Looks like Alienware is looking to add their unique style and price tag to the Cable Card market. Engadget The upcoming, higher-end phase of the company’s home entertainment line will be capable of handling two CableCARDs, will have four swappable hard drive bays (for a total of 4TB of storage), and will be available with Blu-ray and audio distribution options.
Read moreGood review for people tempted by the new terabyte drives out there. TechReport IMAGINE ONE THOUSAND thousand thousand thousand bytes. A terabyte, if you will. But more than just that—a milestone in storage capacity that hard drive manufacturers have been chasing for years. After more than a decade of living in a world of gigabytes, the bar has finally been […]
Read more[H]ardOCP has a great review of two passivly cooled video cards over at their site. If you’re in the market for a silent and powerful card for your HTPC then you should really give these two cards some serious consideration (although unless you plan on doing 3D gaming you can probably just stick to the GT version) Hard|OCP We are […]
Read moreI don’t know anything about Slingbox, but according to this ambiguous Engadget article they’ve done… something… maybe? Perhaps someone in the know could post a comment explaining what the deal is. Engadget The Sling Media family have been quite the busy bees of late. First, the TV-transporting company has just gotten approval on a brand new, unnamed variation of the […]
Read moreAccording to the article this will enable ViP622 MPEG4 High Definition DVR users to connect *any* USB 2.0 harddrive to their STB to expand their recording capability. Can anyone say TeraStation? There’s also some interesting info on DirectTV’s newest satalite and XM upgrading their audio quality. Multichannel Dish Network will start rolling out its long awaited “USB External Storage” solution […]
Read moreI know how much we all love the idea of being forced to buy OEM PCs to get CableCard support (rather than building ourselves) but at least we have one additional company to buy such a system from. Dell finally started selling XPS 410 PCs with CableCard (OCUR) support. Chris Lanier Processor/Display Learn More XPS 410, Intel Core 2 Duo […]
Read moreApple finally got around to updating the Mac Mini line with Core 2 Duo processors. About the only thing still holding this thing back from being a killer HTPC client is the onboard Intel GMA 950 graphics. Apple Mac mini makes it easy and affordable to work with digital photos, movies, music, and the web. And now it all happens […]
Read moreThe folks over at MissingRemote.Com have simplified their news submission procedure and are having a lot of fun doing it. HTPC enthusiasts should enjoy this great resource. From the newly redesigned news submission page: * Submit news related to Home Automation, Home Theater, Media Center Software, HTPC Building, TV/Movie, Next Generation DVDs And General Digital Life news! * If you […]
Read moreHaven’t watched the video yet, but the blurb states that there are some ease of use issues. Oh well, if it works in Media Center, I would definitely buy it! Even for the $250 price tag. DL.TV IN THIS DL.TV CLIP: As a low cost way of capturing HD video using the HDMI connection, the premise of the Blackmagic Design’s […]
Read moreIt will be interesting to see whether other, smaller start-up channels will take this approach rather than go traditional cable. With the demand for a la carte cable pricing increasing (and cable’s argument that without bundling, smaller channels won’t survive), this might be a viable alternative. USA Today When it debuts Tuesday on the Web, My Damn Channel will become the […]
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