Day: December 5, 2008

So, now the EEE can handle HD?   Asus has announced a pair of new Eee Box models called the Eee Box B204 and B206. The two new systems add some interesting features and capabilities to the Eee Box line. Asus is calling the two machines the world’s smallest desktop PCs with HD capability. The two tiny Eee Box systems […]

PC World polled 16000 readers to compile this list. Most popular brands did well, however a few well known names did not. Take a look.   We know what our trusty friends at the AVS Forum have recommended in terms of plasma TVs and LCD screens. PC World magazine did its own poll of readers—16,000 TV owners—to see what they […]

Sounds like an interesting little box for $300. Lots of potential. I’m no Linux person, but it’d be interesting to see what those who are manage to do with this device.   A quick once over reveals that Neuros is intent on jumping on the Internet TV bandwagon by releasing a set-top capable of providing access to content from popular […]

Here’s another Atom based Mini-ITX motherboard, this time from MSI.  Not quite built to be an HTPC driver though.   This is where Intel Atom really lacks; 720p playback was a non-event. The system stuttered and jumped and it was totally unwatchable on both the GIGABYTE and MSI boards. [Tweak Town]  

Jetway appears to have a decent Atom based ITX motherboard that is capable of driving an HTPC according to this review.  It’s not super indepth but you can get a good feel for the board.   This board packs one of Intel’s greatest chipsets, the 945GC + ICH7, along with the venerable Intel GMA 950 Graphics core. This board will […]

Quite frankly, I’m a little surprised that this hasn’t already been done considering there are many motherboards these days that have eSATA ports on them.  Hopefully they will be getting even faster as time progresses.   OCZ claims the Throttle eSATA’s read and write speeds to be up to 90MB/sec and 30MB/sec respectively; far superior to the aging USB 2.0 […]

While Mini-ITX will be a bit more expensive than its mATX or ATX bretheren, Tweak Town had a chance to review the Albatron KI780G motherboard and it seems to pack a very large punch into a very small package.  If you want to built a physically tiny frontend, this is a good board to check out.  They even ran some […]

While the projectors chosen aren’t cheap, running from $1k to $5k, they do seem to be very good choices.  If you’re in the market for a projector, here are some good selections to start with.   Home projectors, on the other hand, can offer a very large (100-inch-plus) image for under $5,000, with some 720p models actually dipping below the $1,000 […]

Free from Tivo. A TIVO cookie cutter, what a great gift! 🙂 I would never buy one, but heck if they are gonna give me one what do i have to lose.   Provide us your contact information in the form below and we’ll send out your very own TiVo® cookie cutter for Free! And, then send us photos of […]

This certainly isn’t the most comprehensive article on media distribution options but it does hit a couple of options for products to buy.   But while more and more PC users are turning to their computer to collect and store all of this digital content, sitting around the desktop in your den isn’t the most comfortable way to enjoy it. […]