This is one of those great vision ideas that I’m going to withhold judgement until something actually becomes real. But it is good to see the big providers again thinking of innovating for the benefit of the consumer (and themselves, of course). EngadgetHD The concept is that you’d get a RVU server from your content provider (like DirecTV but […]
Read moreI noticed this the other day as I migrated my main HTPC over to Windows 7, and shame on me for not even thinking twice about it. Part of the reason is that I prefer to just use 7.1 LPCM instead of passing through the bitstream, but unfortunately with HDMI and Windows 7, I have yet to figure out how […]
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Not a terrible looking case, but pretty much similar to what’s been done before by other companies. It’s 89 pounds, so that’s what, $150 US? Not terrible, but there’s a lot of competition at that price so I’m not sure this one stands out though. Read on for the full review. Xtreme Computing The Chieftec HT-01SL is a nice case, […]
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I had to post this as it caught me totally off guard. My former President of a company I used to work with had all sorts of McIntosh gear in his racks, and they’re quite impressive to look at. It’s interesting to see them take a totally different direction with an all-in-one like this….but at $7,500 it is sure to […]
Read moreInterpret this news as you wish, but I take it as another step in the progress for traditional media companies to adapt their methods to support the evolution of technology and how users are digesting content. Rather than strike against online content, fearing it will cannibalize DVD sales, NBC is embracing it and using it as motivation for the DVDs […]
Read moreYesterday when we discussed how to make your HTPC use S3 standby I pointed out that my preference is use fairly aggressive idle timers on my client and server PCs, the downside to this approach is that it can cause some undesirable side effects. Today’s topic is how to workaround some interesting design shortcommings in two popular applications to keep […]
Read moreWe heard rumors of this new 1.4 specification to cause massive headaches all around. I see a lot of nice features here but nothing that makes me think the integration with HTPC’s is going to be any less of a disaster. Luckily these aren’t scheduled until mid-2010, so maybe by then we’ll finally have a rock solid 1.3 solution to […]
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Last week came news that the ever-so-popular SageTV Extender now supported Wireless-N for streaming HD content, and not a week later Brent has a review up of the entire process. Looks like a simple enough process and configuration. GeekTonic Thats it! Your HD Theater is now wireless (or wired if you want). This works in both Extender mode as […]
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Playing high definition movies within Media Center is tricky, and becomes even trickier if you are an extender user. Even if you get it working, then you lose certain things like fast forward and rewind. Luckily Ben makes use of some available free tools for Media Center, DVRMS Toolbox (from our friend Babgvant) and Yammm (from Mikinho) to almost automate […]
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One of the longest ongoing threads over at TheGreenButton has been with the desire from users to have Multi-Zone audio through their media center. There has never been a supported way in Media Center to do this, but Casatunes has been out for a while and has offered a solution. From the looks of this review, it definitely takes some […]
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