amd athlon 4850e & 780g as htpc platform

Here’s an outsiders take on a good HTPC.  It’s definitely a decent hardware choice but it’s interesting to see no video playback benchmarks for an HTPC specific article…  Oh well.  Go take a look anyway. Tweak Town While hardcore make up a percentage, it’s not the biggest out there; office systems make up most of the PCs out there today, […]

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10 Speakers to be Heard, Not Seen

Are you looking for speakers that can be hidden away in your walls? Electronic House sends word they have an article up that should solve your needs. Electronic House The hidden speaker keeps the walls, ceilings, and outdoor spaces of our homes looking unblemished and tidy. With wires tucked neatly away and blend-in designs made to fool even the most […]

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DIYer Puts Theater PC to Work

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EH has another great article about a DIY who made a kick ass home theater. Electronic House He hardly had a choice. With almost 10 years experience in software design and development, you can’t just put the PC aside when it comes to other areas of life. His past experience also helped; instead of adding a confusing piece of equipment […]

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Pair of Blu-ray news releases

First up Paramount must have finished up their contract issues with Toshiba (from their HD DVD exclusivity move) because they finally announced that they will go [back] to Blu-ray on May 20th!! Hollywood Reporter Arriving in stores that day are Blu-ray Disc versions of "Face/Off," "Next" and "Bee Movie," a DreamWorks Animation title that was initially supposed to be released in […]

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ArcSoft TotalMediaT Theatre Receives BD-Live (Profile 2.0) Certification

Fremont, CA – April 28, 2008. ArcSoft, Inc. announced today that ArcSoft TotalMedia™ Theatre received BD-Live (Profile 2.0) Certification from the Blu-ray Disc Association on April 24, 2008, the first certification of any PC desktop software from any developer in the world. ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre is Windows XP and Vista compatible software that now complies with the stringent standards and […]

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Just how Strongly Do You Feel About Net Neutrality?

So this is what happens when LowTech has to sit around the house all afternoon waiting for the plumbers to show up, I cruise the internets (a series of tubes dont-cha know) and find all sorts of interesting articles. This one in particular comes from across the pond and describes one young lady’s fight to protect net neutrality.   Be forewarned, […]

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Gyration In-Air Media Center Remote

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A short review of the Gyration remote. Extreme MHz Gyration, a company respected for their presentation and other unique input devices, has taken your average remote to another level. Their Universal Media Center Remote sports their unique motion-sensing technology to provide in-air cursor control, providing true wireless mouse control via a more reliable 2.4GHz frequency  

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Seagate First to Ship 1 Billion HDDs

I wonder if they counted the Maxtor line in the 1 billion? PR Newswire Consider this: the 1 billion hard drives Seagate has delivered equates to approximately 79 million terabytes, able to store 158 billion hours of digital video or 1.2 trillion hours of your favorite music.

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SpeedFan Version 4.34 Released

I know a lot of people use SpeedFan to keep their HTPC’s quiet.  New version released a couple of days ago. Speedfan Lot of fixes, code improvements and optimizations. Added support for a lot of new hardware, including a lot of nVidia graphic cards (up to, but excluding 8xxx), SMBuses and sensors. Greatly improved Intel CORE and AMD K10 internal […]

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The Truth About “High-End” Cables?

EH has a new article up about "high-end" cables! We all know you don’t want to be monstorized! Electronic House So you’ve just spent a bundle on a new HDTV or a home theater system. You’re about to head for the register, and the salesperson suggests that since you’ve invested so much in your system, it needs expensive cables to […]

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