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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A new version of Plex Media Server has been released, bringing it up to version 0.9.5.3. The update can be downloaded from the Plex website now, and Mac and Windows users will start receiving auto-updates notices soon. On the new feature front, the Plex Media Server brings a universal font for rendering subtitles on Windows and Linux and an enhanced […]
Read moreOver at Windows Media Center blog there is a great article how to change your MCE Remote DVD button to display your My Movies instead.. This a great idea if you have a bunch of ripped movies. Check out the link below, it only requires a few registry changes, one program and you are off the starting line. I’ve […]
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Much to my wife’s displeasure (especially as we’ve house hunting lately) I refuse to live in a place where we can’t center the main room around the home theater install. For those with a less permissive spouse, Atlantic Technology’s new down-firing might be just the thing to get good room shaking bass into a compromised space – trust me, your […]
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I recently heard that the trend of dedicated home theaters in new homes is going down. That’s too bad. But whether you have a dedicated room or not, Epson looks to have a nice entry level 3D projector. Epson’s 3D lineup also includes the step-up Home Cinema 5010 and its custom-market counterpart, the Pro Cinema 6010. The 3010 and 5010 […]
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The Fractal Design Array R2 chassis instantly recalled for us the decidedly niche, but incredibly functional, cube-style cases popular a few years ago. which were incredibly niche but very functional. The R2 was flexible, silent and sleek in a very limited amount of space. The Lian Li PC-Q25 chassis shares many of the same appealing traits, but goes for a […]
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Patriot Memory’s latest media streamer is the PBO Alpine, a hard drive-less streamer rocking Android 2.2 for the OS. The PBO Alpine fully supports network streaming and for Internet media it comes preloaded with YouTube, iTV, iRadio, and Picasa apps, as well as a web browser. Despite its Android roots, the PBO Alpine cannot access the App Marketplace, but it does […]
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