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More often than once you will get a DVD disc that refuses to play on your DVD player because it's not supposed to be played to be in your country. Of course, if you have a Region Free DVD player you have nothing to worry about. But what if you don't have one? Maybe you own a Philips DVD player model 751 that doesn't.
That's where DVD Hacks comes in. DVD Hacks site has a comprehensive list of DVD players that can be easy made Region Free to play a DVD disc from any region in your DVD player, without expensive modifications of fiddling with electronics. Check it out.
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This has to be by far the cheapest way of building an external antenna booster for a cellphone. All you need is a cheap wire pants hangar, a small length of a coax cable and some basic tools like a wire cutter. Of course, some patience too. Check it out now.
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If you have some spare time and two iPod 4GB nano's (one dead and one working) and some good soldering skills then it's fairly easy to upgrade your 4GB nano to 8GB. And if you have none of these then the "guy" at MultiArcade.com can do it for $225 (hic... includes return shipping). Check it out to see what we mean.
PS: All standard disclaimers apply. Do it at your own risk.
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How many geniuses does it take to build a "stove" out of a Pepsi can? The answer - only one.. and you can build one too. All you need is a a few Pepsi cans (3 precisely), some 3M tape and denatured alcohol.
Okay, now we know the purpose of this but why Pepsi cans.. why not Coke? Scott, who is the brain behind this genius experiment explains "The circular ridge on the bottom of a Pepsi can is narrower than other brands and holds the interior cylinder tightly. The silver colored Pepsi One cans look best because they match the foil tape."
Okay, we get it.
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You can always trust geeks to come with the cheap ways to hacking and protecting their gear. Who else is going to think of sticking on some cheap "clear tape" on the screen. Works like a charm, and costs pennies to protect that rather expensive screen.
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If you have been trying to backup your DVD movies and been having little success take a tour of this tutorial. Mac only for the time being.
Update: If you want to learn how to backup your DVD's on a PC Click here
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