my pc which is untrue and just annoyed me.

So there is a couple of things I’m going to try tonight to see if we can get this up and running, but with this router if I forward the exact same ports for both xbox’s one of them won’t be able to connect to live at all. So I will be trying port forwarding for one, and dmz for the other to see if that has any effect. This router does not have UPNP so I can’t try that, but apparently the problem is having to xbox’s behind one connection which you would think with new technology would just work but as evidence has shown hasn’t worked yet.

If I get a working solution I will deffinately post it and link to the article online I found most helpful.

Now there is lots of things you can try and I went through them all from documents on the web, to xbox live support, to D-link support(the worst support, not helpful at all.. they spent an hour trying to blame my internet service provider, xbox live, and me that i wasn’t doing what they asked.)

Moving on so first I setup all of the port forwarding rules, made no difference,
enable dmz that’s suppose to put my xbox on the outside of the router -no difference,
enabled UpnP no difference,
enabled gaming mode no difference,
final step upgrade the firmware no difference,
and repeat all of the steps 3 more times as they decided I was an idiot and didn’t put the information in right the first time.

I spent 2 hours on the phone with DLink changing settings restarting stuff and they could not make this thing work, and from what i’ve read online anyone else with this router has had the same problem.

So moving forward I will not be purchasing any D-Link Products after this wonderful experience I’ve just gone through, My conclusion is that this product isn’t worth the money, it worked great untill Xbox Live, it’s just an inconsistent product and I think there is better out there. I will be getting Rogers built in router with WiFi today and I have already spoken with their Tech’s and they said it should not be an issue.

So hopefully my problem will be resolved or hopefully at least Rogers will know thier own product enough to fix the problem, i’ll blog on that tomorrow to let you know if it worked.

Pure Digital Technologies, Inc. has created the most affordable greatest line of Digital Camcorder’s that are easy to use, and within an everyday person’s budget. The Flip Ultra comes in at $149.99 and for the more tech savvy users who want HD they have the Mino HD packed with tons of features and high quality video and still only coming in at price of $229.99.

I have yet to find a comparable quality camera anywhere near this price range, I also have experienced that this out does some of the digital camcorders in the $600 – $700 price range. I have used the flip camcorder to shoot all of my family memories for the last year and videos for talknb, and work events and I don’t have any complaints.

You can purchase this online at the links provided and it also sold at your local Walmart for other stores check the website at www.theflip.com. I believe for Canadians it’s currently only sold at Walmart stores.

So after soliciting tons of feedback Windows 7 is boasting some new features recommended by the community and correcting the issues that originally plagued Vista.

• Improved taskbar
• Jump Lists
• IE 8
• Windows Live etc.

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Improved taskbar and full-screen previews

The taskbar at the bottom of your screen is what you use to switch between the applications you’ve got open. In Windows 7 you can set the order in which the icons appear and they’ll stay put. They’re easier to see, too. Click once on the new large icons or bigger preview thumbnails and you’re ready to go. You can even see a full screen preview before switching to the window.

Get the picture: See what's open with previews and easily control your Windows experience with the new Taskbar.