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[Joemonkey]

thanks for the deal, heard there was some way to hack into these... but i have no idea how or why you'd want to... anyway, free is free

 

[ianbergman]

i've got like seven of these things floating around . i should make a sculpture.

 

[chibchakan]

Thanx DJMiX

 

[Tallgeese]

Set up a profile for DVD Profiler. Scanned a title. BEEP. Automagically in the collection....SWEET!

Thanks for the info everybody.

P.S. To the person who asked

<< Do you really have that many DVD's? I have about 100 and they're all "cataloged" on a shelf. >>

How about: 200+ DVDs, 300+ CDs, 150+ CD games, 100+ DC games, 200+ books.

BTW: Anyone know of any software that catalogues (including look up) video games for DC, Playstation, etc.?

 

[johndeeregator]

Excuse my ignorance, but I fail to see how these could be useful in cataloging your DVDs (or CDs or whatever). So you scan in the barcode and then what...? You still have to type in the name of the DVD, or else it will just be a meaningless barcode in your database. I understand that you can later scan in the barcode and it will pop up the name of the DVD that matches it in the database... but if you have the DVD in your hand to scan, why not just look at it? It's not like your doing inventory for a store or anything. If someone could clarify this, maybe I'll order a free one, but until then, I see no good use for this thing.

 

[mrbentley]

pssst yo!

 

[KiDFuZioN]

If you use DVD Profiler than all you do is scan in the bar code and it will list the name of the dvd movie for you.

 

[lawaris]

It has a use ???
I gave mine away for free.........

 

[GnatGoSplat]

Maybe I can use one of these on my Kitchen PC. When I run out of something, I scan it in and it's on next weekend's grocery list.
Although one of those guns with the point & shoot trigger would probably work better.

 

[thinlizzie]

Hey Joesmonkey...

Yeah they can be hacked. When you register the thing online it asks for all sorts of information including an email address. Now that said the real purpose of it was if you wanted to know about any product with a UPC you could simply connect on the internet, scan the UPC on your bottle of Pepsi (or whatever) and the cat would return information on the product, take you to the product's website, etc. Now you know how it works think about why it's free... You will get tons of spam - it adds you to a bunch of mailing lists.

That's where the hack comes in - there is a solder joint you can break inside the cat and after that time when you scan product it no longer sends your info through the web.

That is why it's also free - they figure the payback is all the information gathering it does, not just your personal info, your buying habits, curiosities, etc.

I got one free from wired magazine, never used it. A buddy of mine took 2 of them and made red "eyes" for his machine - yet another good use!

Thinlizzie

 

[DanFungus]

I got mine through IBm, and I got a USB one....it's kinda kewl.

 

[polotek147]

Awesome, just signed up for 3 more convergence kits.

 

[Tallgeese]

<< Excuse my ignorance >>

YAJM nails it...right on the nose!

 

[jamautosound]

Cool, I always wondered what the H#LL people would want these for.

Now they are gifts. Thanks to the people who linked the programs to go with them.

Edit: Update. I just got my three from getincat, just an apology letter from IBM.

 

[Spicollidriver1]

As far as catalogueing your dvds this also comes in handy when doing trades because people don't have to offer you dvds you already have. Also my friends when they want to borrow a dvd they don't have to ask what do you have they can look at the list online. Also this comes in handy when you have almost 300 dvds, and you are at a store that carries a lot of used dvds or dvds in general, and you are checking for deals, and you can't remember what dvds you have(I know it's sad but it happens, and don't say stop buying dvds). Also many people are very proud of there collection and have very expensive/rare dvds and a good collection in general, and want to show it to others online. This is not rare go to dvdtalk and see how many of it's 25,000 members have link to dvdprofiler, and other tracking sites in there signature. Plus it only took me an hour to do my collection, and I didn't have the cue cat reader so it really wasn't that big of a waste of time in my opinion.

 

[VisionsUCI]

just downloaded the profiler... cool deal!

 

[ElGuache]

Thanks

 

[jebbo]

cool thanks, if nothing else these things can be used as weapons, I can swing em around real fast and nail any indruder in the head. Who knows,the cuecat could save your life!

 

[udonoogen]

<< cool thanks, if nothing else these things can be used as weapons, I can swing em around real fast and nail any indruder in the head. Who knows,the cuecat could save your life! >>



LOL

my astro prof had a cuecat enhanced textbook. i guess u could scan in the bar codes randomly placed in the book and it would take you to some site. i wouldnt know ... i hardly read the book ... and the cuecat thing is somewhere in my "random drawer."

 

[polotek147]

any links to learn how to tinker with the cue cat?

 

[busterG]

I cut the tail off and wire it up to a resistor and a LED then tape it between my desktop and keyboard tray and Whallah, an inexpensive keyboard light.

 

[docmanhattan]

if anyone's curious. here's link to CueCat hacks etc...

linkie

EDIT: here's a real disection of the cat chop chop

 

[GnatGoSplat]

If anyone chops off the USB cable and doesn't need it, PM me.

 

[Silex]

<< I cut the tail off and wire it up to a resistor and a LED then tape it between my desktop and keyboard tray and Whallah, an inexpensive keyboard light. >>



Heheh I plan to put two cuecats on the top of my case as a sort of 'watch-cats' I was wodnering how you got this to work and also if you had an on and off switch. Whoa that would be so sweet!

 

[SaturnX]

I'm in Canada, if anyone has any spare, PM me, I'd be interested in one.

--Mark