Looks like the story I reported on earlier was in fact false. There will be no early release as suggested. The August 27th date was when tech support for system builders starts. It won’t be too long :).
Read moreHome Theater Magazine has the mid-priced Onkyo TX-SR605 up for review today. The good news is that they are packing HDMI 1.3a into receivers below a thousand dollars. I was somewhat worried that this may not happen for a couple of years. Home Theater Mag Other features of the TX-SR605 include an input that can be used for one of […]
Read moreAhh to be the editor of a high profile gadget blog! You sure get to play with a lot of cool toys, including Sony’s newest HD Radio :). EngadgetHD We like: Gorgeous, mid-century modern design. Clear, easy to read display, even uses RDS. Phone-like reception meter even works with AM/FM. Decent enough sound output. We don’t: Massive friggin power brick. […]
Read moreNot much else to say. A couple of sites ar ereporting that WHS will be hitting shelves on August 27th. I can only hope they will surprise us with a Media Center plugin :).
Read moreMPEG-2 move over, you had best make room for H.264. Now that we have mainstream videocards with great CODEC offload, it just might be time to update OTA cards. AVING SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — Inkel(www.inkel.co.kr) launches its HDTV receiver ‘AirwayHD’ in Korea market in late this month. By adopting H.264 codec, it compresses AVI files into 1/4 of its original […]
Read moreCEPRo has a nice writeup on why you should go HDMI. Of course, the convenience of one cable is always nice. A full analog setup with component cables would be 9 wires (3 for video, 6 for sound). CEPRo Aside from these technical reasons, it’s too much to ask of the content providers to allow output of 1080p signals via […]
Read moreWell this is from a home theater site, so it must be home theater news? Right? Maybe? We will go with yes, because a Media Center is the best thing to hit home theaters since sliced compact discs. Home Theater Blog has a few generic tips to get you started in your Media Center ventures. Home Theater Blog (2) Set […]
Read moreContinuing our long weekend of home theater news, we present for you S&V’s review of Samsung’s latest LCD TV. You can count on the latest TV trends in this TV including HDMI 1.3, 1080p and ever improving black levels. There was no mention of it’s refresh rate, I am guessing that means it does not support native 1080p/24f. S&V Magazine […]
Read moreThe folks at SageTV, masters of all operating systems, have released a RC for their Version 6. Now that QAM has been implemented, I wonder what is next for the SageTV crowd? HD Extender? UI overhaul? Only time will tell, go on grab one of the nine available downloads. SageTV Time to go to the Release Candidate level with V6.2. […]
Read moreIts not very often that I post contests to other sites, but this one is pretty damn good. Engadget and EngadgetHD are giving away an entire home theater. What I wouldn’t do to be able to give that away to our readers. Anyone want to sponsor a contest for MissingRemote.com?:) EngadgetHD We want you to send in photos of your […]
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