DirecTV Nomad Ready to Take the DVR on the Road

No content provider’s service is complete these days without an add-on mobile consumption service. The fascinating part is watching how these different companies are approaching this burgeoning market. Perhaps you follow Comcast’s Xfinity lead and go mobile with on-demand content. Or maybe you go “all stream, all the time” like DISH does with their Sling-powered TV Everywhere service. DirecTV has […]

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Popcorn Hour A-300 Announced

Syabas recently took to their user forums to announce their next Popcorn Hour media streamer, the A-300. The Popcorn Hour streamers have always been good solid entries into the market, and this new model looks to continue that trend. The Syabas folks are providing pictures and videos in their forum announcement of their new Flash-based user interface. It looks slick and […]

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TViX Xroid A1 Smart Multimedia Payer Review

Android has been taking its sweet time infiltrating the media streamers of the world since it first cropped up as a topic of conversation at CES 2011 and it’s been awhile since I last saw a review of a new media streamer running Google’s OS. I have always liked the looks of DViCO’s TViX line of media streamers and this […]

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Passing of a Visionary: Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder and chairman, passed away today at the age of 56. It is impossible to overstate the impact that Steve Jobs has had on the history and business of personal computing. Once fired from the company he founded, he returned to take the reins and turn Apple into one of the  most valuable companies in the world […]

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Popbox V8 Reviewed at MediaSmartServer.net

First thing I thought when I saw this guy was “wow, that looks like a HD300” (then I was sad; SageTV RIP).  Given the similarities, and how much the PCH platform has evolved (and stabilized) over the last year it seems like it should be a solid device.  Check out Damian’s full review for the important details. About 1 month […]

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Llano Mini-ITX motherboard face off

Having seen what Llano can do you may be wondering what the perfect motherboard would be for your SFF system.  Looks like TECH REPORT is helping us out today with their shootout between two mini-ITX boards from ASUS and ZOTAC. AMD’s latest mainstream desktop platform boasts arguably the most potent two-chip combo in the industry. At the head, you’ve got […]

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