Server upgrade

Tongue Out

Well, I’m afraid to say that this blog entry isn’t directly about Mythtv.  This one is about the new hardware I just added into my server.  So here’s the baseline, pre-upgrade: Biostar 6100-based motherboard, AMD 3800+ X2 CPU 1 or 2 GB of RAM (I forget how much) 1x 8GB Western Digital IDE hard drive 4x 400GB Samsung SATA hard […]

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Patriot Launches their Box Office All-In-One HD Media Player

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Fremont, California, USA, October 13, 2009 – Patriot Memory, a global pioneer in high-performance memory, NAND flash and computer technology, today introduced the new Box Office all-in-one High Definition media player. Patriot has simplified playing and accessing your digital library, bridging the gap between your digital media and your Home Theater. The Patriot Box Office offers an easy way to […]

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Funai Will Have CinemaNow on Future TVs, Blu-ray Players

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Do you guys remember CinemaNow’s movie offering? How about Funai television sets? Well, hopefully the combination of the two will make them more memorable. CinemaNow was actually one of the first online streaming video sites (there was even an MCE 2005 plugin), but has really lost traction with Netflix. Hopefully this helps them regain a bit.   HomeMediaMag “We are […]

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Blockbuster VOD now live on TiVo

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And the integration of online services continues…this time with Blockbuster teaming up with TiVo. Interesting to see, given that TiVo already supports Netflix. I like it though, give the consumers the powers and let them decide based on quality not on which box they happened to have with X service.     ZnF Typical digital movie pricing and rental terms […]

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Toshiba REGZA 46SV670U LED LCD Television Review

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Toshiba has itself another quality set here, although there is some marketing fluff added in with some of the specs. Doesn’t make it any less quality, but just something to make sure you pay attention to if you’re in the market.   Audioholics One of the more revealing tests we performed on the REGZA 46SV670U was the Rainbow Dither 2/3 […]

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