AMD is excited to announce the newest member of its flagship ATI Radeon(tm) HD 2900 series, the ATI Radeon(tm) HD 2900 PRO. The ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO features the powerful next-generation unified shader architecture with 320 unified stream processors, comprehensive DirectX(r) 10 support and built-in HDMI multimedia features for an immersive HD gaming experience. The ATI Radeon HD 2900 […]
Read moreIts getting cheaper and cheaper to become a player in the format wars. For $375 dollars you can get a HD DVD player and this new Pioneer player from PCAlchemy. So what are you waiting for. Enjoy some HD contet :).
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mmmm. My HTPC needs a lot more work then my A/V setup. If I were to start shopping, I am sure the STR_DA3300ES would be on the top of my receiver list. It pretty much has all the specs you could want from a receiver including portable music player support, spiffy TV UI, HDMI 1.3, upconvert, downcovert, sideconvert, and a […]
Read moreThis news is a bit old, but I still need to give props to the Media Portal team for kicking another release out the door. They are now up to 0.2.3.0 RC2. Though this release was mainly bug fizes, they did get a few new features in. Media Portal With the MPI installing new skins or plugins is really easy. […]
Read moreEngadgetHD has a nice article on how to run power to a wall mounted TV. This certainly looks a bit more elegant that running your power cord behind the dry wall. If you want to improve you WAF with your latest flat panel project, hit this article up. EngadgetHD Like most things in life, there are many ways to achieve […]
Read moreHave you every wondered what bit and sample rates meant in digital audio? Ars has a nice write up explaining the basics of digital audio in family friendly terms. Ars Technicia These two factors—the number of measurements per second, or sample rate, and the precision of the measurements, or bit depth—determine the basic quality of an uncompressed audio file. By […]
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New in SageTV 6.2 is the ability for Sage to load UI graphics as a theme. While you can’t change the layout much, you can make some interesting new looks that people may prefer over the standard UI. Hot out of the gate is GKUsnick’s COG theme. LINK!
Read moreA rather interesting article with what I thought was an unlikely conclusion for the best DVD playback option. Firingsquad Think upsampled DVD is just as good as Blu-ray and HD DVD? Heard amazing things about the PlayStation 3? Interested in comparing Avivo and PureVideo? We’ve got all of that in this Autumn’s Video Processing Face Off! Autumn is on its […]
Read moreSage has released version 6.2.10. It is no longer a release candidate, but has been finalized as a release version. Sage TV SageTV Version 6.2 is now available on our website in the download area! http://sagetv.com/download.html The main updates to V6.2 over V6.1 are as follows: Support for DVB-T, DVB-C and DVB-S on Windows including support for CAM/CI Support for […]
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Chris L. has a cool little review up of Embedded Automation’s mControl 2 up. Version 2 has been updated to reflect Vista’s new MCML graphics capabilities, which we all know are super sexy. Besides the graphics upgrade, a few new macros have been added, hit the link for the full review. We need to get our own MS MVP on […]
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