After a skimpy week of releases last week, there are a fair number of good selections this week. Mary & Max received a lot of positive reviews, but I was rather bored throughout it. The Stepfather was a dreadfully unoriginal thriller, predictable from start to finish. Luckily there are some gems here–who can forget the CLASSIC FLASH GORDON!?!??! Seeing fat […]
Read moreThis is meh for me, I use ESPN3.com from my HTPC as it is today, but at no extra cost besides a XBox Live membership, it’s probably worth checking out. Would love to see a native MCE plugin for ESPN3 though…. No, this live sporting access won’t be entirely free, but it’s one hell of a deal. You simply […]
Read moreI’m not sure I agree with Ganesh that the main selling point of a Media Streamer is low power, but there’s no argument that he knows the platforms and ecosytem really well. The advent of digital downloads and music / movie streaming have made the HTPC scene quite popular. While pundits keep on debating the reasons as to why […]
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Finding the perfect case for your Home Theater PC (HTPC) when it is going in the A/V stack is hard. The system needs to blend in with the other components and pass the Spouse Acceptance Factor (SAF) all while having enough space for expandability and be easy to keep cool and quiet. From our earlier look at the MonCaso […]
Read moreYikes! Another big blow to us lowly HTPC fans. First the Ceton tuner delays, now the Boxee Box is delayed. Hey Boxee, how about a teaser and just letting us buy that groovy remote for now!??!? Development of the software took longer than expected, Ronen said, stressing how important it was to get things like Flash 10.1 including Flash hardware […]
Read moreI think you all know I’m not a huge fan of 3D, but seeing something like this is still pretty cool. Being able to see ANY control room is pretty sweet, let alone the first 3D sports room ever. But okay, as long as I’m "enjoying" the Uruguay-France game on my small laptop screen, maybe I’m jealous of you 3D […]
Read moreI sure didn’t think this was possible…should get a lot of people fairly excited if it’s true, since Blu-ray on linux has been a major limitation for as long as I can remember. It’s possible to playback Blu-ray disks under Linux with an open source player lxBDPlayer. There is an Ubuntu/Debian package on the project web site. So, if you’re […]
Read moreI’m sure you non-sports/soccer fans are going to be happy for this massive list of podcasts for the weekend and next week. Enjoy! Contrast ratio, or the ratio of brightness between full white and full black on screen can be a very revealing number. Since most sets can go full white, it really tells you how black a set can […]
Read moreI’m sure you non-sports/soccer fans are going to be happy for this massive list of podcasts for the weekend and next week. Enjoy! Contrast ratio, or the ratio of brightness between full white and full black on screen can be a very revealing number. Since most sets can go full white, it really tells you how black a set can […]
Read moreWhile not a huge fan of Flash myself, at least on the HTPC, I can’t argue with the mass appeal and shear amount of Flash based content available. If you do use Flash on your Windows based HTPC via Hulu, Youtube, or other Flash based streaming services make sure to upgrade. GPU hardware acceleration makes a world of difference on […]
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