Jennyfur submits the following, and I am actually already on the converted. Home automation & Z-Wave devices are just awesome. You think your fancy HTPC tricks impress people, wait til you turn off your living room lights with your remote control! "Almost makes me want to go Z-wave:" eHomeUpgrade The new device is designed to sense motion, temperature and light […]
Read moreJenny sent in word HomeSeer has released a new product. HomeSeer Technologies release its new HSM100 Z-Wave multi-sensor. The new device is designed to sense motion, temperature and light and home owners can use the HSM100 to control up to 4 other Z-Wave devices directly. Those with HomeSeer-equipped homes can also use the HSM100 to trigger more complex automation events […]
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So their first effort is more of a joke, allowing you to download a movie trailer. Whoopity doo, if that’s not worth the exorbant prices of these players, I don’t know what is?!?! But hey, the good news is that it’s a sign that these players realize they have to up the ante if one expects to become a dominant […]
Read moreSo while this isn’t perfect since you’ll probably need special disks to burn the movie files, it’s definitely a step in the right direction of giving consumers more control over products they pay for. Suprised to see Apple on the list, but kudos to them & the others stepping up. ArsTechnica Regardless, the decision to allow download services to support […]
Read moreMonsoon Multimedia, an innovative digital video solutions provider, today announced retail availability for HAVA Gold and HAVA Platinum HD — two full-featured video streaming and place-shifting devices that allow customers to view and control their live TV on PCs connected to the home network or from anywhere in the world using a broadband-connected PC or mobile phone. Monsoon’s HAVA Gold […]
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Pretty nice looking bluray player if you’re in the market. Not spectacular reviews, but we’re still in the early generations of these products, so expect a lot more improvements if you can be patient. C|Net or one, the BD10A comes with the newest firmware, which enables support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD High Resolution out of the box (BD10 owners […]
Read moreLong time coming, but it’s good to see nothing got in the way. Hopefully this will open up SOME sort of competition…or at least encourage cable techs to actually know anything they’re doing with Cable Cards. ZDNet So how will consumers be affected? The truth is there is very little benefit to this switch for consumers, some industry experts say. […]
Read moreThis really makes perfect sense, but I’m not sure how it will differentiate itself from the current STB offerings that do integrate TiVo. And wouldn’t this be competing with their own partners? Maybe this is the joy of everyone having to use CableCard now. Who knows, this is all rumors. TiVo Lovers Now Engadget is reporting that Netflix has been […]
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Does anyone even have an AppleTV here? I think it’s funny how Microsoft gets bashed all the time by their lack of "better" 3rd party apps, but Apple pretty much gets ignored the fact that they really have zero. But then again, I’d imaginge there’s a few more MCE users than AppleTV, huh 🙂 GigaOM Jaman has done a great […]
Read moreEver wanted some three-way universal remote action? Well we sort of dream about that around here, good thing Ultimate A/V is here to deliver our fantasy of high end remote action. Ultimate A/V Once programmed, I tried out a macro – watch a DVD. And sure enough the remote turned everything on and set each device to the correct input […]
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