In case you’re interested in which online video services are around today, here’s a round up of those expected to make it long term. With more than a dozen services competing for the same eyeballs, a shakeout is pretty much inevitable, though. Here’s our guide to eight contenders with the best prospects for long-term survival. Amazon Video on Demand, […]
Read moreBack in October I started to talk about how 3DTV was going to be the next big technology to hit the home theater experience. Now that more time has passed, I thought it would be a good idea to see how things sit today. Many companies were sharing their products and plans at CES2009 so lets take a look at […]
Read moreThose of us who have the privilege of having a significant other also have the distinct joy of ensuring our media system design meets their specific requirements. This has been referred to in the past as the "Wife Acceptance Factor" or WAF. I’m not talking about whether it’s a 720p or 1080p display or what RAID level the drives are […]
Read moreBig change was to take step back to the 6.4.8 demux. Which is unfortunate, becuased the newer version make comskip much more accurate for me. Although, it was at the price of stability. We’re (still) in the Release Candidate stage for V6.5. We regressed the demux back to the V6.4 version which should resolve the stability problems some people […]
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When I pitched the idea of Home Automation to my wife, all she asked was, "Why does our house need to be automated?". Not a good start to my home automation project. Starting off with a negative WAF can be a hard hole to climb out of. The good news is that after several years of marriage, I am ready […]
Read moreFor those trying to keep up with todays tuners, here’s a USB offering from ASUS that does ATSC and QAM. At $50-$60, it’s at about the same price as its competition. I also liked the ArcSoft TotalMedia software that came with the tuner. However, there’s a wealth of free and open source software available for use as well as […]
Read moreAlways sad to see a major chain fail, especially one that employs over 30,000 people. Still this may be a chance to score some deals on HT equipment. I’ll be on the lookout for a medium sized flatpanel for the bedroom. Liquidation sales begin as early as Saturday, January 17, 2009, and will last as long as it takes […]
Read moreNot to get everyone’s hopes up again, but has anyone else seen this? Aw, snap! Just over a month after DirecTV went and killed its totally promising HDPC-20 tuner, in flies this. DISH Network is apparently gearing up to unveil some sort of HD-capable DISH-to-Windows Media Center liaison, with current test setups involving a modified ViP 211K receiver attached […]
Read moreIf you’re like me, you’ve upgraded the hard drive in your HTPC a few times and now have some spares laying around with no way to connect them. In that case, you need to get yourself an external enclosure. Today Club Overclocker is reviewing a new offering from Vantec. Vantec shows once again that they build some pretty awesome […]
Read moreAre you wondering if W7CM will work on a Atom powered netbook? James puts it through a few tests to see. My next task was to test out the new music wall and try to play some music. This is where it turned south. Apparently, the music wall uses a lot of resources. When I first started playing […]
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