When Intel introduced the Thin Mini-ITX form factor with the DH61AG board, we were impressed with the performance and potential of the platform; however, the innovative form factor lacked any accompanying chassis to take advantage of the extra thin profile. Fortunately, that situation is changing with the introduction of LIAN LI’s PC-Q05 which supports the new Thin Mini-ITX form factor. […]
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So the key question for us all is how will this work with Media Center? Any chance this will allow WTV files (copy-freely of course) to be transfered to mobile devices? While I’m sure some of you already use DVRMSToolbox or MCEBuddy or even Handbrake (which now reads WTV files BTW) to do this, it would sure be nice to have a simple […]
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We haven’t had a chance to take a HTPC-centric look at IVB’s HD 2500 so more traditional gaming-style reviews will have to do – stepping into that space AT takes a look at the GPU. Unfortunately, there’s no look at its capability with respect to madVR, but since they found that The 2500’s performance is tangibly worse than last year’s […]
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There’s nothing wrong with advertising per se, but I find the broadcaster’s posturing around DISH’s recent feature enabling automatic commercial skipping for Primetime TV highly objectionable. While DISH has deep pockets, and the pugnacity to put up a good fight, it shouldn’t have to go it alone – with Public Knowledge starting up a campaign to lend us a voice […]
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Cox Communications was a little slower bringing live TV streaming to the iPad than some of the other cable TV providers in the US, and the initial release of the app took a somewhat unusual approach to presenting TV listings that made it difficult to judge the relative start and stop times of programming on different channels. It would appear […]
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Sony has backed out of yet another joint manufacturing venture as part of the ongoing restructuring of the company’s unprofitable TV unit. This time Sony has parted ways with Sharp. The two companies hooked up in 2009 with plans to jointly operate factories building large LCD panels for HDTVs, with Sony taking about a 7% interest in Sharp Display Products […]
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Every so often, a case manufacturer decides to try to break the mold and release something new and different. Such efforts tend to result in, at best, niche products, but occasionally the result is so eye-catching, that I can’t help but root for it. SilverStone’s FT03 was one such case. The first time I saw a picture of the FT03 in all […]
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At this point, it seems like Internet radio has been around almost as long as the Internet itself, and yet Internet radio has never been more important as the number of streaming music services has exploded over the last few years and more of those services have worked to provide a new take on the Internet radio paradigm. The service […]
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In early February, Amazon and Viacom signed a deal to bring many of Viacom’s television programs to Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service. At the time, we noted that the deal did not include any movies and speculated that Amazon would need to ink a separate deal with Viacom-owned Paramount Pictures. Sure enough, Amazon announced this week that they have signed a three […]
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So just about a year ago I wrote up an article on how to get 10 Disney BDs for about $13 each. A year later shows you how slow the BD market is as Disney has lowered the commitment to just 3 more movies at the regular price and allows you to knock off one of those in the original […]
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