July 1, 2007 — Vista View introduces the Saber DA-1N1-I TM TV Tuner card. This card fills the need for a high quality Combo TV tuner with hardware encoding that Vista and Media Center enthusiasts have been waiting for. The Saber DA-1N1-I is a low profile combo tuner. It combines two high quality tuners on one small card. The Saber […]
Read moreThe Tech Report has an excellent review of the Radeon HD 2400 and 2600 series, they include metrics important to HTPC users including tests of the decoding abilties, HD image quality, power consumption, and noise. The Tech Report The Radeon HDs may have good reason for consuming a few more CPU cycles and a little more power than the GeForces in […]
Read moreInteresting to say the least. But with so many people already owning DVR/PVR’s in their homes, are consumers really asking for something like this that will increase the cost of the unit? TV Squad Pause TV would most likely use flash memory, although it could also be hard drive based. A TV tuner and flash memory would be integrated into […]
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Have $900 to drop on a remote control? I’m not sure high end customers like that would think about Philips…but who knows! Pretty nifty remote, but I still can’t get over that price. Gizmodo No worries, the TSU9400 is equipped with 2.4GHz wireless capabilities to operate your home theatre without line-of-sight. The 64MB of onboard memory will remember all of […]
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Not the sexiest box in the world, but this isn’t the final version. And plus, I think you’d take it when compared to the more expensive S3. But my question is, if this thing retails at less than $300, who would buy the S3 anymore for $600+?? Gizmodo A tipster sent us these spy pics of what he says is […]
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I have to agree with Gizmodo in that this is probably the best looking router ever made. This router would look right at home next to a big, shiny, flat screen TV. The LCD screen definitely adds that "WOW" factor, too. Having just installed a touch screen thermostat, this would definitely fit in. I hope it performs as good as […]
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Toshiba is set to release a couple of 120Hz LCD televisions with built-in HD recorders in Japan. Obviously, these won’t be coming to North America anytime soon, especially without some sort of DRM. I think I’m more surprised by the prices, though… Engadget Each features a bevy of tuners and 300GB slot loading disk with a hunger for more via […]
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