If you’re a torrent user, the next few weeks could be a little scary. While I do firmly believe that copyright holders and content creators are entitled to make money off their property, the RIAA has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that three things are for certain: 1. Suing your customers is bad for PR 2. Stopping downloaders […]
Read moreI’ve been a huge fan of Monoprice.com as a company, due to their fantastic products and prices, for a long time now. I now have another reason to love this company. Recently, Monoprice was notified of a potential security breach when a few of their customers notified them "that information from credit cards they used on the Monoprice website had […]
Read moreThe GoogleTV is gaining a lot of buzz, so here’s something that sneaked in over the UK from 3View that combines a ton of various content. I think it’s just common sense for companies to begin integrating traditional TV with IPTV…but that’s just me. The hardware consists of a STB with dual DVB-T2 HD digital TV tuners for OTA high-definition […]
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If you wanted more detail than you ever thought existed for TV’s, then HDGuru is your man, and he’s got the first 3D set from Samsung up to bat. It does a decent job especially for a first generation product. The Samsung 3D ready sets have the ability to convert normal 2D content into what we like to call “genuine […]
Read moreRemember my blog about ATI tuners in general being end of life’d, specifically the Digital Cable Tuner? Well, this FAQ posted today shows that ATI is not even bothering developing Windows 7 drivers for a number of their tuners. If you were thinking of upgrading and using ATI tuners, be very careful! Windows 7 Tuner drivers for the products listed […]
Read moreLast month we saw leaked photos of the upcoming V2 of Windows Home Server, here are some further details courtesy of the SageTV forums. Built on the RTM bits of Windows Server 2008 R2. Will come in 2 flavors, HOMESTANDARD and HOMEPREMIUM Requires an x64 Processor. Requires a minimum of 160GB primary hard drive. Server "Desktop Experience" is installed OOB […]
Read moreNot being a Netflix subscriber, I can’t personally say how I feel about this. However, the author does make some pretty valid observations about the potential impact of the USPS’ decision to discontinue Saturday delivery service. I hadn’t considered this side of it. What do you Netflix junkies think? The elimination of Saturday delivery would mean that Netflix subscribers will […]
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I have to admit, I kinda like this idea. Just think how confused visitors would be if you had this alongside an Xbox 360 Elite! This model will run on an Intel E6500 2.93GHz processor, hold 2GB RAM, a 512MB GeForce GT220 graphics card as well as HDMI out connectivity for you to hook it up to your LCD TV […]
Read moreBen Drawbaugh just published his review of the Ceton InfiniTV 4 CableCARD tuner. Check it out if you haven’t already, some interesting stuff. We don’t review many HTPC tuners around here because honestly they usually aren’t that interesting; you plug them in and they either work or they don’t, what else is there to really say about ’em? But every […]
Read moreOver the last year we Media Center enthusiasts have slowly seen Media Center, piece by piece, slip away. Last year at CES we saw the rise and fall of the Dish Network Media Center tuners. We saw Linksys discontinue their V2 Extenders , with the likes of Dlink and HP following suite right after. Last week at the Electronic House […]
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