Paying $3000 for a TV is a big investment, and in plasma there’s basically few competitors to the amazing VT series of Panasonic plasmas. Samsung however looks to have provided a solid competitor with this model, at least worth considering in that price range. The PN58C8000 produces outstanding 2D images. The internal signal processing for 480i and 1080i signals […]
Read moreI’m still waiting on some official information from our contacts at SiliconDust, but this sure is an intriguing press announcement that came out of nowhere. Very curious to see how it pans out. If anyone has specific questions, leave a comment and we’ll see if we can get them answered. The Hauppauge USB and Silicondust Ethernet attached products introduce […]
Read moreThese features have been widely available in Mythtv since at least 2008 but in the last couple weeks I have finally been able to implement ACPI shutdown/wakeup for my Mythtv server. Using the information found here I have setup my backend to power off when not recording a show. The system automatically sets the time of the next recording and […]
Read moreAre you a SageTV user and not skipping your TV Commercials? Oh the shame! Well fear not, Brent over at GeekTonic has a great quick guide on how to easily do so. The problem is with most HTPC programs installing and setting up commercial skipping is less than easy and often requires multiple programs, time, and some techy know-how. I’ve […]
Read moreLots of good variety this week in our roundup of podcasts, so enjoy! Picking The Right RAID Mode, Roku Gets More Affordable, Steve Jobs: 720p is the New HD! Apple TV 2.0, Plex: Goregous Interface for OS X Home Theater, Which home theater calibration certificates are worth the money, and the Blu-ray releases for September 7th, 2010. [HDNation] Home Server […]
Read moreNMedia won’t exactly wow your visitors, but they do provide quality HTPC cases at a ridiculously affordable price. The matte black finish combined with a flashy black plastic front bezel really sets off this case and makes it look like a typical receiver or Blu-ray player you might see on the shelf of any person’s home theater system. The sliding […]
Read moreI’ll need to see a review and price before making a decision. There is mention of a track pad also. It’s a little hard to tell from the presser, but it sounds like there’s an optical track pad hidden somewhere on here as well. We also don’t have any mention of release date or price, but do details like […]
Read moreLots of releases this week, most older than new with some good ones like The Black Dahlia, Mars Attacks! and I was really tempted to go with Poltergeist as my pick simply due to its classic nature in the horror genre. MissingRemote’s Pick of the Week MacGruber ** I am fully prepared for some flames for this request, but let […]
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I am happy to say that I now possess two Windows based laptops that each have the Mythtv frontend software built natively on them. The Mythtv devs have been very busy over the lasts couple of weeks putting together a server to host all of the Mythtv dependencies – MinGW, MSYS, etc – so that the build script will reliably […]
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“Voice activated.” In the past just the words alone have made many cringe as implementations have been fairly weak and suffered from a myriad of different variables in the environment which made performance lackluster. Amulet Devices looks to change that with their own Remote Control and Media Center (MC) software implementation by embedding a microphone inside the remote as well […]
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