Author: Alan Cooke

AMD Offers the Ultimate HDTV and DVR Home Theater Experience for Notebook and Desktop PCs

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(July 9, 2007)–AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced two new solutions that offer high-definition television (HDTV) viewing and digital video recording (DVR) capabilities on desktop and notebook PCs. With the launch of these two new multimedia products, AMD continues to blaze a leadership path in video capture that bridges the analog and digital HDTV worlds. With the external plug-and-play ATI […]

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Sharp Announces First Blu-ray Player

Sharp has announced their first Blu-ray player and it looks to be a doozy. Expect support for HDMI 1.3, 1080p24f and a quick start option that will take less then a decade for you to get your Blu-ray lovin. Blu-ray.com An interesting feature is a Quick Start option which will have the disc playing in a matter of seconds, very […]

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CableCard: Velocity Micro Does It Right

With HP off and on with their CableCard support, it seems as though Velocity Micro is the only outfit in town willing to get it right. Although I don’t agree with their case choice, they are now offering a $1600 single CC tuner system. Its not ideal, but it does come with a couple of gigs of ram and a […]

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Audioholics DoubleHeader

Audioholics has some advanced info on Denon’s upcoming receivers. Its not hard to see that HTPCs and receivers are converging. Denon 4308CI Audioholics New DACs allow for even digital audio sources to be routed to all zones and parallel HDMI outputs mean that if you want to run both a flat panel and front projector in the same room, you […]

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PCAlchemy: iPhone Giveaway

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PCAlchemy, an advertiser at MissingRemote.com, is giving you the chance to win a the coolest gadget in decades! Of course with good news, comes the bad news, I am not qualified to win 🙁 . However, you lucky bastards are. Click the link on the left to find out the complete rules and regulations regarding the iPhone contest 🙂 .  […]

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HomeSeer’s New HSM100™ Z-Wave® Multi-Sensor

Jenny sent in word HomeSeer has released a new product. HomeSeer Technologies release its new HSM100 Z-Wave multi-sensor. The new device is designed to sense motion, temperature and light and home owners can use the HSM100 to control up to 4 other Z-Wave devices directly. Those with HomeSeer-equipped homes can also use the HSM100 to trigger more complex automation events […]

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Texas Instruments Brings First Approved Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus Decoders

DALLAS (June 18, 2007) – Continuing its focus on providing feature-rich audio innovations, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced that its Aureus™ generation of audio digital signal processors (DSPs) is the first audio/video receiver (AVR) implementation approved for both Dolby® TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus, bringing high-quality audio from the movie theater to the home theater as it […]

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5 Free Blu-ray Movies with Player Purchase (including PS3)

Maybe the recent HD-DVD deals have them worried… Ars The five movies will come from a list of 21 titles, including choices like Pearl Harbor, Black Rain, Underworld, and Transporter 2. The complete list has not been officially announced, but according to marketing materials seen by Ars Technica, other movies included in the promotion are:(click to find out the rest).

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