Have to admit that deals like this really take some of the excitement away from the similar $10 blu-ray deals at your local brick and mortar on black friday. And of course, no long lines or waiting through Amazon. As always, full disclosure, this is a referral link, so any item you buy through this does help the site out. […]
Read moreBefore you see the link to Gizmodo and freak out, know that Gizmodo got help from THE HdGuru expert himself to compile this list. As always, consult your budget and needs accordingly before you take any of these lists too seriously, but some sweet looking displays here indeed. Gizmodo You know it’s been a weird year for TVs when not […]
Read moreRemember the debate that’s been going on for a while, whether those "Extender" devices like Popcorn Hour were so much better than clunky HTPC Clients like the ASRock ION? Well, my ION sure can still play YouTube…Popcorn Hour can’t anymore. It’s disappointing but frankly not all that surprising. GeekTonic Syabas, makers of the Popcorn Hour media players is telling its […]
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Mini-ITX is really gaining steam with the help of improved hardware accelerated chipsets, to allow you to build equally capable systems in a super small configuration. Thermaltake joins the party with this slick little guy, which I think looks better horizontally than vertically. Legit Reviews From the pictures you can see the SD100’s clean and simple exterior. With a […]
Read moreYou can hear the praises of the rookie TV shopper at your local shop looking for the right cable! With the HDMI specification constantly–and annoyingly–evolving it was high time someone did something to translate the different revisions to the average consumers. This is at least a step in the right direction. Next step–tell everyone about Monoprice.com! C|Net According to the […]
Read moreIt’s Thursday! The week is almost over so it’s time to get caught up on all your favorite podcasts from the week! link=http://thedigitallifestyle.com/cs/blogs/ian/archive/2009/11/19/podcast-the-media-center-show-231-tagging-your-photos.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheDigitalLifestyle+%28The+Digital+Lifestyle+and+Media+Center+Show%29 [The Media Center Show #231 – Tagging your photos This week on the show long term listener Brian Frost talks photo tagging and how to get the most of your photos in Windows Media Center. Brian has […]
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Mmmm…multi-zone audio. I wish I had a large enough house to have to worry about this. But for those that do, CasaTunes makes use of the good ol Silverstone chassis to brand it’s own client units to make your audio life easier. SlashGear The XLi supports up to six output zones and the XLe supports up to 12 and […]
Read moreMost of you running WHS are probably already using this, but in case you haven’t Power Pack 3 has some nice improvements if you use the TV functionality of your Windows MCE system. A couple other updates as well, still not sure why it took so long to release. MediaSmartServer.net The primary focus of Power Pack 3 is to improve […]
Read moreIn case you missed it, yesterday there was an announcement of a new plugin for Media Center called MadeForMediaCenter.com. The concept is less than revolutionary–having an online repository where you can download apps for your Media Center as simple as the App Store works on the iPhone, and basically how Meedio had their plugin store–but for one reason or another, […]
Read moreAnother win for Netflix, as they are active in a couple Sony devices. They have really ramped up on devices and it’s pretty awesome for consumers. PRNewsWire Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), the world’s largest online movie rental service, today announced that Netflix members can now instantly watch thousands of movies and TV episodes streamed from Netflix directly to TVs via […]
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