Remember my blog about ATI tuners in general being end of life’d, specifically the Digital Cable Tuner? Well, this FAQ posted today shows that ATI is not even bothering developing Windows 7 drivers for a number of their tuners. If you were thinking of upgrading and using ATI tuners, be very careful! Windows 7 Tuner drivers for the products listed […]
Read moreLast month we saw leaked photos of the upcoming V2 of Windows Home Server, here are some further details courtesy of the SageTV forums. Built on the RTM bits of Windows Server 2008 R2. Will come in 2 flavors, HOMESTANDARD and HOMEPREMIUM Requires an x64 Processor. Requires a minimum of 160GB primary hard drive. Server "Desktop Experience" is installed OOB […]
Read moreNot being a Netflix subscriber, I can’t personally say how I feel about this. However, the author does make some pretty valid observations about the potential impact of the USPS’ decision to discontinue Saturday delivery service. I hadn’t considered this side of it. What do you Netflix junkies think? The elimination of Saturday delivery would mean that Netflix subscribers will […]
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I have to admit, I kinda like this idea. Just think how confused visitors would be if you had this alongside an Xbox 360 Elite! This model will run on an Intel E6500 2.93GHz processor, hold 2GB RAM, a 512MB GeForce GT220 graphics card as well as HDMI out connectivity for you to hook it up to your LCD TV […]
Read moreBen Drawbaugh just published his review of the Ceton InfiniTV 4 CableCARD tuner. Check it out if you haven’t already, some interesting stuff. We don’t review many HTPC tuners around here because honestly they usually aren’t that interesting; you plug them in and they either work or they don’t, what else is there to really say about ’em? But every […]
Read moreOver the last year we Media Center enthusiasts have slowly seen Media Center, piece by piece, slip away. Last year at CES we saw the rise and fall of the Dish Network Media Center tuners. We saw Linksys discontinue their V2 Extenders , with the likes of Dlink and HP following suite right after. Last week at the Electronic House […]
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Moneual MonCaso 312 Review If you’ve decided to put your HTPC where it can be seen, you owe it to your eyes to put it in a chassis that makes it look like it belongs. A nice case is an essential part of any build but unfortunately are not inexpensive. The Moneual MonCaso 312 looks the part of a sleek […]
Read moreEDIT: Beginning this week, I will start noting the Warner Brothers titles which will have the 30-day rental window imposed on them. I will place ** next to the title. I can’t remember a week with fewer overall selections of Blu-ray titles, but there are always at least one winner. I did have the unfortunate luck of watching "Housebroken" with […]
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