Blu-ray adoption slightly ahead of DVD’s track

I actually agree with a report, can you believe it? In the DVD prime days, the only alternative was VHS which was just terrible quality. By the time Blu-ray becomes super mainstream, there will be so many other ways to obtain media (Just ask Wal-Mart) that it will never get to the level that DVDs had in their prime. VideoBusiness […]

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Wal-Mart Scales Back DVD Displays

I’m not exactly sure why this is such a "huge" blow to Movie Studios, I think it’s really just the evolution of their content. It’s not like people aren’t buying DVDs now because they’re all pirating them? Instead, they just have so many alternatives to how to view and obtain their content without having to drive to a dreaded Wal-Mart […]

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Viewing Online Content With Zinc

I’m an avid reader of MediaSmartServer.net and their forums, but was quite surprised to see this review up, but it’s very much detailed and feel you would all enjoy it. Zinc is an interesting software for HTPC’s that hasn’t really taken off, but it still provides some nice value and is free after all. It’s main focus is integrating online […]

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Media Browser Release Set for Oct 22

This release is definitely expected to come with some tentativeness from Media Browser fans, ever since the developer mentioned they would be converting to a for-pay model. While it’s still unclear the details, people will expect a far more refined product if they’re forking over cash…but I’ll withhold my judgement until it’s released and we see how much they’re charging […]

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Best Buy’s Dunn: HDTV In Its Early Stages

Pretty good insight from a head honcho at Best Buy…well, at least it was until he tried to claim that the new 3D glasses were fashionable. Twice He added that most TVs next year will be embedded with some type of an IP-enabled feature, giving the family room, bedroom or den “the third screen everyone talks about.” And the Best […]

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Okoro Media Introduces Mini HTPCs

These new mini htpcs start at $1295.00.   Okoro Media’s new miniature Quantum series Media PCs   Rosemont, IL (PRWEB) September 28, 2009 — Okoro Media Systems, a manufacturer of Digital Entertainment Systems for the A/V market, introduces the availability of the 2010 Quantum mini Digital Entertainment Systems OMS-Q100 and the OMS-Q200. The 2010 Quantum minis are small Digital Entertainment […]

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Building Mythtv

Hey guys.  I’m still trying to decide what to do with my development system that crashed a few months ago.  Until I figure that out I thought I would test out a couple of Mythtv based Linux distributions.  So over the next few weeks I hope to do some installs of Mythdora, Mythbuntu and LinHES/Knoppmyth and report back on how […]

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