This is the first article in a series as Missing Remote looks at getting the next generation HD optical formats into your HTPC. In this initial installment I discuss adding HD DVD playback to a typical Home Theater PC. While I use an HD DVD drive this article also applies to those wanting to add Blu-ray support. Digg It! The Basics The Basics You’ll need a […]
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Daewoo is the first to announce a standalone Blu-ray player that actually supports the Profile 1.1 and BD Live, essentially bringing Blu-ray’s interactive features into feature parity with HD DVD. It’s pretty slick looking to boot. RegHardware The player supports the full BD specification, including the ability to access BD Live online content, to present picture-in-picture material and deliver BD’s interactivity […]
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Finally one of the cheap Chinese vendors, as rumored earlier this year, has actually introduced an HD DVD player today. No MSRP details yet, nor are the exact specs, but it’s a pretty safe bet this is based on the Broadcom/MS SoC reference design and is the probably just the first of quite a few more vendors using the same […]
Read moreHere’s a great rundown of the common misinformation or straight out disinformation spread around by laymen and your neighborhood brick and mortar electronics store. David Loves Life It pains me to surf the Internet and read the horror stories of people buying a Vizio at Wal-Mart, plugging it into analogue cable and wondering why “this new fancy HD” looks like […]
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It wasn’t that long ago, we HTPC users were left out out of the high definition loop, sure we could get over the air HDTV, but that was it. Slowly HDCP enabled video cards became a common item. Vista and CableCARD support allowed people with the right PC to finally get premium HD content, and HD DVD and Blu-ray playback […]
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Those of you who followed us over from HTPCnews will remember the basics of this guide. I’ve been at it again and written a brand new TV tuner card guide. With analog TV quality becoming less of an issue (most venders have it right now), and the addition of HDTV tuning becoming the standard (thanks in part to the March 2009 deadline). […]
Read moreA small sign of the HD formats going closer to mainstream. High Def Digest High-def has notched up another milestone, with combined Blu-ray and HD DVD disc sales overtaking VHS during the first half of 2007.
Read moreSo let’s make this quick and easy, this little box has HDMI and is ready to have a Blu-ray or HD DVD drive added to it. For a little bit more you can get whichever flavor of video card, AMD/ATI or NVIDIA, you’d like to ensure smooth MPEG-4 AVC [H.264] playback from the latest batch of HD DVD/Blu-ray releases. Read on for […]
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As you may recall the FCC has mandated that in 2009 all analog TV will cease in the USA; any TVs, DVRs, etc. made from this point forward must also include an ATSC tuner. Vista View is the latest vendor to update their product line with a modern combination ATSC/NTSC tuner card. How will it stack up against the competition? Read on […]
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