Lots of good podcasts today, but still feels weird to not have TheMedia Center Show since it was released earlier this week. Still some great selections here to help round out your week. Enjoy. The Custom Integrator Show Installment 01A This installment is the first of two providing an overview of the different 3-D technologies. While still an emerging market […]
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Panasonic is continuing in their popular line of plasmas with some healthy sized releases. So far the word on these has been phenomenal (previous models) so these will hopefully continue where they left off. No word of pricing or release, but you can imagine they won’t be the cheaper models. EngadgetHD Panasonic has managed to confess that two new V10 […]
Read morePart 2 is up of this great rundown of codecs over at The Digital Media Zone, covering topics such as DiVx and XVid codecs and how they differ. DMZ The important thing to remember with these codecs is the flexibility. With the ability to render video for low-resolution security cameras all the way up to HD content, as well as […]
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I guess the vail has been pulled on this remote. I’ve been actively using this for quite some time for testing and can say it’s pretty darned reliable. Not ready to drop my 890 for it (I actually use the RF) but the feature set is pretty complete. Don’t worry, expect a full review once we get closer to launch. […]
Read moreGreat news for cablecard users around the country, as those multi-hundred dollar tuner investments might actually remain useful for a bit longer. The dreaded SDV is apparantly handled and supported with tuning adapters if your cable provider issues the switch. Note, this does require the new 1.19 firmware with no ETA…but one would guess it would be in time for […]
Read moreNormally I read these types of reports and shrug them off, but I agree with Engadget that this one is actually true and hopefully by coming from the folks at THX will empower consumers to learn more about their expensive TV sets, and save money in the process. As a lot of people know, the super backlit settings that your […]
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Nice price point on a small client device here from Mvix, but I’d be concerned about the power sacrifices you’re making by not going ION here as the AMD Dualcore CPU is almost certainly going to draw more watts than a comparable Atom chip. But it’s small enough. Full specs through the link. eHomeUpgrade Unlike the current crop of […]
Read moreThis is interesting but not sure it matters in the whole scheme of things. Considering the average PS3 owner is a 28-year old male who probably enjoys technology anyways…and probably own either Iron Man or Transformers on Blu-ray. So it could be slightly skewed. Joystiq SCEA’s Eric Lempel spoke with Variety’s Video Business, and he said that a significant majority […]
Read moreBoy does this sound just awful. Any time a group of corporations are trying to do something that they can’t clearly explain why it’s clearly beneficial to the consumers, is probably not going to. ArsTechnica The Motion Picture Association of America has once again asked the Federal Communications Commission for the right to selectively control output streams to the TV […]
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First, the good news–it looks like after more than a full year since their press release announcing the product, the (newly named) Home Theater HD is finally being released. Unfortunately even after that long a delay it still seems there are some big issues with these types of cards. While the ASUS Xonar HDAV was initially buggy, they have used […]
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