Only days after Engaget confirmed that the big features most of us Media Center enthusiasts were looking for namely — H.264 support, which lays the foundation for DirecTV support and the Hauppauge HD-PVR, were not coming in the Update Pack for VMC. It is now coming out that there may indeed be a second major update to Vista Media Center before Windows 7 to include the […]
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ArcSoft has had the buzz for the last few months in the HTPC Blu-ray player world. Out of the nether regions of photo slide show software, a lesser known company, ArcSoft has developed their own Blu-ray and HD DVD playback solution called TotalMedia Theatre. It includes all the features a player should have and some features only ArcSoft has implemented. Click on for […]
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Anandtech’s preview of ATI’s newest Radeon HD 4×00 series confirms what we’ve been hearing all along. The Radeon 4×00 series finally supports proper 8-channel LPCM over HDMI Bring on the mid-range Radeon HD 4650 version! AnandTech All of AMD’s Radeon HD graphics cards have shipped with their own audio codec, but the Radeon HD 4800 series of cards finally […]
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The folks over at EngagetHD have a picture gallery up of the slick looking HP MediaSmart Connect extender. It can be a DLNA compliant extender for just about any source, or it can be an Media Center version 2 extender. It’s a sexy beast, and also subject of the upcoming webinar HP and Microsoft are holding. Our very own Missing […]
Read moreOne of my favorite sites, High Def Digest, has the scoop on a bunch of favorite movies. First up the two juicy rumors: MGM Readying Bond Titles For Blu-ray Release? HighDefDigest The French website filmsactu.com is reporting today that MGM (via its parent distributor Fox) will release a half-dozen Bond titles on Blu-ray in France on November 5, 2008. Universal Plotting […]
Read moreHere’s an oldie but a goodie I brought over from the HTPCnews days, it’s still relevant today because of the limitations of S/PDIF and the high resolution audio tracks found on the next generation formats (Blu-ray/HD DVD). So with that in mind there are some quick changes to modernize the information. What is S/PDIF? S/PDIF stands for Sony/Philips Digital Interface. It is […]
Read moreBill Hunt over at The Digital Bits had a juicy update about Lord of the Rings coming to Blu-ray and Transformers finally coming to Blu-ray. but perhaps the best bit for fans of those films on disc is direct confirmation that Jackson and company have already begun working on Blu-ray Disc versions of The Lord of the Rings films with […]
Read moreDigitimes has the scoop on AMD’s newer Phenom line-up. Some tidbits of interest for the HTPC crowd include information about new ‘e’ series lower-wattage CPUs coming out, plus, sadly, a slight delay for the Phenom X4 9150e which is the buzzworthy Phenom aimed right at HTPC uses. Digitimes The company will begin production and take orders for the low-power Phenom X4 9350e (Agena) in […]
Read moreATI quietly slipped an update for the OCUR tuners out today. The ATI TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner Firmware Update Version 1.17.1 has a group of fixes including: ‘Multiple OCUR could have the same IP address’ and ‘No TV Signal when tuning twice on the same channel.’ So it sounds worthwhile to update. Also the release notes mention that you […]
Read moreFirst up Paramount must have finished up their contract issues with Toshiba (from their HD DVD exclusivity move) because they finally announced that they will go [back] to Blu-ray on May 20th!! Hollywood Reporter Arriving in stores that day are Blu-ray Disc versions of "Face/Off," "Next" and "Bee Movie," a DreamWorks Animation title that was initially supposed to be released in […]
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