Brian M sent in this news article about where the major studios stand with the next gen DVD format and other tidbits relating to the format wars. A good read! DVDFile Not to be outdone, Toshiba initiated an instant rebate offer that reduced the prices for its players to a remarkably low level. The $100 rebate began on Sunday May […]
Read moreBrett writes… Come and get it! WHS RC1 is now available… Technet That's right…we've reached another important product milestone! The highly anticipated Windows Home Server Release Candidate is available today. The product team has been logging long hours and doing heroic work to finalize this new and improved build. Â
Read moreFor those of you who are interested, check out Elite Bastard's preview of Safari 3 for Windows. A number of security holes have already been found, so be wary. Elite Bastards After as simple an installation process as you could hope for (although requests to install Apple's Bonjour networking capabilities may confuse many non-Mac owners), fire up the application and […]
Read moreMore HD content is a ALWAYS a good thing in my books. Yes, I will take every bit of HD goodness I can get. Even Lavern and Shirly re-reruns. Can we expect your local cable co. to carry them all? I doubt it, but you should get a few chans. I submitted this on behalf of HD lovers everywhere. Engadget […]
Read moreBrett sent in this news tidbit about HD DVD sales spiking because of recent price cuts. ARS The rebate incentive program is scheduled to end on June 16, which means that HD DVD player prices will rise back up to $399 in short order. While significantly cheaper than the launch prices of last year, that's still a pretty penny for […]
Read moreIf you check out the upper right hand corner of this page, you will notice there is now a Submit News button. This marks the beginning of MissingRemote.com Community Edition. Starting today, all news, well at least most news, will be coming from MissingRemote.com users. YAY! This will allow Mike and myself to focus on providing original content for the […]
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Those of you familiar with MissingRemote.com might remember my Guide to Streaming Media article I wrote a while back, comparing Orb, Webguide and SageTV Placeshifter. Well, apparantly the folks over at Cyberlink saw it as well and decided that they could have something to offer and have named it CyberlinkLive. So let's see how their early betas can compare with […]
Read moreRabid fans save Jericho! Ok, so we all know that news by now. Jericho was saved largely by a campaign on the Internet. I am really glad it worked out and will even give the show a whirl just because I liked it. What I want to discuss is the don't TiVo our show part of the ARS article. Lets […]
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Paramount to any new house is getting basic connectivity up and running through out the house. This typically involves a few calls to the utility companies and a wireless router hook up and you are good to go. This takes care of phone, cable and Internet. The three staples of happy family living. I decided to take a slightly different […]
Read moreAs I noted in my getting started blog, one of my tasks was to upgrade my production machine (AKA gaming and mr.coma activity machine) to my first dual core CPU. Fortunately, my socket 939 system afforded me an upgrade path to dual core for pretty darn cheap. The system in question was my old HTPC and consisted of a Socket […]
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