[OT] Time sync of arbitrary consumer devices

[Joel Jaeggli]

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Jeff Kinz wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 11:31:46AM -0400, Charles E Taylor IV wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 00:35:12 -0700
>> "Michael A. Peters" <mpeters at mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Something that has bugged me for years - I have to manually set the time
>>> on my microwave, on my stove, on my VCR (it will auto-sync if I pay for
>>> cable, but cable does not offer me what I consider to be programming
>>> worth what they want to charge - well, I would watch the sci-fi channel,
>>> had I the time to watch it ...)
>>
>> If you're in the USA, you probably don't need cable.  What you need for
>> many VCRs is merely acceptable reception of PBS.
>
> Hi Charles, i hadn't heard of this feature.
> Can you expand on this a little bit?  How does it work, what is the
> feature called?  How do marketing people refer to it?
> Got a URL to an explanation? (just curious)

  http://www.kcts.org/inside/techreport/faq/index.asp

>

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