Understanding HDTV Aspect Ratio

This question is frequently asked, and it’s referring to the black bars you see on top and bottom of movies on your widescreen TV. Well here’s a good guide on just why they exist and how it actually is a good thing as it lets you see the whole picture. Not that big of a deal, right? Barely noticeable bars. […]

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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex TV

In this day and age of media players, I’m not sure this Seagate media player is worth a serious look at $159 without a hard drive, especially given how many comparable ones are at that (and lower) price range. But Seagate does an admirable job with the UI and design, so take a look. The GoFlex TV is shaped like […]

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Samsung PN58C6400 Plasma HDTV

Here’s a review of a Samsung display, and quoted within is our very own Aaron, Andrew & Mikinho! Great review as always, although I think the focus on power consumption is blown a bit out of proportion since it varies so much depending on your settings and what you’re watching. Well worth a read nonetheless. The Samsung PN58C6400 is a […]

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Blu-ray Releases – March 1, 2011

Can you believe it’s March already? Well some cool movies here. I was really tempted to pick 127 Hours as my pick of the week given all the rave reviews I’ve read about it, but having not seen it yet just didn’t feel bad. You have to really like Johnny Depp to invest in a 7-disc set of the Pirates […]

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My Movies 4.0

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Long time readers of MissingRemote will remember a popular review we did in 2009 where some of the top Windows Media Center movie plugins are pitted against each other, and how My Movies 3.0 emerged as my personal favorite. My Movies has always been a movie management system which unlike some plugins, includes a fully user manageable server with a […]

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Intel Core i5-2400S and DH67GD Micro-ATX Motherboard

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Having previously examined both the 95 and 35 watt extremes in the Sandy Bridge CPU lineup, we now turn our focus to the 65 watt 2.5GHz Intel Core i5-2400S and Media Series DH67GD micro-ATX motherboard with built in IEEE 1394a (FireWire) support.  With the basic capability questions already answered, let’s find out if by providing four physical cores with lower […]

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Congratulations to DennisHalling and DavidStein!

Congratulations to our last two winners of the Patriot PBO Core Media Player and the GlideTV! User DennisHalling won the PBO Core DavidStein won the GlideTV Navigator You should both be receiving an e-mail from me shortly requesting information. Congratuations to both of you, and worry not everyone else, we STILL have more prizes upcoming!

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A.C. Ryan Playon!HD2 media player

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ACRyan isn’t as big a name as D-Link or some other extender devices, but they’ve been making a name for themselves with some pretty powerful units. Don’t forget, if you’re in the market or curious about these devices, we have our Media Player Comparison Guide for your reading pleasure. Changes are more than minorly cosmetic, as the Playon!HD2, on top […]

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SilverStone Milo ML03 HTPC

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If you listened to our podcast, you’ll know I’m a big fan of Silverstone HTPC cases. Even in the midst of lots of competitors they have continued developing HTPC-style cases. This one however…not one of my favorites, just way too basic IMO. With all attention this week being turned to finishing up Phoronix Test Suite 3.0-Iveland and OpenBenchmarking.org for its […]

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