I wasn’t expecting much when sitting down for Dish Network’s CES 2012 press event, but that skepticism was amply dispelled after the Hopper/Joey whole home DVR system was announced. Obviously, Dish wouldn’t be the first company to say one thing, and release something bearing only a cursory resemblance to the initial promise so it was critical to wait until someone […]
Read moreWe learned a lot about Ceton’s future plans at CES, when they unveiled previews of their Mobile Application and their Media Center Extender called “Echo.” Well while most people will be good continuing to wait until these hit the market for sale, a lot of enthusiasts will appreciate that they just announced they are accepting beta registration at http://beta.cetoncorp.com for […]
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Here’s a neat new app that’s out that will function with both your original HDHomeRun as well as the new PRIME, assuming the content is not copy-protected of course. Full release after the break: Unpaq releases iOS app “TV Streamer” that lets you stream TV to your iPad or iPhone Gistrup, Denmark (April 26, 2012) – Unpaq has launched a […]
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Last year Intel’s Sandy Bridge “TOCK” married the graphics processing unit (GPU) and CPU on the same die, making it a first class citizen in the system and introduced a true integrated processor graphics (IPG) solution. With HD audio bit steaming introduced in the previous generation, full hardware acceleration of VC-1, AVC (H.264), MPEG2 as well as 3D Blu-ray (MVC) […]
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I use ARCTIC’s PWM fans in most of my personal systems because they’re quiet and they do a good job cooling the PC so it’s great to see the lineup expanding to include options directly targeting always on systems – like the file server. Full PR after the click.
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Speaker docks for iPhone and iPod devices are very common these days, with more manufacturers putting their name in the hat, vying for a place in your living room, bedroom, bathroom, or any other location you may so desire to amplify the music coming from your mobile device. Edifier manufactures numerous speaker products, ranging from studio speakers, to surround sound […]
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I don’t know why, but I honestly was not expecting this to happen so soon. Premium content providers like HBO, Starz, and Showtime are requiring DirecTV to enable HDCP on their HD signals. This seems to have already taken place for HBO and DirecTV states that they will continue rolling this out for the rest of their premium channels. […]
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Well it seems that Microsoft has answered the question that many devoted WMC users have been asking since the initial builds of Win8 were released to the public: “Will Media Center be included?” And the answer from Microsoft, buried deep within a blog post describing the various versions of Windows 8, is no. Instead it will be available as an […]
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Video phones have been a staple of science fiction for decades. Most of us have come to understand that video phones will never become the norm, simply because there are far too many circumstances in which we answer the phone but would never want anyone to actually see what we look like at the moment, or where we are. That […]
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In the build-up to Netflix’s launch in the UK and Ireland, Roku announced that they had their eye on expanding in Netflix’s wake. Roku managed to follow close on Netflix’s heels into the UK, but today Roku has announced that they have also followed up on their plans to come to Canada. Roku will be launching their assault on the […]
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