Big news in the CE world today, Audiovox will be acquiring Thomson and RCA. There are quite a few well known brand names included in the purchase including Jensen, Acoustic Research and a few others. From the article: In addition to the RCA brand, the acquisition includes the Recoton, Spikemaster, Ambico, Discwasher, Jensen, Advent, Acoustic Research and Road Gear product […]
Read moreUniversal Electronics Inc. (UEI) (NASDAQ: UEIC) today announced that it has been selected to develop advanced remote controls for new Denon receivers and home entertainment systems to be distributed in the United States, Europe and Asia in early 2007. The new remote control solution will utilize a new innovative design with a built-in monochrome display and the ZigBee™ open standard […]
Read moreIan Dixon continues his hard work on The Media Center Show podcast and takes us to number 89. This week's podcast is just catch up work from the past couple of weeks:). Listen to the podcast: Podcast summary:
Read moreAs technology moves on, it is often hard to change the mindset of the masses. A prime example of this is plasma burn in. In the past this was an issue, but recent generations of plasma TVs do not suffer these same problems. PVR Wire picked up on some handy tips to prevent burn of your new plasma even though […]
Read moreThis was really just a matter of time. If the technology can handle it, there's no reason to waste money making only one compatible version. Curious to see the quality on this disc versus a single true Blu-Ray or HD DVD. “The next best thing is to recognize that there will be two formats and to make that not a […]
Read moreBuy a new DVD burner & blank DVDs, just to be able to download & burn movies? Sure! Or how about going into a store, and waiting 15 minutes for one to burn from their kiosk? AWESOME! Way to go movie industry, you guys are so innovative & always have the consumer's satisfaction first on your list! With Qflix — […]
Read moreSteven Toub has a pretty cool hack for Windows Vista Media Center that will allow you to skip around your television recordings or any other file you play in MCE with numbers for how many seconds you want to go into it. As part of that article, I implementing an add-in that made it easy to jump around in a […]
Read moreWe have a couple of announcements today that will make the format wars look a bit more like a skirmish then a full out war. First up, Warner will be announcing a total HD Disc format that will incorporate both formats. Secondly, LG has announced a dual format drive as well. Warner Brothers story: LG Story: Warner Brothers, a division […]
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Up for review today we've got the latest version of Snapstream's BeyondTV 4.5. This is just the standalone version of their software, not the Studio version as well, so I'll strictly be working with TV recordings and what not. Right off the bat that's quite a different strategy than all their competitors, who bundle a full Media Center-like suite […]
Read moreExtremeTech tackles (or…well, kinda avoids) answering the question of which Movie (legal) site is the best. They go through the top 5 & see how they perform for an average user, but in the end basically don't make a decision as which is best, seeing the limitations more on the technology & implementation rather than on any individual method. Sure […]
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