One of the big stories to come out of E3 this year was the push made by Gaikai and OnLive to bring their streaming game services to Smart TV platforms and settop boxes. Indeed, OnLive has been particularly aggressive, appearing on Google TV-powered devices such as the Vizio Co-Star. The push to bring streaming games to connected devices took a […]
Read moreLooks like Hulu has completed a facelift of their site, designed for streaming television shows to your computer. In addition to TV shows, the facelift also covers their ever growing collection of movies in their library, and your ability to search and find them. The new site is pretty slick, and you can take a look now at http://new.hulu.com Hulu […]
Read moreGiada has been building their reputation for smaller form factor PC’s for a while now, and the style looks like it would fit very discreetly in one’s home or bedroom theater. This particular one utilizes Intel’s Core i5/i7 processors but NVidia graphics, which looks like it provides a good combination. Mini PC systems are great, especially for media or web […]
Read moreFor those of you who had signed up for the Ceton Companion beta a while ago, you probably have been enjoying it as much as I have. We’ve seen numerous WMC remote software over the years, but I’ve been truly impressed with what the crew at Ceton have done in such a relative short time. The app is now in […]
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As more intelligent devices begin to fill the home, the desire and need to be able to centrally control your home content is an ever present one. Skifta aims to bridge that gap as an Android-based DLNA controller as well as a player for any Android based phone or tablet. In addition to supporting local browsing and playback, Skifta also […]
Read moreNow this one was too unique to not pass along. The author had a miniscule budget and a handy PS3 remote control, and goes through the steps on making it into a remote control for an XBMC. The steps are far from basic, but hey, it seems to work! In the interest of my budget ($10, set by the soon […]
Read moreLinux XBMC users of Pulse-Eight’s HDMI CEC adapter have enjoyed an advantage over their Windows counterparts, in that it offered better support for waking the PC. Fortunately with the just released spin of libCEC (now on 1.8) and associated firmware this slight should be righted – I’ll let you know as soon as I can test it out :). While […]
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Renters, or anyone living in an older house, are painfully familiar with the problems associated with installing a proper surround sound system. There have been wireless systems around for a while, but most are targeted at the HTIB buyer and still require wired audio runs for the left, center & right main speakers – which isn’t always possible. If you […]
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Google made a number of announcements at Google I/O this year, but the most surprising was probably the announcement of the Nexus Q. The Nexus Q was the strange, little orb-shaped media streamer. The size and shape were unusual, but the surprising part was that the Nexus Q is not a Google TV device, but is instead positioned as a completely […]
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In early February, Redbox dropped a pair of bombshells. The first, the purchase of the Blockbuster Express kiosks, has come and gone and, frankly, no one really noticed, but the second bombshell, the announcement that Redbox would be teaming up with Verizon on a Netflix-like streaming service, promises to provide some lasting fodder. It took nearly five months, but the […]
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