Another Thursday. another Media Center Show Podcast… Except you get to hear from our very own Mike Garcen, MPV, TGB Mod and MissingRemote.com editor. Yes he even wears Superman underwear to bed. I haven’t listened to the podcast yet, I can only assume its kick ass :). Go on over and grab download and get listening. The Media Center Show […]
Read moreSound & Vision is quickly becoming a favorite for me after noticing alot of their reviews focus on mainstream electronics. Today they have a set of speakers from Aperion in house for testing. Coming in at a somewhat reasonable $2500, this 6.1 set looks and accourding to S&V sound pretty good. Sound & Vision On Superman Returns, I skipped to […]
Read moreWith no sight in end for the next gen DVD wars, its hard to want to pick up a new Blu-ray player. However with 5 disc package deals and prices tumbling below 500 dollars the decision not to jump into HD DVDs is hard. Home Theater Mag The player and remote support Sony’s Theater Sync. This feature, which appears to […]
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With the launch of Omaura coming just days away, I am happy to announce we will be teaming up with them to have a kick ass contest where we will be giving away over a thousand dollars worth of cases! Ahead of their official launch, Omaura has put up their webpage to get things going. You can check out their […]
Read moreS&V mag has a great shootout with five different mid-priced subs. Its good to see a sight focus on what most consumers are going to buy. Nothing pisses me off more then to see an article exlaim a 10,000 dollar set of speakers are the best thing since sliced bread knowing only .001% of the population would get that style […]
Read moreIt looks like next generation optical discs are getting closer and closer for the HTPC masses. At B&H Photo, you can get a Pioneer BD-ROM for $299. It reads single layer discs at 5X and double layer discs at 2X. It does NOT support writing to Blu-ray discs, but will burn standard DVDs. B&H The BDC-220B 5x BD-ROM SATA Drive from Pioneer […]
Read moreThe Tivo Series 3 Lite is being given the once-over at Ars Technica. I can definitely appreciate the price cut! ARS The S3L will sport nearly everything that the regular Series 3 has, and it even some improvements. First, the basic "what can it do" stuff: it will support recording two shows at once from a mix of inputs (HD, […]
Read moreWhere are all the media center computers with digital cable tuners? Digital cable tuners were supposed to have ushered in a new era for media center PCs, allowing HD cable television to be watched on your computer. Unfortunately, reality has been less than exciting. VelocityMicro PC is the only viable vendor for purchasing such a computer system. HP is no […]
Read moreChris, MVP extraordinaire, has written up a very nice guide the explains the ins and outs of CODECs. Covered in his guide is container format, a link to a quality FFDShow build (hard to come by) and a few other useful tidbits. Chris Lanier Codecs installed by some third party programs like Nero Burning ROM work poorly in Vista Media […]
Read moreVista ViewTM LLC introduces the Saber DA-1N1-Etm PCIe Combo tuner card. This tuner combines the best Analog tuner technology with the best Digital tuner technology. This PCIe tuner card is the almost twin sister of the Saber DA-1N1-I, introduced in mid July. Both cards give you 2 tuners, 1 Digital and 1 Analog, on one card. On both cards the […]
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