Here’s something revolutionary–a blu-ray review on a player that….ready for this…plays blu-ray discs. Sorry folks, no YouTube, Vudu or any other online streaming video with this box. Up to you if you think that’s a good or a bad thing, but apparently this does a good job of doing..it’s job. InsideHW One of the first features, that caught our […]
Read moreThey haven’t been producing tube’s in the states since 2005, but this is still pretty big news anytime a technology as revolutionary as the tube television set is basically almost extinct. Having worked at Best Buy during it’s hay day, I can only be greatful of never having to lift one of these gigantic sets ever again 🙂 CrunchGear The […]
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Pretty snazzy little remote from X10, which not suprisingly works wonderfully with wireless X10 home automation devices. Of course, you will need to buy all the various X10 controllers to fully utilize this, but a lot of people have already done that. Not sure I’m ready to trade in my Harmony for this, but at only $100 it’s pretty reasonable. […]
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I love the internet. Where else would you find someone who had the thought to crack open his new HDTV and then start doing some soldering to bypass HDCP?!? Not clear what he’s going to do with this, but it’s a pretty interesting read nonetheless. SlashGear Opening up your brand new HDTV and soldering wires directly to its control […]
Read moreJoe Chauvin from the Microsoft team has released a handy dandy FAQ over at TheGreenButton which confirms our rumor yesterday. Essentially, this upcoming firmware from ATI will work perfectly with Vista with the exception of SDV support. Release date is going to be really close to the release of Windows 7’s October 22nd launch date. TheGreenButton Yes. Except for SDV […]
Read moreRemember how everyone said that the new ATI firmware would only work work with a Windows 7 network? Would Microsoft stoop to pushing Windows 7 upgrades. Personally, I think that would be unpossible myself. Kidding aside, we have a reliable source that indicates the new firmware and the copy freely feature will WORK with Vista machines as the client and […]
Read moreAre you part of the minority that feels BD-Live is so awesome and you get so excited to see what new items you can buy from a movie or some trailers for some completely unrelated movies? If so, then this will make you happy, as studios are going to potentially use this technology to bring this content to you without […]
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Let’s be clear here, a lot of people will probably choose to invest this amount of money in their ENTIRE home theater. However, if you are of the lucky folks that can, $3500 will get you this super awesome sub for your theater (or $7500 for the SUB 2). Or I could sell you my car for far less, it’s […]
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Not exactly sure what this device will be targeting to be it’s main niche, but it sure is trying for a lot. Not many details on it yet, but should get someone’s appetite wet. CrunchGear JVC Kenwood made a pretty interesting announcement today [JP]. Their Ryoma is basically an HD digital TV tuner, BD/DVD recorder, AM/FM tuner and HDD […]
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It wouldn’t be a normal week without at least two extenders announced or reviewed, right? Well, ASUS is obliged and has released an oddly named "O!Play" device which, surprise, can do 1080p and a plethora of formats. No wifi built-in though, so keep that in mind. SlashGear There’s also a full remote control and nifty GUI, while AV connections […]
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