When the heck did receivers start becoming BIGGER than computers? I can’t get over the size of this Sony receiver. I admit it’s got impressive specs, but at this rate, we’re just going to need a company to develop a multi-input card for the PC so that we can just hook up all of our A/V equipment directly and forego […]
Read moreDisplay port is coming, display port is coming… Let’s all go buy new TV’s again!!! Engadget It’s on HDMI fans, the first LCD panel sporting a VESA-approved DisplayPort 1.1 jack was just announced by Samsung — a world’s first. The 30-inch LCD pumps a 2,560 x 1,600 pixels with a 10-bit color depth at a smokin’ data rate of 10.8Gbps […]
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ARS took a very in-depth look at the Tivo Series 3 and came back with some interesting results. I don’t want to give it away, but they had quite a bit to say about the experience. ArsTechnica The installation went smoothly. All HDTV channels were available after installation, and the channel listing guide integrated both the cable TV lineup and […]
Read moreI’m not quite sure how this matches up to Transcode360, but looks like it has similar functionality, and even a little more. It’ll be interesting to see some tests between the two. Hopefully some competition will make for a better experience…at least until Extenders work with these files by default. eHomeUpgrade VME is a new application that allows you to […]
Read moreThere’s a new Tivo in Town. Do people care anymore? ArsTechnica TiVo HD does lose some of the finer points of the regular Series 3, namely the OLED display, the fancier Glo remote, and THX certification. There’s also a 90GB drop in HD size which shaves more than 10 hours of HD recording time off of the device. However, external storage […]
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The Tivo HD reviews are starting to pop up. I hijacked the links from over at Engadget. I’m really looking forward to the ARS review, since they tend to look at things pretty intensively. PC World Review CNET Review PC Magazine Review
Read moreTalk about a battle to the death! Here I thought that lower prices would be a GOOD thing for Netflix! But, analysts and Wall Street disagree, so into the depths goes the Netflix stock price. Long term, I think they’re doing the right thing in their battle with Blockbuster, but all investors care about are earnings outlooks. MSNBC To make […]
Read moreAnand has published an HD video comparison between AMD and Nvidia, which includes the HQV tests. In the AMD corner: the 2400, 2600, and 2900 and in the Nvidia corner: the 8600 and 8800. My only complaint at the moment is regarding a comment about the 8500 and HD video and the fact that the 8500 wasn’t even in the […]
Read moreEngadget managed to get a brief Q&A session with one of Tivo’s people and brought back some decent information, such as why it’s not THX certified, as well as a fairly long list of features that will be disabled at launch. Engadget Unlike the Series3, the HD will have out of the box M-Card (multi-stream CableCARD) compatibility.
Read moreTerracode has a review of WHS for his home server project. The site’s a little slow at the moment, probably due to it being referenced over at Engadget. A very screenshot intensive review, so hopefully it’ll give people a good idea of what to expect. Terracode] }Only one network card is supported per Microsoft since Network Load Balancing using multiple […]
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