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That's why I was wondering. Since the Blackmagic eGPU is a separate GPU, perhaps 3 monitors concurrently will work. It's so new, I haven't actually been able to find anyone who has tried it yet. Of course if it is a software limit, there's no sens
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Thunderbolt is just a different PCIe interface (for purposes of this discussion), so I would guess that the limit must be either a software thing or a hardware limit of the specific GPU devices involved. Other PCIe GPU devices can handle 3 monitors
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Originally Posted By: tfabris To clarify, that won't work because of the Mac's "Two monitors per thunderbolt chip" limit. I have the same limit on the TS3+ dock. Out of curiosity, is this a specific thunderbolt chip limit, a GPU limit, o
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Originally Posted By: JBjorgenI'm assuming you could plug the dual-HDMI thingy into the second Thunderbolt port, use the built-in HDMI for the third port, and use the built-in USB hub, To clarify, that won't work because of the Mac's "Two monit
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Ah, thanks for reminding me that I needed to follow up on this thread with my solution. The external GPU looks really nice. I find it interesting that it does not have dual monitor outputs. It's got a USB hub and some Thunderbolt pass throughs, thou
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Originally Posted By: DignanI often find that many - if not most - people who say Tivo is dead are the ones who haven't used one in years. *raises hand* Guilty. After like 8 years of nothing meaningful I gave up and moved on. Perhaps when I move
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Doug, I still don't think we've heard about availability of streaming services in your country...
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I often find that many - if not most - people who say Tivo is dead are the ones who haven't used one in years. I've used a Tivo exclusively since around 2002, and while they did go a long stretch there without any innovation, I think they're doing a
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Originally Posted By: DWallachAnother possibility: Let's say you have a U.S. friend willing to subscribe to cable TV and you pay the bill / split the bill with them. On the U.S. side, you put a TiVo box with multiple tuners and a suitable cable card.
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I'm assuming you could plug the dual-HDMI thingy into the second Thunderbolt port, use the built-in HDMI for the third port, and use the built-in USB hub, and thus have all of your gear on a single thunderbolt plug with even greater performance. Con
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I'll just leave this here: Blackmagic eGPU.
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If you don't want to bother with making a boot USB or DVD to do Clonezilla, DriveImage XML is also free for private use and can hot image your drive while you are still booted and using it. UI is a bit clunky, but not too difficult. Our household i
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That's not innovation, that's bloat
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I would add to that, once you've checked that the cloned drive works, if you need to restore it for any reason, clone it AGAIN onto a third drive and use that one. There's nothing worse than having your machine eat itself, thinking "Aha! I have
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Originally Posted By: JBorgenToo bad they stopped innovating about 15 years ago.No... too bad they STARTED innovating about 15 years go. The original TiVo, as you pointed out, was a marvel of simplicity and utility. Then they started adding "
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Originally Posted By: mlord Every DVR I have ever seen has been an insanely over complicated device, with flashing GUI overlays and lots of "sparkle" to confuse the user. And with a remote control that has 50-100 buttons on it. That's
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Originally Posted By: tanstaafl.Originally Posted By: tahirKeeping the satellite seems the best optionIs there a possible solution with a DVR? Every DVR I have ever seen has been an insanely over complicated device, with flashing GUI overlays and lo
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Another possibility: Let's say you have a U.S. friend willing to subscribe to cable TV and you pay the bill / split the bill with them. On the U.S. side, you put a TiVo box with multiple tuners and a suitable cable card. On the Mexican side, you put
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I use CloneZilla https://clonezilla.org/ to move to new drives, so you could use it to make a bootable clone of your current drive. I would recommend booting once from the new backup drive just to confirm that it worked correctly as I've seen the cl
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Does the satellite service not include a DVR? I thought they all did these days.
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After having to nuke and repave my C: drive (my fault - don't ask!) I would like to set up a system where I could keep a cloned C: copy on an old but serviceable hard drive that I can keep in a drawer somewhere. Should the need arise, I would just p
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Originally Posted By: tahirKeeping the satellite seems the best optionIs there a possible solution with a DVR? Something along the lines of I would load the DVR with programming and John would play the programs from the DVR? Sort of like a manual-lo
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Keeping the satellite seems the best option, my wife's dad has early stage dementia and it's very difficult for him to make even tiny changes to how things work in his life.
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I think if it were me I'd try the freelancing route first, if it doesn't work out then seek employment. Of course whatever you do is going to mean retraining but I guess with the skills you akready have you could easily jump into java, .net etc and a
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Originally Posted By: tahirDo big tech firms have counselling available? Maybe there's a gap there? Every company is going to be different, and different countries within the one company are going to be different. But, in the US in my experience wi
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