Silverstone has been in the HTPC case business for a long time now. Although this case isn’t exactly new, Benchmark Reviews took the LC10B-E for a spin. HTPC cases, as well as HTPCs themselves, can be customized to fulfill various roles. As I mentioned in the intro, there are some situations in which a small, book-size Atom ITX system […]
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As you are likely aware of by now, the United States is about to go through a changeover from analog Over-The-Air (OTA) broadcasts to Digital. We at MissingRemote.com would like to make sure that all of our affected readers are prepared for this to happen. If you are receiving your TV signals OTA and if you are tuning them with […]
Read moreIt seems that these days, in one form or another, most of us have portable MP3 players. Whether they are 1 or 2 gig players or larger 120 gig players, audio only or video and touch screen, MP3 players are everywhere today, especially with the younger crowd. For a long time, I’ve been watching the MP3 player market waiting for […]
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With the change over to digital television coming ever closer in the US, it is important to be aware of some of the options out there for digital converter boxes. Today we will have a look at an offering from Winegard. Specifications For your viewing pleasure, we start off with a video of the unboxing of the converter […]
Read moreWhile I have not seen anything official yet, there are lots of rumors floating around right now that the show Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is on the chopping block. This makes me very unhappy because it is one of the few shows that I’m actually interested in this season. What is making me even more unhappy is that the […]
Read moreThis isn’t really directly related to HTPCs but I thought that it was a very interesting comparison. I think it’s worth a look. The only question is whether or not one can justify the purchase of what can only be described as a very expensive and relatively small hard disk drive. On one hand, both iRam and ANS-9010 are […]
Read moreHere’s another board that I’d like to get my hands on. This review only does MPEG2, MPEG4 and 720p video clips but it looks to still be a nice board for an HTPC client system. Now it’s down to the rear I/O ports. ZOTAC has done an even better job on this board than any previous ITX offering. First […]
Read moreI would still love to get my hands on one of these Nvidia ION platforms. Here’s another article that covers the reference platform. They run some benchmarks on it, play some games, then run some video clips, followed up with some power measurements. All in all, not a bad review. I downloaded and ran the 1080P trailer for the […]
Read moreMy family and I have been on vacation for the last week visiting my mother-in-law. It’s been a great trip. We got to see lots of scenery, have lots of experiences, and in general, expose our daughter to lots of stuff she hasn’t seen before. Some of those things I could live without. What am I talking about? Commercials! After […]
Read morePrices and content of Comcast, MN and Verison FIOS, CA.
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