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I found this news out first hand this morning… 🙁  It seems all of the first generations zunes (zune 30) are locking up hard at the boot screen.  I don’t have a clue how MS will fix this one as they don’t response to any reset button presses.  Will MS have to actually have customers open up the zune or […]

These might not be everyone’s cup-of-tea but the Chief Rocker looks to be a viable alternative or addition to high-end seating solutions for one’s home entertainment room.   I was a bit skeptical when I heard about the Sumo Chief Rocker, mainly because I thought that the frame would make it very uncomfortable, but I was wrong as it is […]

I love this, more negative press for Comcast and the sham they’re making of the entire Cable Card world. I still will never forget my phone conversation with a Comcast Billing agent who made it clear that it would be cheaper for me to rent THEIR stb instead of using my cable cards in my Media Center.   In addition, […]

  Okoro Media Unleashes Intel i7 Core Media Centers Okoro Media Systems, manufacturer of digital entertainment systems for the high end audio video market, is pleased to announce the availability of the Intel’s new i7 Core processing technology to our high-end 2009 Digital Entertainment Systems. Keeping with our mission of bringing the latest in cutting edge technology, our i7 Core […]

We’re giving away an Envive TheaterStation Media Server, in a 1 TB flavor on http://www.movie-list.com/. We thought this would be a great opportunity for your readers, and yourselves, to potentially win one of our $3K Media Servers. There is a static sign-up link on the right side of the page. At some point, we’d love to do a give-away through […]

Atom + 9400M = the ultimate low power, low noise, small form factor HTPC client?!    Atom is honestly fast enough for many tasks, delivering the performance of a mainstream notebook from 4 years ago. The problem is that there are some applications that are commonplace today that can’t run on Atom. HD video playback isn’t possible on Atom + […]

Been a while since I’ve seen a TV review listed here.  So here’s one for you guys to check out.   We have been testing the Toshiba Regza 32RV530U 32" for a few weeks now and we are quite pleased with the entire product. The build quality of this television is very nice, the picture quality is superb, good audio […]

Hi, I want share with community the new release of this superb software for catalog Movies/Dvd/Tv Shows collections. With the integration of Video Browser software now can also show movies and TV Shows on Windows Media Center (Vista)  Take a look to www.binaryworks.it/extrememoviemanager/   Hi, I want share with community the new release of this superb software for catalog Movies/Dvd/Tv […]

Gee… I hope htpc_user and I didn’t cause this !  😉   Sadly, it seems they really have. DirecTV has sent out an email stating the following: "DirecTV has suspended the development of the HDPC-20 tuner project… [EngadgetHD]  

  QNAP Systems, Inc. today unveils the new firmware version 2.1.0 for the high performance TS-509 Pro Turbo NAS to support iSCSI target service and a number of security solutions, e.g. AES 256-bit volume-based encryption, automatic policy-based IP blocking, instant SMS alert, and the powerful Surveillance Station for live video monitoring and recording of up to 4 network cameras. The new […]