It pays to be a big website, and Cnet's case it netted them a 120Hz 1080p LCD from Sharp. On the positive side, the black levels were extremely good but it did suffer from banding problems. It some scenes the reviewer could see alternating bands of lighter and darker areas on the screen. How did the 120Hz turn out? According […]
Read moreAI, the leading manufacturer of integrated automation and security products since 1985, has expanded support of Audio control through its Omni and Lumina home control systems. HAI's newly released 2.14 controller firmware added support for the Hi-Fi by HAI system via all models of HAI's OmniTouch touchscreen and all software interfaces, including Web-Link II, Home Control for Windows Media Center […]
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A few days ago Snapstream released Couchville.com, a sleek and simple TV Listing site open to anyone on the net. The current version of the site is in beta, so it will no doubt have tweaks and changes in the future. Surfing on over to the Couchville main-page, I was greated by a page that reminded me a lot of […]
Read moreSage has released another release candidate build today. Release Notes: SageTV V6.1.4 Release Notes 3/6/2007 RELEASE CANDIDATE 4 Core Updates 1. Fixed bug where FLAC files with pictures in them could crash the metadata parser in an infinite loop 2. Added support for album art extraction from FLAC files 3. Updated cable frq data for "Finland-Helsinki" 4. Fixed bug where […]
Read moreAre the format wars starting to see a victor arise from the muddy trenches? Well according to InfoWeek, BD sales are up over HD DVD for the second month in a row. Not surprisingly, the PS3 plays a large part in these numbers. From the article: Since the week ended Jan. 7, Blu-ray sales have ranged from a low of […]
Read moreAs the title mentions, Sony is expected to announce Playsation Home for the PS3 this fall. No details yet, but we can expect to find out more during Phil H.'s keynote speach at GDC. As consoles become a greater part of the digital life, I figured it was worthwile to post this type of news. Engadget Post: Joystiq Post: Phil […]
Read moreThe RIAA is at it again, this time around their aim is to destroy Internet Radio. Its not hard to see they are out to kill any sort of innovative use of the Internet and music. They want to charge royalties of about $5 per month per listener by 2010. That is pretty dang high if you ask me. From […]
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More and more major computer companies are trying to get into the lucrative display device market. HP, not will to be an exception, released a couple of DLP models back in 05. While the DLP models were feature rich, they were in very short supply and had many reported build problems. Fast forward to now, they are now concentrating on Plasmas […]
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Some might say Sage is due for a major UI overhaul, however, skins like the new iSage should keep people happy in the mean time. Based on Apple's Front rows, this is truly a skin and not a major change in functionality for SageTV. iSage:
Read moreWe had some complaints about slow discussions as of late.. So to spark a bit of discussion I thought I would throw this topic out there. What show have you watched lately that you wouldn't normally admit to. me? Legally Blonde.
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