Boris Johnson Blog Online

Boris Johnson renowned for astute wit now has is very own web presence with the Boris Johnson Blog. There is of cause the Wikipedia Boris Johnson page for those interested in his background. He often appears on Have I Got News For You.

Considering Humax 9000T DVR

Humax Digital UK have launched the 8000T DVR (Digital Video Recorder). This supports FreeView (DVB-T) services and included a 40GB HDD. However, it does not have an ethernet port or a DVD writer. All DVR should have network connectivity and backup to DVD functions. I own a Panasonic DMRE85HEBS DVR DVD/HDD. This has an 80 GB drive and can record to DVD-R. It does not have an ethernet port or DVB decoder, which lets it down. It also has built in CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media), this is a form of DRM (Digital Restrictions Managment). The Register - Everything you ever wanted to know about CPRM, but ZDNet wouldn't tell you… gives a good overview.

The Humax 8000T, while not open and not running GNU/Linux like Freevo and MythTV, does have a thriving upgrade community: Humax 8000T upgrade forum, Humax 8000T HDD upgrade discussion and Humax 8000T Firmware upgrade discussion.