Blockbuster Video this week announced two significant upgrades to its rental programs. First, Blockbuster Online users are now allowed to return movies either through the mail or into a Blockbuster store. The "Total Access" service includes one free in-store rental per month, but customers are awarded an additional free in-store rental for each movie returned to a Blockbuster store. Also […]
Read moreCortexa Technology has delivered the dream of a truly digital home for American homeowners. For the first time, home buyers can enjoy a fully functional digital home for about a few thousand dollars or about 2 % of the cost of an average home in the United States. With the launch of its newest home control system, Cortexa Technology leverages […]
Read moreControlling your home with an IPTV/MPEG4 stream is something I have not heard of until I came across this story. The real kicker is that you are able to navigate the streaming interface with any TV and remote. THe multi-cast H.264 stream can be transmitted through out the house with Ethernet or existing phone wiring using HPNA 1.0 and 2.0. […]
Read moreIf you are more of the adventurous type, like John, you could always build your own speakers. Secrets has a review up of a speaker set that can be bought in the kit form or for twice the dollar amount a finished set. The RAW Acoustics HT8 set is a very attractive look speaker that is built around a 3-way […]
Read moreDefinitive Technology's ProCinema 800 Speaker system review by S&V should have a few people interested. It comes in at a very attractive $1000 price tag, much more accessible to the general public then some of the much more expensive units reviewed at audiophile magazines. I will be looking this setup to audition in the future. From the article: The little […]
Read moreStill don't know much about High Definition TV? Well, apparently there are still a few out there 😛 so DenGuru takes the guessing out of it. I say if you have questions you should just ask in our forums, some of these guys have more knowledge about this stuff than they know what to do with (not me though, I […]
Read moreAbout.com's Home Theater section has their term of the week up again. This week they talk about PCM or Pulse Code Modulation. PCM is the method in which audio signals are transferred to digital audio data. The data is then transmitted via digital or optical S/PDIF. From the article: PCM stands for Pulse Code Modulation. PCM technology is a means […]
Read moreA part of the digital home is getting music playback whilst browsing the world wide web. Making its way into the crowded media playing market is a FF add-in named Songbird. The developers claim to have some old winamp crew on their team so it should be a decent product. Currently version .2 is shipping. It ships with all the […]
Read moreThe signing of the peace treaty could soon be at hand! Sometime in 2007, a dual format player could be introduced! It is announcements like this that will keep me on the fence until an affordable universal player comes out! From the article: Broadcom Corp. has already shipped the industry's first dual HD/BD decoder chip, designed into the first-generation Toshiba […]
Read moreRather then take you right to the press release on this one, I will link Ars' take on Nvidia's purchase of PortalPlayer. It seems that this purchase is a bit outside of Nvidia's sweetspot. It looks like Nvidia wants to expand into the portable market now. From the article: PortalPlayer will give NVIDIA access to two markets it currently does […]
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