I generally use a dedicated SSD + standard 3.5″ hard drive in any build that requires significant local storage, but not everyone wants to managing separate logical drives or pay out for a 60GB+ OS drive so many vendors are producing hybrid solutions to leverage the relative strengths of both storage options. HighPoint enters this market today with the RocketCache […]
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When Alienware launched their X51 gaming PC, there was no way to ignore that it bore more than a passing resemblance to the current generation of game consoles, making it an ideal candidate for the HTPC fan who also enjoyed a little game time on the side. However, no one would have guessed that the Alienware X51 might also be […]
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When Roku updated their iOS remote control app a couple of weeks ago, the company also promised that they were still working on a version for Android. Sure enough, Roku has released the Android version of their remote control app to the Android Marketplace. The new Android app includes all of the features of the iOS version, including the latest […]
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My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 has been updated to v2.11 Pre-Release 1. The new version of the My Movies backend is adding a number of features along with the usual collection of fixes. Several of the fixes relate to how My Movies for WHS 2011 handles converted files. Of particular interest is the new backend support for downloading […]
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TruTV HD, the reality TV focused spawn of the ill-fated Court TV, signed a deal last year that split the NCAA Championship Tournament with CBS. As a part of the deal, TruTV HD gets to air the games for the first couple of rounds, with coverage switching back to CBS once the action hits the Elite 8 round. As a […]
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nMEDIAPC has made a name for itself in the home theater PC (HTPC) community for consistently delivering well-built, good-looking, and reasonably-priced chassis comfortable in the A/V stack. Offering a brushed aluminum front panel and a street price of $80, at first glance the HTPC 7000B seems to carry on this tradition. Coupled with two 120mm fans, we should expect excellent […]
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It looks like the MythTV dev’s are sticking pretty close to their proposed release schedule. Posted on the Mythtv home page is an announcement that the MythTV Beta is now available. The proposed schedule indicated March 4 and the announcement was on March 5. Not bad. If this keeps up, we’ll see a new release of MythTV next month, at […]
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Aereo, the fledgling service that looks to use tiny antennae to receive broadcast TV signals and then stream the video to subscribers over the Internet, hasn’t even made its way out of the invite-only beta phase, and already it is the target of lawsuits. Two groups of broadcasters have filed separate federal lawsuits claiming that the service violates the Copyright […]
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I completely missed this last week, but the ever-popular conversion tool, HandBrake, has been updated to version 0.96. This one was a long time coming and it finally brings official support for a number of features that folks have been enjoying in the nightly builds for awhile, such as support for DTS-HD passthrough and an improved MPEG-2 encoder. I’m still […]
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Redbox and Universal Studios Home Entertainment have reached an agreement to maintain their 28 day rental window through 2014. The agreement comes on the heels of Redbox’s refusal to go along with Warner Bros. on extending their rental window to 56 days. Given that Redbox does not have to agree to any rental window, it’s not hard to read into […]
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