A picture says a thousand words, which means you spared this time around. I think this screenshot says it all. It's this type of software that will bring the digital home closer to the masses. From the article: This new program, which can interface with many home automation peripherals, generic serial devices and parallel input / output boards, […]
Read moreThe Olevia line of displays from Syntax used to be the budget beauties of the world… Short on price and short on alot of other things. Things have changed as Syntax is now delivering a much more full feature respectable display. At a price of nearly $2000, the 542i has a native resolution of 768p, a respectable selection of inputs, […]
Read moreEngadgetHD has the scoop on the latest next gen DVD player to hit the market… sort of. It appears Wal Mart let the secret slip by releasing Phillip's Blu-ray onto the market a few days earlier then other retailers. You will have to read on for the goodies, but it appears to a very similar player to the Samsung with […]
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More then a few of you use the Pandora service, so I thought it would be a smart idea to post this recent open source development. OpenPandora allows you to forget the browser and listen to your favorite tunes with a stand alone program. Pandora itself is a service that streams music according to your ratings. From the article: Master […]
Read moreIn this day and age of corporate bigger is better mentality, its not surprising to hear the big media outlets cry for freedom when it comes to owning media outlets in a particular market. The case they make is that the death of broadcast TV is near if they are not allowed to expand the number of media outlets they […]
Read moreIt looks like DVD Jon can put another feather in his cracking hat. He has cracked Apple's FairPlay DRM and intends to spin this into a commercial venture. I would guess its a matter of time before this one hits the courts. From the article: Jon Lech Johansen, a 22-year-old Norway native who lives in San Francisco, cracked Apple's FairPlay […]
Read moreWhilst surfing over at AVS Forum, looking for information on Small/Large setup for our HT Basics feature, I noticed a great thread talking about speaker design and the role they have getting the music to your ears. As mentioned in the title, this is from a designer's perspective and should shed a lot of light on how different components in […]
Read moreWhile I know this isn't directly related to Home Theater's, I just had to post this, probably moreso to spark forum discussion, but it seems Google has already made it's impact with YouTube: In the first major mass removal of content in its history, YouTube has removed nearly 30,000 videos after being contacted by a number of Japanese rights-holders, according […]
Read moreYou know, I was gonna knock this when I first heard about it, but think of how innovative Time Warner is being here. Sure it's awful they won't allow fast forwarding, but I can't count how many times people with little knowledge of PVR's have CRAVED being able to view a show from the beginning that they remembered to record […]
Read moreA few nice unique extras for the big boys, but will it be enough to win the race? Have you guys bit the bullet yet? C'mon, but you can watch the Oscar-Winning Pearl Harbor…errr….um…..see large explosions in great quality! Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment added to its enhanced winter Blu-ray release slate today, as Invincible and Pearl Harbor were joined […]
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