Well this is the most depressing thing I’ve seen in a while, not that I was so excited about switching to Dish from cablecard, but just the visibility it would have brought to Media Center. Alas, twasn’t meant to be. EngadgetHD You read that right, there is no official announcement, but we’ve received a number of tipsters letting us know […]
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Japan gets all the good stuff earlier than us folks in the US. We recently saw announcements of TV’s with blu-ray recorders, but now Mitsubishi is upping the ante by including both hard drives and recorders right into their tv’s. A bit dissapointing to see only 320gb though, maybe one could upgrade themselves?! CrunchGear Mitsubishi Electric organized a big […]
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Not a bad looking setup, and you have to appreciate the lower wattage. This is one of the great things about Linux-based systems, they can be as fast as some beefier systems yet can run efficiently on much lower requirements. Still would wait and see on some benchmarks as pricing starts at $2600. CocoonTech Capable of storing up to […]
Read moreIf you’ve been looking for more control out of your movie "backups" then you might want to learn a bit more about Clown_BD, and underappreciated but extremely useful software tool to store your movies with exactly the features you need in the format you need. They’ve got a new update available with some improvements. MediaSmart Server Clown_BD will enable you […]
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This is one of those great vision ideas that I’m going to withhold judgement until something actually becomes real. But it is good to see the big providers again thinking of innovating for the benefit of the consumer (and themselves, of course). EngadgetHD The concept is that you’d get a RVU server from your content provider (like DirecTV but […]
Read moreI noticed this the other day as I migrated my main HTPC over to Windows 7, and shame on me for not even thinking twice about it. Part of the reason is that I prefer to just use 7.1 LPCM instead of passing through the bitstream, but unfortunately with HDMI and Windows 7, I have yet to figure out how […]
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Not a terrible looking case, but pretty much similar to what’s been done before by other companies. It’s 89 pounds, so that’s what, $150 US? Not terrible, but there’s a lot of competition at that price so I’m not sure this one stands out though. Read on for the full review. Xtreme Computing The Chieftec HT-01SL is a nice case, […]
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I had to post this as it caught me totally off guard. My former President of a company I used to work with had all sorts of McIntosh gear in his racks, and they’re quite impressive to look at. It’s interesting to see them take a totally different direction with an all-in-one like this….but at $7,500 it is sure to […]
Read moreInterpret this news as you wish, but I take it as another step in the progress for traditional media companies to adapt their methods to support the evolution of technology and how users are digesting content. Rather than strike against online content, fearing it will cannibalize DVD sales, NBC is embracing it and using it as motivation for the DVDs […]
Read moreYesterday when we discussed how to make your HTPC use S3 standby I pointed out that my preference is use fairly aggressive idle timers on my client and server PCs, the downside to this approach is that it can cause some undesirable side effects. Today’s topic is how to workaround some interesting design shortcommings in two popular applications to keep […]
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