Is it just me or does anyone else feel like there’s been an awful lot of news–both good and bad–around all the various players in the movie rental business? I can’t wait for the day when it’s all done digitally and see how Blockbuster tries to play catchup. I also wonder what impact they have had in all the recent […]
Read moreAnother blow for Redbox, and what a wild week it has been for them. First Fox gets all huffy , and now Warner is. Redbox was quick to reply that they would not settle for the delay with Fox and would continue to offer the popular titles as soon as they can, I imagine a similar announcement will be made […]
Read moreCrunchGear has a great article up covering the often discussed topic of 120hz and why it may look weird to some people. Lots of great data here, but I had to read it twice just to understand things. I think I just need to invest in a 120hz TV set to judge for myself–I doubt the display unit at Fry’s […]
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PCMagazine has a quick review of the Acer Aspire Windows Home Server. This box is smaller than it appears and provides some great competition to the current champion HP MediaSmart Server. Coming in at a lower price with similar features, the Acer is solid but keep in mind you won’t have the HP-specific software (although a lot of those addins […]
Read moreAnd here I was beginning to worry that a full week might go by without any news on a new Extender-device. Lucky for us, the folks in Italy got the jump on this new box offering from Dvico sporting some nice features and improvements from their last offering. EngadgetHD What we can find of the specs indicates a […]
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GeekTonic has a great guest blog covering all things Analog Hole–that beauty in your set top box that allows you to connect it to your HTPC and import high definition content without copy protection. The fear among all us HTPC users though, is what happens when/if that hole is plugged by the cable companies? Luckily there is an answer, and […]
Read moreI had the privelege of joining Ian’s guests for this week’s roundtable podcast of The Media Center Show, episode 219 covering "TV on the PC." It was a fantastic roundtable and we covered a ton of topics. Joining me on the show was Ben Drawbaugh, Garry Whittaker, Josh Shenkle and of course, Mr. Ian Dixon himself! Show Times: 00:23 Coming […]
Read moreI’m not sure how to interpret this report of some technology being investigated. It sounds pretty cool on what hand, but I’m with the other comments on the concern of privacy in having a camera in my DVR. Light Reading Prime Sense, an Israel-based company founded in 2005 that raised $20.4 million in "B" round funding last May, showed off […]
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Here’s a great little compilation of DLNA-compatible software titles and some brief comparison items for each of them. Tube Centric The list contains objective and subjective information on the these Media Servers as compiled by tubeCentric.tv staff. The Ease of Setup column attempts to give a "scale of 1 to 10" rating of how easy the Media Server was […]
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Mini-ITX motherboards are all the rage these days. With their small size and the improvement of on-board capabilities, it has made these types of boards all the more attractive to HTPC builders. Silverstone’s offering for this series is nicer than some of the other options out there, using black aluminum finish on the chassis and utilize a slim-laptop optical drive […]
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