I am not sure if Ian sleeps or not, but we do get lots of MCE goodness from his pod and videocasts. This week's extra, show number 9, Ian talks with Simplifi and their lineup of amplifiers and Media Center Expander card. Videocast page: This is the final Extra show from CES, and on this show I talked to Jonathan […]
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New Orleans, LA – February 7, 2007 HAI, the leading manufacturer of integrated automation and security products since 1985, is now offering their award-winning Internet access and control software Snap-Link for the Ultra Mobile PC platform putting wireless home control in the palm of your hand. Snap-Link is software on a USB flash drive that plugs into any Windows(TM) computer […]
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Amazon and Tivo have decided they would make great bed mates. The new service call Amazon Unbox will be issued out on Wednesday as part of a test to an unspecified amount of TiVo users. Hot on the heals of Wal-Marts announcement, Amazon hopes to one up them by allowing downloads with a remote. This should give a much needed […]
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We all know many of the first gen players stunk it up, thankfully we are starting to see second generation players come in and fix many of the problems early adopters were facing. The HD-XA2, XA1 replacement, have nice improvements incuding a much improved boot time and 1080p playback capability. A big plus to the setup is the inclusion of […]
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The format follies war took a turn for funny today. A week ago or so, we reported that a bunch of Spielberg classics like Jaws were going to make it to HD DVD this year. Welp, as it turns out they were mistaken. Since I currently own neither format, I find this a tad funny that they didn't verify this […]
Read moreTo sum up Chris' post, he is basically saying that Windows is the only OS supported by CableCard etc because they got their ass in gear and found out what the content providers wanted for protection and gave it to them. Microsoft saw market potential and went after it, that is all there is to it. The situation will not […]
Read moreA few months ago we first heard rumblings about Denon's upcoming line of receivers, Home Theater Blog has a more details on the upcoming receivers. The higher end models, AVR-4308ci and 3808ci are expected out in July and will feature four HDMI 1.3 inputs, HD audio decoding over HDMI, Ethernet connectivity and support for Windows Media PlayForSure. The lower end […]
Read moreThe Daily Button Cooling News: Zalman 9700LED Cooler review at Techgage. Case News: Moneual Moncaso 932B review at Pro-Clockers Vista News: Microsoft to ignore VIsta upgrade loophole at vnunet Vista News: 10 Vista Myths Debunked at The Tech Repblic CPU News: Athlon 64 3600+ review at AMDZone Video Card News: Asus EN8800GTX review at Hot Hardware Video Card News: Asus […]
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Whooops. it looks like DirectTV's somewhat questionable claims of better HDTV got them in hot water as of late. More specifically, Time Warner sued their asses and as a result they have to take down their HDTV claims until the lawsuit is settled! Matt weighed on the subject a couple of months ago and you can see his thoughts here. […]
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Making the step from an HTPC to whole house distribution can be a somewhat daunting task. Especially with Media Center's anemic client/server architecture. However, with sites like CEPro you should be able to figure out a nice solution. Today, CEPro has a nice article on unqieu touchscreens and the applications they are used for. From the article: Rich MCE Integration […]
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