From firingsquad.com comes an interesting review of the AMD/ATI 780G IGP. I realize that the main premise of the article is performance but it brings up two capabilities that the 780G chipset allows builders to employ that might be useful for the HTPCer: As the article points out, the family HTPC might serve mom and dad just fine as a […]
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There are a lot of press releases that hit the wires that typically amount to a company congratulating itself for releasing a new product. Though this press release isn’t that different it does show how Niveus is advancing the Media Center platform. They are utilizing a new movie front-end plug-in that better emulates the Vista look and feel. Keeping the […]
Read moreIn Electronic House’s Q of the day, they answer what the difference is between the various multi-channel audio formats. This is a good primer for a person just getting into the Home Theater world. Electronic House The new Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD formats provide the digital audio signal at significantly higher bit-rates than that encoded on traditional DVDs. They are […]
Read moreChris nailed the proverbial nail on the head when he said Microsoft is not in talks with the Blu-ray association. As confirmed by Reuters, Aaron Greenburg said they are not in talk and will concentrate on the digital download experience instead. I think this is a very "head-in-the-sand" approach from Microsoft. Digital disitribution is not where its at for the […]
Read moreMedia Center’s “IR toggle codes” mean the platform isn’t very friendly to most universal remotes. At Media Center University at EHX, Autonomic Controls revealed some registry fixes for the quirk and created a script that can solve the problem with the click of a mouse. CE Pro Windows Media Center expects to see two different alternating IR codes for certain […]
Read moreIf you are looking to get a bit more out of your defrag sessions, you may want to take a look at Auslogics Disk Defrag utility. I am certainly not here to sell you some bloated defrag utility that has a buy now screen and is full of spyware. I liken it to some of the free antivirus programs out […]
Read morePVRWire has a couple of posts relating to online TV services today. First up, Hulu has announced they are ready to go public. PVRWire Online video site Hulu officially launches tomorrow. The site which was founded as an online content distribution clearinghouse for NBC and News Corp TV shows, movies, and clips, has added a ton of content partners over […]
Read moreElectronic House sends word they have an article up on OLED displays. Electronic House All of the jostling at a show that for several consecutive years had championed a “bigger-is-better” approach was to get a glimpse of a tiny Sony television. But this one was special. It was a TV whose 11-inch display used OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology; a […]
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SageMC, a STV for SageTV, recently released a new version which allows a fair bit more in the way of customization. I keep close tabs on the SageMC screenshot thread because I enjoy seeing what the community can come up with. I was pretty impressed with this screenshot, so I thought I would throw it up for the rest of […]
Read moreNathaniel Grayson is the winner of last weeks Big Screen Photos 2 contest (sorry for the late announcement). Please contact me at alan at missingremote dot com to claim your prize.
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