You may recall a few weeks back our news post about the fantastic driver work being done by lpn over at WeGotServed, and I’m excited to be installing the latest version which has actually been tested! Looks like he ironed out most of the kinks, and you should be good to go if you took the plunge like I did […]
Read moreWin7 Embedded has been going around for OEMs for a while now in the hopes that they will leverage the OS for an optimized Media Center experience. What I find ironic about the below video demonstrating this is that Microsoft for so long has refused to support the changing of the interface’s look & feel, but now they are going […]
Read moreThis is a fairly high level comparison of the two, but given the recent surge in reviews of the new AMD platform I thought it was beneficial. Looks like we have a nice competition brewing! The Lynx system (A3850 + Gigabyte A75 motherboard) performs well and matches the Core i3-2100T system. The first Fusion APU, the E350N, manages even lower […]
Read moreSometimes we have weeks full of awesome movies making it difficult to pick. Sometimes there just aren’t very many movies at all to pick from. THEN we have weeks like this where there are lots of movies, they just happen to be TERRIBLE. The most hyped movie of the bunch had to be Sucker Punch, from famed director Zach Snyder […]
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You just bought a fantastic new audio/video receiver (AVR) for your home theater system and you’re prepared to connect everything. Since times are tough you decided to keep your old rear projection or other HDTV since the quality is still decent and for your needs it seems to do great. If your TV is too old however, it will not […]
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This is fairly surprising and I’m sure it varies depending on your cable company, but according to the NY Times, says that the power a set top box consumes is more than a refrigerator over the course of a year. I don’t blame consumers so much as I do the CE manufacturers behind the boxes, which the Times goes into […]
Read moreNow this is why I love the community so much! The HP MediaSmart WHS series has been scrapped by HP, but that hasn’t stopped a certain forum user of taking it upon himself to fix the blinking LED issue you have if you tried upgrading to WHS2011 as I did! Not flawless success yet, but looks extremely promising! Compatible Hardware: […]
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THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED! Winner will be announced soon!! The prizes and giveaways continue, this time up, courtesy of the fine folks at Coloud.com we have a set of their Boston Bruins NHL branded Stereo Headphones! Here’s some info on these cool looking (assuming you like hockey) headphones with an MSRP of $40: The Coloud Twelve headphone is a thoroughly […]
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It looks like Google has somehow managed to convince Logitech to stay on board the Google TV train for at least one more go around. I think this is a good thing, as I would hate to see it go the way of WHS where all the major OEMs abandon it without giving it more time to develop. I’m not […]
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Scythe has been around a while now, after bursting on the scene with their awesome tower cooler. But luckily they understand the need for quiet cooling in HTPC chassis. Here’s a new one that’s pretty darned tiny. The Scythe Kozuti is the first candidate we’ve seen that might have the capability of beating one of these low profile stock coolers […]
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