Parts and Safety

First off I'm assuming you have a multimeter, if not you can get one for around $15 that will do. A service manual is handy to help you locate some of the components I'll be talking about. Service manuals can ordered from http://www.servicemanuals.net/

Parts can be ordered from Matt Electronics.com or Electronix.com. Call or e-mail them for a free catalog.

- Courtesy Lifehacker.com

by Adam Pash

Ever since TiVo came around, I was eager to jump on the time shifting bandwagon. After all, nothing makes a productivity junkie happier than turning an hour-long show into forty minutes. But for all its loyal fan base, TiVo never seemed like the right fit for me.

One of the key problems facing consumers is that portable electronic devices are getting more power hungry with each new generation, but those single-use alkaline batteries that power them haven't really improved much over the last decade. Perhaps 10 or 20 years from now, it will seem silly that we had to tote around two or three spare sets just to make sure that we could always use our portable device whenever we wanted to. Or, has that time come already in the form of Oxyride?