For the next three days, I will be posting up lots of Home Theater news. If you see any, use the submit news button and send em my way. Starting off mr.com’s home theater long weekend news a palooza is Audioholics guide on how to shop for loud speakers. Want my opinion? Set your budget, and listen listen listen and […]
Read moreSan Jose, Calif., August 15, 2007 – FUZE™ Media Systems today emerged from stealth mode by announcing the launch of its next-generation whole-home media management solution. Founded in 2005, the company set out to address the problems associated with home media systems—disparate devices, multiple remotes, complex and confusing interfaces, unreliability, and the lack of true whole-home capability. Following a year […]
Read moreIt looks like Antec has created a new family of products. Well, actually some are re-treads but others are new. ExtremeTech Among the new products is the Fusion Black 430, an updated version of the Fusion 430. The new Black model includes a 80 PLUS (80 percent efficiency or higher) 430-watt power supply, and a triple-chamber design isolating the power […]
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For a cheap case it might be worth looking at. The lack of a PCI-E power connector might not be a big deal with the integrated graphics we have available now that are capable of decoding HD content. Think Computers The lack of a 6-pin PCI-Express connector from the PSU is really what kills this case for gamers. A computer […]
Read moreIf you’ve been around for a while, you know that I’m a big supporter of Mythtv. Everything about it is free (until September, when Zap2It stops offering free program guide info, but that’s neither here nor there). The OS is free, Mythtv itself is free. It’s just really nice. However, we’re going to depart from that for this build because […]
Read moreGood review for people tempted by the new terabyte drives out there. TechReport IMAGINE ONE THOUSAND thousand thousand thousand bytes. A terabyte, if you will. But more than just that—a milestone in storage capacity that hard drive manufacturers have been chasing for years. After more than a decade of living in a world of gigabytes, the bar has finally been […]
Read more[H]ardOCP has a great review of two passivly cooled video cards over at their site. If you’re in the market for a silent and powerful card for your HTPC then you should really give these two cards some serious consideration (although unless you plan on doing 3D gaming you can probably just stick to the GT version) Hard|OCP We are […]
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Those of you who followed us over from HTPCnews will remember the basics of this guide. I’ve been at it again and written a brand new TV tuner card guide. With analog TV quality becoming less of an issue (most venders have it right now), and the addition of HDTV tuning becoming the standard (thanks in part to the March 2009 deadline). […]
Read moreThis looks like a really nice case. The reviewer thinks it could use a couple more fans but I would think for an HTPC case running a fanless video card and going for low noise that a single 120 mm fan would be enough. 3dGameMan This case even accepts full length Video Cards and coolers up to 160mm high. The […]
Read moreMore NVidia integrated video goodness. DigiTimes Although MCP 73 IGP chipsets have support for HDMI, HDCP and PureVideo HD, the fact that their memory controllers only support single-channel configurations means that the chipsets are expected to focus on the entry-level market, commented the sources.
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