Nixeus Fusion HD 1080p Media Player Review

I’m not exactly clear on how this box is worth more than double of Patriot’s Box Office with similar features, but hey…the interface at least isn’t identical. I was concerned with the issues the reviewer had playing back Blu-ray filetypes.     You can pick up the Fusion HD for an MSRP of $219, with a little bit of variation […]

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SageTV V7.0.15 Beta Released

SageTV sure is rolling out these betas at a fast pace lately.  There are quite a few updates, but here are the changes to the core.  I think John might be interested in #7.  (No promises, though, John.) Core Updates 1. Fixed bug where we did not preserve the current title # when storing watched information for DVDs and BluRays. […]

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Weekly Podcast Roundup, August 11th 2010

Had some requests on changing things up a bit, so here’s an attempt at a new format for our Podcast roundup. Let me know what you think about it or if you prefer the older layout. I will feature one podcast per week and then list out the rest without summary. This week was an easy choice, as our very […]

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August 10th Blu-ray Releases

Bit of a slower week this time, but still some jewels here. Legend of Fong Sai Yuk is AWESOME if you are anything of a kung-fu fan, with a very young Jet Li showing off his stuff. Haven’t seen The Joneses yet, but as a fan of Californication it’s definitely on my to-do list. And then who can forget National […]

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MKV Header Compression Issues

I’m not sure how I feel about header optimization when it’s a breaking change.  Seems like the kind of thing that you don’t change the spec on mid stream, but maybe that’s just me.    A few weeks ago I updated to the latest mkvtoolnix, which I believe is currently at v4.2.0. I unfortunately noticed a bad side effect of […]

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Nagravision Deals Itself Into CableCARD Game

Some 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. […]

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