The title says it all, a couple of Samsung Blu-ray players will be getting access to Netflix in HD. Adding extra options such as Netflix streaming is one sure way to increase market share :). I guess Xbox 360 users won’t have all of the fun for too much longer. amsung Electronics America, a market leader and award-winning manufacturer […]
Read moreMike, of SilentPCReview, has had a long history of working with Antec to produce quality thermally managed case products. His latest endeavour is working with Antec on the Fusion’s big broather the Max Fusion. The Fusion Max is designed to handle higher end components while providing 3 thermal zones for enhanced airflow and cooling characteristics. I am confident that it […]
Read moreAnother version of the XBMC Mac derivative Plex has hit the airways. New features include Aperture support, new audio driver and thumnails for artists. The release notes found in the link below do a better job detailing the new and the improved. NEW: James enhanced the Programs area of Plex. Workflows can be added to the root-level menu, folders […]
Read moreVudu is getting into the Black Friday promotion fun by selling a few titles in HDX, HD and SD formats. The list is rather slender but there are a few goodies that I would plunk down five dollars for. Keep your eyes glued to your VUDU box because, starting next Tuesday, November 25th, VUDU will begin a limited time, […]
Read moreA monthly service to Netflix and Blockbuster is almost a neccesity in any digital home. Its funny to see music subscriptions take off so slowly. In order to give folks a bump in that direction Microsoft will now let folks keep 10 tracks per month from your subscription. I would revise that to include 10 songs or 1 album. […]
Read moreDon’t give the tech lover in your family an ugly tie, instead give the gift that keeps on giving – Movies. High-Def digest has compiled a list of Blu-ray movies for every possible member of your family including dear old mom. Blu-ray Gifts for Dad: ‘Casino Royale’ ‘James Bond Collection Three-Pack: Volume 1’ ‘James Bond Collection Three-Pack: Volume 2’ […]
Read moreYou see that Submit News button on the right hand side of the page? I admit I have not been monitoring the submitted news very closely. I know bad Al! However, we have a solution in place to ensure all news gets a little face time with the public. From now on in, all news submitted by the users will […]
Read moreSure the video and audio quality is an improvement but what about the interactive features? EngadgetHD has a recap of the BD-Live director’s chat from Hellboy II. Accessing Hellboy’s BD-Live menu and logging in to our UniversalHiDef.com account wasn’t too troublesome thanks to a USB keyboard plugged into a PlayStation 3, but until we took the extra step of […]
Read moreIt never hurts to add a few major features to your HTPC software, however adding a couple of major HD tuning features is even better :). The first one, though somewhat less important these days, is support for Clear QAM tuning that allows the end-user to tune and record channels that are transmitted in unencrypted QAM. John had a chance […]
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Building upon their previos beta release that added EVR support, 6.5.2 adds a few bug fixes to make your EVR experience a better one. They also snuck in multi-threading for transcoding. *Hint – Click the SageTV logo for the link. Here is a poll that could be very useful to HTPC software makers everwhere. Over 1100 people responded to a […]
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