Online TV episodes eating into rerun revenue

I don't really buy this, I think the great shows will continue to be watched in every possible method. Think about how many reruns of Friends you still watch when they're on TBS?!?! The good shows will just always be watched, either via Itunes, VHS, DVD or reruns. Plus, this doesn't take into account how many NEW viewers are gained […]

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Samsung launches new quiet hard drives

With a maximum capacity of 160gb, I think Samsung's going about this the wrong way. I'm way more excited about larger capacity flash based drives than these traditional types in regards to silence…not only because of noise, but also size of the drive itself. The Tech Report The new SpinPoint S166 hard drives are regular desktop models with 3.5" form […]

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Does Chipset-to-GPU Matching Matter?

I know this article is probably more technical than we normally like to post here, but I like it because many people assume that if they buy an NVidia NForce motherboard, that naturally an Nvidia video card will provide faster performance. Tom's Hardware has a comparison up that tries to dispell this myth, which is good so that you can […]

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TiVo Plays a Trump Card: Web Smarts

I love it when the NY Times finds worthy the subject of DVRs, as there's a lot of mainstream people that still don't know very much. Here David Pogue covers some of TiVo's new features, mainly its tighter integration with web services and offerings. NY Times  The much-hyped Apple TV is a set-top box that brings your computer's music, photos […]

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Netgear’s Answer to AppleTV Reviewed

4 out of 5 stars…for an extender which costs $400? Really? I'm skeptical, but like to see some competition coming out at the same time as AppleTV so people can see what they're really missing behind the Apple media hoopla. Laptop Mag Most videos, music, and photos played perfectly fine over our home network, even though the EVA8000 does not […]

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Sony Introduces 720p Projectors for About $1,000

A 720p Projector from Sony of all manufacturers, for less than $1000? I don't know much about projectors, but this seems pretty sweet, and then the ability for you to have as large a screen as possible. So use the $1000 price to convince the wife, and then hope she ignores the $20,000 it'll cost to build the rest of […]

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