Does anyone actually store their photos and videos on their actual Media Center PC’s? If you do, then relax, sit back, and check out one of the many other guides we have to offer! If you are like me and have been storing your media files on your Server or other location, then you have probably been looking at a […]
Read moreSome interesting stuff. Could CableCARD be having a come back? The much-maligned CableCARD era may be headed toward an inevitable end, but there are apparently enough business opportunities still left for yet another company to enter the market with a security module that’s tailored for the US market and competes with Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and Cisco Systems Inc. […]
Read morePretty cool news for iPad owners who were clammoring for a way to get their video streaming across to it. Very detailed photos by Chris, great job. In my continued pursuit of integrating my iPad with my home entertainment setup I have been using an application that is simply excellent. If you have an iPad or iPhone and a Windows […]
Read moreEngadget has a nice compairion of TiVo Premiere versus Windows 7 Media Center. It makes a pretty compelling case for WMC if you’re PC savvy. Although TiVo and ReplayTV were the first DVRs on the market, Microsoft’s software actually powered the DISHPlayer Satellite DVR in late 1999. So here we are over 10 years later and while TiVo and Microsoft […]
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Christmas came early this year, at least for those of us eagerly awaiting Ceton’s once fabled InfiniTV 4 Quad CableCARD Tuner. The Ceton InfiniTV 4 arrived at my home yesterday (Wednesday, August 4th) a little after lunch. I knew it was coming so I planned ahead and decided to head home for a late lunch. My plan was to take […]
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OK, my home is not the wild but one of the first pre-order units have arrived. Many thanks to Ceton for providing an early pre-order unit. Check back tomorrow for the full review.
Read moreSageTV’s *.13 rev of the V7 beta just arrived. They fixed a whole bunch of issues and adding a few new features. Go get it! New features: -Category view in the Video Browser, with options to edit categories and also parental ratings for imported videos -Merged SageTVTranscoder with latest public version; should resolve many transcoding issues; we also added […]
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8/10 UPDATE: The unit arrived this morning! Absolutely beautiful. Haven’t had a chance to play with it much yet, but thought I would share the picture! A bit of a history lesson–I have been putting off buying a new HDTV for quite some time. When I first moved to the bay area about 4-5 years ago, I bought a used […]
Read moreComing in at $350 and $699 I’m not sure that either player really warrants the cash outlay unless you really need discrete analog outs. To 3D or not to 3D, that is the question. Sorry to go Shakespeare on you, but I’m skeptical as to whether 3D is the next big thing on the horizon. Samsung is one of […]
Read moreLots of good releases this week including some classics being released such as Breakfast Club and Fargo. Splinter was a fun gruesome fest, as was the classic Kalifornia. Honestly wasn’t too big a fan of Bull Durham, but there are out there so it’s out on BD now as well. Oh and Charlie’s Angels, how could I have missed that. […]
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