If you build it they will come. In this case, content providers are FINALLY realizing they need a new model to take advantage of what is going on in this world. I think a perfect example of this is FM song tagging with the new Zune software. Another idea I really like is music video purhcasing while watching videos on […]
Read moreWell AnandTech showed up with a nice little why proper HDMI audio support matters article. The article has some good graphics to show how the flow of protected data works. One nitpick is that they seem to use "protected audio path" synonymously with support for bitstreaming the advanced audio codecs, which isn’t accurate. They also spend all their time talking about audio from Blu-ray discs […]
Read moreChris Lanier recently got a tip that suggests just that! It certainly makes sense that Media Center could be crammed into any sort of device including TVs, Extenders, kitchen ‘puters, automobiles and even fridges. The large UI is a natural for remote & touchscreen navigation. Chris’ article is pretty vague because the information he has at this time is pretty […]
Read moreAustin, TX —Sept. 17, 2008— The 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow, marks the launch of CntrStg, (www.cntrstg.com, pronounced “CenterStage”), an independent blogger lounge designed to promote focused discussions and improved communication on the topics that matter most to both bloggers and technology companies. Not only will CntrStg be the single place for bloggers […]
Read moreBen, of EngadgetHD fame, has posted a quick note about a new DRM plan that is supported by many of the major industry players. When you start to get NBC, Fox, Microsoft, Besy Buy, and Sony involved you realize that they are pretty serious about what they are going to propose at CES. Ben mentions that this DRM package is […]
Read moreUtilizing Microsoft’s Silverlight technology, BeyondTV has a spiffy suprise in the form of Placeshifting. In what equates to a personal You Tube, BTV 4.9 allows you to login to a webpage and have whatever is reocrded to be transcoded and streamed over the internet. This is a little bit of a different approach that Sage chose to use. Instead, Sage […]
Read moreNow, I know that title is an oxymoron, but hear me out. It is once again the time that we Americans have been waiting for. We are neck deep in another presidential election campaign and probably most of you can hardly wait until its over. In the mean time, here’s a little election humor to tide you over.
Read moreCNET are the lucky SOBs who got their hands on Samsung’s new 950 series LCD, this is their second generation local dimming LED backlight LCD set. This new technology is what is geting LCDs into Plasma territory for black levels, I talked about it recently in htpc_user’s thread about getting a new HDTV. Cnet was quite happy with the TV: CNET In short, […]
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AMD announced the mid-range (and perfect for HTPC use) 4600 series cards today. Below are pertinant excerpts from their PR: The ATI Radeon HD 4670 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 graphics cards feature AMD’s TeraScale graphics engine, with 320 stream processing cores, and are based on AMD’s advanced second generation 55nm process. The result is that even in today’s most […]
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Ouch, looks like some bad news for fans of DVRMS Toolbox who are using the TV Pack. Maybe THIS is why Microsoft released it to OEMs only BabGVant Anyone who’s installed the TV Pack and DTB should already know that automatic commercial skipping inside Media Center doesn’t work. While there are aspects of the DTB Addin that rely on unsupported […]
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