I’m not sure how I feel about header optimization when it’s a breaking change. Seems like the kind of thing that you don’t change the spec on mid stream, but maybe that’s just me. A few weeks ago I updated to the latest mkvtoolnix, which I believe is currently at v4.2.0. I unfortunately noticed a bad side effect of […]
Read moreSageTV’s *.13 rev of the V7 beta just arrived. They fixed a whole bunch of issues and adding a few new features. Go get it! New features: -Category view in the Video Browser, with options to edit categories and also parental ratings for imported videos -Merged SageTVTranscoder with latest public version; should resolve many transcoding issues; we also added […]
Read moreComing in at $350 and $699 I’m not sure that either player really warrants the cash outlay unless you really need discrete analog outs. To 3D or not to 3D, that is the question. Sorry to go Shakespeare on you, but I’m skeptical as to whether 3D is the next big thing on the horizon. Samsung is one of […]
Read moreWhile I love ShowAnalyzer, I have to admit being a little intimidated by all of the settings with obtuse names available for creating custom scanning profiles. Now thanks to Ben, we can all tune like pros. If you you’ve ever used any automatic commercial skipping technolog you know that it isn’t 100 percent accurate. We remember our old ReplayTV […]
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Sage V7 users are in for a special treat today. PluckyHD has opened up the public beta for Sage My Movies and a couple more videos to show how cool it is. Current Release: 1.09 stvi / 1.10 api. Release Date = 07 29 2010 This is the thread for support of SageMyMovies that can be found in the […]
Read moreI have to admit that the Dune BD Prime is a very tempting media streamer/Blu-ray player, too bad the price isn’t. With big CE companies (i.e. Sony) starting to build streamer features into their decks this will be a very interesting segment in the next couple years. There are two models currently, the Dune HD Base 3.0 and the […]
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Anyone in the market for a small and sleek entry level home theater PC knows that there are many options. With so many systems at very different price points, finding the right balance between capability and dollars can be difficult. The Inspirion Zino HD from Dell certainly has the right look, and being based on AMD’s 780G chipset, the right […]
Read moreMichael Gartenberg might end up right about 3D’s viability, but his reasoning for why is all wrong when viewed in historical context. While 3D could be LaserDisc, it could also be the next phase of HD – take a look at his points: 1) Cost – Yes you will need a new TV, but even now in the first year […]
Read moreI’m not sold on the 100HT-BD’s PC look (that power button looks really bright in the pictures), but for ~$700 it’s really hard to argue with the capability it provides. Ganesh did an amazing job of testing ASRock’s Arrandale based HTPC – even if you’re not in the market for a off the shelf SFF box it’s well worth a […]
Read moreI would have liked to have seen more on picture quality and a look how colorspace is handled between the different vendors, but overall Xbit does a good job of quantitatively measuring (IMO, their HQV HD scores are a bit generous) GPU performance for HTPC use. It is almost impossible to install longer graphics cards – such as ATI […]
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