Pretty nice looking bluray player if you’re in the market. Not spectacular reviews, but we’re still in the early generations of these products, so expect a lot more improvements if you can be patient. C|Net or one, the BD10A comes with the newest firmware, which enables support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD High Resolution out of the box (BD10 owners […]
Read moreLong time coming, but it’s good to see nothing got in the way. Hopefully this will open up SOME sort of competition…or at least encourage cable techs to actually know anything they’re doing with Cable Cards. ZDNet So how will consumers be affected? The truth is there is very little benefit to this switch for consumers, some industry experts say. […]
Read moreThis really makes perfect sense, but I’m not sure how it will differentiate itself from the current STB offerings that do integrate TiVo. And wouldn’t this be competing with their own partners? Maybe this is the joy of everyone having to use CableCard now. Who knows, this is all rumors. TiVo Lovers Now Engadget is reporting that Netflix has been […]
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Does anyone even have an AppleTV here? I think it’s funny how Microsoft gets bashed all the time by their lack of "better" 3rd party apps, but Apple pretty much gets ignored the fact that they really have zero. But then again, I’d imaginge there’s a few more MCE users than AppleTV, huh 🙂 GigaOM Jaman has done a great […]
Read moreI definitely see some of our users getting excited about this news. At the very least, I think this will put the 360 on par as a more serious Extender/Playback device with the higher resolution. Let’s see how long it’ll take. Ian Dixon Interesting development on the Xbox 360 front. Cable manufacturer XCM say they are bringing out a HDMI […]
Read moreTim Ellis is up to bat this week, so if you’re interested in Home Automation, definitely check out the show & give Ian some love for all the hard work! Show Times: 00:56 Coming up this week 01:17 Email – Can you record TV direct to a NAS? see this thread 02:55 Email – How to manage your music collection […]
Read moreThese types of things always make me as nervous as they do excited. I’d advise everyone to do a system backup BEFORE installing this…..JUUUUST in case. Not that they don’t know what they’re doing, but anything is possible when talking about OS updates. Please post your success/problems with it in the forums! This is a cumulative update. This update replaces […]
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If you’re looking for another option for a SFF build, the Thermaltake VF1000BNS might be one to consider. Red & Blackness has a review of it up for you today. RB Mods Computers have gotten smaller lately and people have started buying laptops instead of desktop computers. There are smaller solutions on the market if you want a desktop computer […]
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nMedia has really had their HTPC cases around for review lately. Come take a look at this one from modders-inc.
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Perhaps this will help make inroads into getting CableCards into home-built computers or, at least, less expensive ones. News.com Intel announced Monday that it will incorporate the OpenCable standard inside a low-power consumer electronics chip slated to come out next year. This will allow those PCs or handhelds to hook up to digital cable outlets and watch the best of […]
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