Updated on 8/8: Added section on Flash Video and Windows7 Testing ASRock ION-330 Nettop Today we take a closer look at the ASRock ION-330 Nettop device–a small form factor system that comes almost complete out of the box and appears to be a great match on paper to other HTPC clients. Being low powered, low cost and seemingly capable, can […]
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Not the most detailed review I’ve ever read, but I wanted to post it since the folks in our forums really seem to love these Green drives from WD, which apparantly are fantastic choices for your HTPC builds. TBreak.com Being a Green Drive, it supposedly consumes lesser power and is quieter. While we don’t have any equipment to measure the […]
Read moreI know a lot of you are or have been looking into using a laptop hard drive in your systems due to their improved acoustics over a larger desktop size. Now that it’s in a whopping 1tb flavor, you can even use it without any server/external storage to store content as well. Very impressive. Hardware Geeks The Scorpio Blue drives […]
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Not a week after Windows 7 hit the RTM milestone, Ben has wasted no time in telling you all the deep secrets that are released. A lot of nice surprises with this operating system with much less complaints than are the norm for an operating system. Take a look for the full list as you wait for the official retail […]
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Quite an action packed group of releases this week, from Fast and Furious to Ultimate Fighting Championships…with a little comedy with the classic Spinal Tap. Dollhouse season 1 as well, good to know it won’t be the last time, and there’s even a never aired episode that is pretty far out there (was supposed to be the last episode). MissingRemote’s […]
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If you have ever tried to build a system in an HTPC-style chassis, you have probably learned (hopefully not the hard way) how a lot of the standard tower-like heatsinks won’t fit. Picking the proper HSF is very important, since they handle the cooling of your processor in your system. You want it to be an effective cooler but also […]
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Take this news with a grain of salt, as apparantly the documentary is from a local japanese news station, not exactly reuters. But interesting nonetheless and does shed some light on a format I knew nothing about. According to Wikipedia , the only big studio so far supporting the format is Warner Brothers (since March 2009), but apparantly the format […]
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Fellow MVP Chris Lanier has some ideas as to what the Microsoft store concept leaks which came out last week might mean for Media Center. Some interesting thoughts indeed…. Chris Lanier I don’t believe that the content providers are interested in seeing Hulu on the big screen as it would jeopardize traditional content delivery. Hulu’s entry into the 10-foot UI […]
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Great review, and even better news for plasma lovers all. This should help ease the hearts of saddended Pioneer fans…wonder how long before we forget they even made plasmas. 🙂 HDGuru.com The TC-PV10 betters the G10 in black level, “pop”, judder free film reproduction and user accessible gray scale adjustment (though one needs an expensive meter to obtain […]
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I always find it annoying when a feature is released but with quite a few caveats…unfortunately it looks like the Xbox’s Movie Party feature is one such feature in regards to playback of Starz movies. With my experience with Netflix streaming, quite a few of them are from Starz, so that’s pretty dissapointing. Click on over a video of the […]
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