Sorry for the late posting of the podcast roundup, traveling for work this week, but it’s here! Is it just me or is there a TON of podcasts in the past week. Guess it’s the month of October, including one of my favorites–HTPCentric! Enjoy! Joining us this month is Brent Evans of Geektonic.com. Brent’s been a SageTV user for some […]
Read moreThere’s been so much news about the new GoogleTV box since they had their press showing this week, but I’ve been tentative to comment on anything until something more concrete came around. Here’s engadget’s details on it, and it’s much more in depth than what I’ve seen. I’ve been skeptical of the GoogleTV box since I first heard about it’s […]
Read moreNot sure how nobody else posted it, but one of my favorite podcast guys and fellow HTPC geeks at TheDigitalMediaZone are having a wonderful contest full of great prizes. To participate you make a donation to Child’s Play Charity organization, and then you have a chance to win some great stuff! Go help a good cause and hey, maybe you’ll […]
Read moreNow here’s a pretty darned cool take at an HTPC enclosure. It’s not your traditional HTPC-style case mod, but it is effective in noise suppression and the user does use a Zotac board. I’m not a Bioshock player but this would be pretty awesome. I’ve wanted to make a mineral oil PC for a couple years now. Not necessarily because […]
Read moreNot a ton of new releases this week, but lots of classics coming out with Blu-ray versions for your enjoyment. The Last of The Mohicans was a phenomenal film, as was Rocky and the Exorcist of course. New releases include the way overrated Karate Kid, which in my opinion is an awful rehash of the original. Haven’t seen Splice or […]
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Wanted to thank everyone for participating in our poll last week. It was very interesting watching the poll results come in and seeing the final results. In case you missed them, here’s the results: Almost 400 people participated and surprising myself, SageTV came out ahead of everyone with 44% of the votes. Windows 7 Media Center was just […]
Read moreIn looking at this slideshow, I’m a bit underwhelmed really. A lot of rehashes from previous years, and an awful lot of speakers, but nothing with a real wow factor IMO. I’ve seen and heard Martin Logan’s though, and they are impressive…so I’ll start you all with their pick. MartinLogan’s electrostatic models are made for showing off in media rooms […]
Read moreCouple of podcasts covering CEDIA’s high end show. Enjoy! The summer blockbusters have started making their way to Blu-ray and DVD and we’ve got the lowdown for you starting this week. It’s been a long dry summer but we’re finally getting some quality content and a good number you’ll want to consider adding to your collection. [The Movie Podcast: Sept. […]
Read moreI was most interested in the ESPN portion of this and unfortunately am a bit underwhelmed, although the inclusion of avatars makes it somewhat interesting. The Netflix interface is pretty slick however, but again…if you have a dedicated HTPC you won’t be switching over to the console full-time for any of these features anyways. Still I think it’s a good […]
Read moreHere’s Zotac’s latest cool SFF system featuring NVidia’s ION chipset. Pretty slick enclosure which seems to be able to handle fairly high image resolution without issues. The baseline system (2GB of DDR2-800 memory and a 250GB 5400RPM hard drive) is plenty powerful for basic tasks along with 720p/1080p video playback, but the barebones option would allow you to install 4GB […]
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