At least when it comes to storage ;). The Tech Report has scoopage on WD’s newest 1TB hard drive. WD is focusing this hard drive has a quiet low power alternative to other hard drives in its lineup. This certainly has a big impact for HTPC enthusiasts where noise and heat are taken into account before performance and speed. After […]
Read moreIts nice to see the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD camps take time out of their busy schedule of predicting each others’ imminent demise via press release to sit down together and do it in person. Video Business Supporters of the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc high-definition formats locked horns at the HDTV DisplaySearch conference here Wednesday, but all participants ultimately agreed […]
Read moreThis idea has been floating around in my head for a few months now. I am pretty sure this idea will never make it to market. With me as its sole stakeholder, I decided to share it with the community so you can mock me. Let me layout the situation before I go into my brilliant idea. The other night, […]
Read moreHere’s yet another article highlighting 3 HTPC software programs that run under Linux. The best part is it’s all free. Well, free if you don’t put a price on your time and you already have the hardware laying around. ExtremeTech You hardly need a state of the art machine to run MythTV or Freevo, though some extra processing power and […]
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First off, let me thank Omaura for sponsoring this contest. They are new to the HTPC chassis world, but they are starting off with a bang by designing some of the nicest cases we have seen yet. If you are planning a HTPC build in the near future, I would encourage you to check these cases out. Head on over […]
Read moreI am sure Mike will be all over this plugin :). Maybe if I sweet talk him he will give a quick comparison on how this new comskip plugin and DVRMS toolbox compare. Chris L Only Windows Vista is supported here, and you can download it free here. Give it a shot, this sounds like a great option for those […]
Read morexpands industry’s premier placeshifting TV-on-the-PC portfolio with addition of TV Wonder™ 650 Combo USB and TV Wonder™ 600 PCI/PCI Express Sunnyvale, Calif. — October 15, 2007 —AMD (NYSE: AMD) is expanding its TV Wonder™ product lineup that enables HDTV on the PC. Available through VisionTek at Best Buy stores across North America, ATI TV Wonder™ 650 Combo USB, TV Wonder™ […]
Read moreAnd from the "You-Can-Never-Have-Enough-Storage" Department, Hitachi says 4TB drives in desktop computers by 2009. The Register Hitachi’s new head may be tiny – 30-50nm in size, one two-thousandth of the thickness of a human hair – but the technology it’s based on is something of a mouthful: Current Perpendicular-to-the-Plane Giant Magneto-Resistive (CPP-GMR). In practice that means the heads are based […]
Read moreArs has put together a pretty good overview of Windows Home Server. Ars Technica Perhaps the most impressive "feature" of Windows Home Server is that it’s a product that gives the term "digital hub" real meaning for the first time. While WHS isn’t perfect, it’s not hard to imagine a future version of the OS offering both a wider range […]
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The contest starts at 3:01 PM EST Monday. Official rules and entry thread will go live at that time :).
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