The fall season of 2011 has begun and we already have the first casualty in Playboy Club. This is the first time I decided against recording any new shows that simply sounded interesting. Normally, I queue them up and watch them at some point later on, often after the first season is over or the show has even been cancelled. […]
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The rumors have been flying for a while about Microsoft bringing television to the Xbox Live service, and now Microsoft has finally gotten official about what we can expect to see in the Xbox 360’s fall update. The result is a healthy mix of new video providers and services in the US and internationally. Two big names that have been […]
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From a recent poll regarding external storage, it is clear that a significant number of respondents are making use of external storage options using interfaces such as USB and eSATA. One of the drawbacks of USB 2.0 is its lack of speed, while eSATA is not nearly as pervasive as USB. With USB 3.0 found in more motherboards, chassis (Fractal […]
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The folks over at DVB logic have issued a new version of DVB link. Version 4 is built off of a completely new architecture and forms the basis for future development and extention of the product. Updates in this version include: the ability for 8 virtual tuners in Windows Media Center as well as support for live TV in Boxee, […]
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New platforms are particularly interesting to us as home theater PC (HTPC) enthusiasts because it gives us a chance to clearly see how a generation of progress can be transformed into tangible benefits. Not long ago, integrated graphics processors (IGP) were strictly the choice of budget-minded consumers, but the recent relocation of the graphics processing unit (GPU) from the chipset […]
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So I never even heard of these guys until they shutdown. Sounds like they had an interesting idea, but implementation was a trickier than planned. Perhaps they were just a little ahead of their time as the old TV frequencies are (potentially) going back up for auction. Anyone out there actually a Sezmi customer? Barely 19 months after launching service […]
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We recently reviewed and are now giving away the Fractal Design Core 3000, one of Fractal Design’s larger cases. We tried it out as a home server case and found a lot to like about it. However, their top end case is the Define XL. With internal space for 10 hard drives and 4 5.25″ bays just begging to be […]
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I’ve never been a regular user of XBMC, but I happened to be up late last night testing an XBMC install for a special project and noticed a message on the RSS ticker announcing a feature freeze for “Eden”. Being otherwise occupied, it took me until today to follow up on the XBMC blog. Sure enough, XBMC 11.0 “Eden” is […]
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Its been awhile since Roku released the Roku 2 and we have even seen the odd review pop up, but every so often we need someone to take a device for a super detailed spin before we know if it is right for us, and that is just what the folks over at AnandTech have done with the Roku 2 […]
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