Category5 Technology TV (HD Video)

Category5 TV Network

Weekly live digital TV show with Robbie Ferguson focused on topics of interest to tech minds. Ask your questions and get live answers. Recipient of 2014 and 2017 Top 100 Tech Podcasters award. The broadcast-length format aired from 2007-2021 before switch

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522 episodes
Updated Jan 14, 2021

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Jan 17, 2019 · 1 hr 14 min
Wyze Cams and an ODROID C2 - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 591
This week, Robbie and Sasha take a look at how the Wyze Cams work. They're the world's most affordable smart surveillance camera, and we'll give them a try. Then, let's open up an ODROID C2 single board computer. It's been around for a while, but it'...
Jan 10, 2019 · 1 hr 19 min
Smart Home Surveillance and 4K Video Editing Magic - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 590
The Bald Nerd, CloudReady's official unofficial spokeswoman and the Ginja Ninja take a look at the Wyze Cam lineup, which makes smart home surveillance ultra-affordable. We'll also learn how to turn 4K video footage into multiple camera shots in Cybe...
Jan 3, 2019 · 1 hr 16 min
Let 'er Rip - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 589
Happy new year! This week we'll look back briefly on some of the fondest memories our hosts have of 2018, followed by a tutorial on how to rip episodic DVDs using the free Handbrake software on Windows 10.
Dec 27, 2018 · 49 min
Category5 Christmas Musical - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 588
As Robbie, Sasha and Jeff take the week off to celebrate Christmas with their families, let's circle back to our Christmas special from 2012 when Category5 alumni of years gone by joined Robbie and Sasha for a very special night of amateur Christmas ...
Dec 20, 2018 · 1 hr
Don't Reset The Modem - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 587
Resetting a modem is not the same thing as rebooting a modem, as Sasha learned this week. Let's also unbox a Raspberry Pi 3 A+, a lighting rig to improve your product photographs on the cheap, and discuss the evolution of technology with Google Monocle.
Dec 13, 2018 · 1 hr 25 min
Battle of the Home Automation Assistants - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 586
Between the Google Home Mini and the latest Amazon Echo Dot, the price and promoted features are pretty similar. This week, we'll try to figure out which one is the best virtual assistant by putting the two smart home devices head-to-head.
Dec 6, 2018 · 1 hr 5 min
With Help From A Dummy Head - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 585
We pulled out the old dummy head again, because what better way is there to review a set of Bluetooth headphones? We've got the Bluedio T-Monitors, which are a budget set of wireless headphones that feel and sound great. Sasha is having trouble with ...
Nov 29, 2018 · 1 hr 11 min
Displacing the SBC Champions - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 584
We continue our series of single board computer benchmarks, and this week we put the ODROID XU4Q and the NanoPi M4 up against one another, along with the results from last week's battle between the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, PINE64 A64-LTS, Rock64 and ...
Nov 22, 2018 · 1 hr 5 min
Single Board Computer Deathmatch - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 583
We all love a good benchmark comparison, but what's been unclear up till now is how SBCs of varying price points compare once you factor in their cost. Does the Rock64 beat the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ even though it costs more? We'll set out to find out on...
Nov 15, 2018 · 1 hr 6 min
More Great Single Board Computers and Disabling Windows 10's Tablet Mode - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 582
Henry joins Robbie and Sasha to take a look at an assortment of Single Board Computers we'll be benchmarking in the next couple weeks. We'll also look at why Sasha's work computer went nutty after an update, and fix the stupid "Tablet Mode" by tellin...
Nov 8, 2018 · 1 hr 23 min
Make Any Notebook a Chromebook with Neverware CloudReady - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 581
Most of us have some old laptop or desktop computers kicking around. They seem useless because their OS is out of date, and the hardware isn't powerful enough to run the latest and greatest software. Enter CloudReady: a Chromium OS distribution that ...
Oct 31, 2018 · 48 min
Cheap Mics, Awesome SBCs and Costumes - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 580
Shizu Yamaguchi joins Robbie and Sasha this week, and everyone's dressed up for Halloween! We'll step outside the box with our review of a cheap condenser microphone off Amazon, and unbox the six-core NanoPi M4 single board computer.
Oct 24, 2018 · 1 hr 2 min
A DIY Retro Gaming Handheld Emulator and a Tool Bench PSU (With MarshMan) - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 579
MarshMan drove 8 hours to join us this week! We'll look at a cheap way to repurpose an old computer PSU, as well as the ODROID-GO - a GameBoy-like handheld that lets you play all the classics - and you get to build it yourself.
Oct 17, 2018 · 1 hr 1 min
A 6-Core SBC and Some Viewer Comments - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 578
We've finally got our hands on a RockPro64, and it's an incredible looking little single-board computer: 6 cores, 4 GB RAM and a PCIe slot. We've also got some great viewer comments that spark some interesting discussions.
Oct 10, 2018 · 1 hr 6 min
Making LibreOffice Look and Feel More Like Microsoft Office - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 577
There are some wonderful free alternatives available for commercial software, and LibreOffice is exactly that. But the interface isn't quite the same as Microsoft Office, and it can be a bit unfamiliar to users who are accustomed to the commercial co...
Oct 3, 2018 · 1 hr 8 min
Wireless Mics, Discord and Ubuntu in Hyper-V (Part 2) - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 576
Thanks to our local music shop, we've got wireless mics this week! We've also launched another way for our viewers to interact, and thanks to our amazing community, we've figured out why our Ubuntu deployment was giving us nothing but a blue screen o...
Sep 26, 2018 · 1 hr 15 min
Linux in Windows and Stage 9 Needs Our Help - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 575
Microsoft has been working with the open source community to bring Ubuntu Linux to Windows 10, and we'll see how easy it is to get up and going in what unintentionally became part 1 of a 2-part series. We've also got some sad news for Star Trek fans ...
Sep 19, 2018 · 1 hr 5 min
An Early Look At The Rock64 Single Board Computer - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 574
This week, Robbie, Sasha and Jeff look at a new (came out a couple months back) Rock64 single board computer from Pine64. We've installed Ayufan's Ubuntu 18.04 with LXDE, and we'll see if it's usable ... yet.
Sep 12, 2018 · 1 hr 3 min
Fake SD Cards Are Real! - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 573
We've talked about fake MicroSD cards, but this week we actually have one to test on Linux. Is it really the best deal on Amazon? Or a complete scam? We'll also take a peek at Linux Mint 19 and have a visit from our Crypto Correspondent, Robert Koenig.
Sep 5, 2018 · 1 hr 7 min
Michael's Bright Idea - Category5 Technology TV - Episode 572
We're down one mic, and that means down one host. One of our viewers thought of a great way to support the show and sent us a little something that brightened our day. Robbie wants to rid himself of Windows on his laptop once and for all, and is aski...