Plex is pretty sexy for Mac users, and they’ve been working hard on the next version. While you wait, here are some teasers of some skins some developers have created…pretty sweet stuff. As if helping us with MediaStream wasn’t enough, they also have their hands in their own skins as well as Plex ports of other skins, such […]
Read morePretty interesting report here on how people are digesting content. No surprise that the older crowd is much more stuck on actual Live TV watching than the younger crowd, but the numbers for TV are still over 50%. Wonder how long before that drops even more. The alternatives to live TV are growing and basic cable […]
Read moreThis, dear friends, is a sad, sad day. ATI, the name of hope for all PC gamers who were sick and tired of NVIDIA rebadging the same GPU over the past couple of years, is to be no more. The callous souls over at AMD have decided that our little consumer brains aren’t sophisticated enough to handle two awesome […]
Read moreIt’s not very often that something lives up to the "Ultimate" billing (cough… Vista), but GeekTonic’s guide to the fall TV schedule does it in spades. If you’re like me and never watch commercials this is how I find out what’s new. Here’s how this works. With this post you get a listing of all of the major US […]
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Those familiar with SageTV know that one of its major strengths is an consumer electroincs (CE) style extender, the STP-HD200, which really extends the entire experience – supporting everything from DVDs with menu support, to BDMV (Blu-ray folders) and MKV with PGS (aka Blu-ray) subtitles. The STP-HD200 was not perfect however, especially for those who use standby on the […]
Read moreIt feels like I post an article like this every year, but being a football fan and getting ready for the season always just gets me in the mood! I’d love to have any of these houses, let alone their theaters! Click over for 14 other theaters… This homeowner had included a multiple display setup in a previous home theater. […]
Read moreSlow news day, but this cracked me up. I grew up with a Commodore64, so how cool would it be to use one and put it next to your TV? Then throw a C64 emulator on there, play a little Summer Olympics…and let the good times roll. Inside that iconic case it has an Intel Atom 525 CPU with […]
Read moreI was surprised nobody else posted this, but our friends at Boxee continue churning out nice improvements, this time with some nice Movie Libraries. Still awesome, and still FREEEEE So just to recap: Boxee now has a movie library it has thousands of movies from multiple sources the movie library has titles available for users around the globe we’re still […]
Read moreStar Wars on Blu-ray got a fair amount of discussion this week, along with plenty of other great home theater topics. Enjoy! Blu-ray revenue and market share finally make a small resurgence with the first positive revenue change in a month and best market share since June 20. On the sales front, Date Night takes the top spot in both […]
Read moreSilence is definitely golden in your home theater pc, so a power supply is one place where many people look to quiet. Honestly though, I wasn’t even aware there were even this many fanless power supplies still being made. With 120mm PSU’s dominating the market while being very quiet and helping cool, the demand for 100% silent really has diminished. […]
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