When I first saw report of a home networking kit that utilized coaxial cable it made such perfect sense. Along the same lines as powerline networking, these MoCA kits leverage the existing coaxial cables already run to most rooms in a house to connect ethernet-based devices. Really convenient if for some reason wireless isn’t as fast or reliable as necessary. […]
Read moreI don’t find this as big a deal as calling it a "famine" but I do understand that the changes in the world and technologies will require these companies to evolve. The same viewership and money is still out there, people didn’t suddenly stop enjoying entertaining programming, it’s just the method which they digest it which has and these corporations […]
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Here’s a winner in the $100-250,000 range for home theaters (wow). It’s not my style at all, but I just need to hang out by the bar and I’m good. The color scheme is just a bit too antiquated for my liking. Electronic House When those curtains are drawn, the homeowners can sit awestruck at their 110-inch Draper screen, […]
Read moreRather than post these separately, I figured I’d just combine all of the podcasts I found for today. Covering all sorts of topics you may be interested, from Mobile to Custom Integrators to Windows Home Server…better than radio after all! Happy Friday everyone. Custom Integrator Show In this Installment, Ian and I wrap up our series of Podcasts covering […]
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PMCE stood for Portable Media Centers, for those who weren’t around during those glory days. I’m a bit sad but not all that surprised by this announcement of its specifications. The ZuneHD is primarily going to be marketed as obtaining all your content via the Zune Store, which makes sense financially, but it doesn’t mean these types of things don’t […]
Read moreThe gang at HDTV Magazine have their latest podcast up, this week covering the topic of whole home audio. Specifically the cover the usage of Apple ingredients which is relatively simple, pairing iTunes with an iPod Touch as the remote and then a variety of different systems or speakers around the house. Not the way I’d go, but apparantly effective. […]
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Boy if this doesn’t just get people to be excited about using your store. How on earth does this not fall into anti-competitive practice? I love the justification he gives, saying the 30-day window against kiosks (aka competition) gives a "unique vending" opportunity. I’m no genius, but pretty sure that translates into "monopoly" no matter how you pretty it up. […]
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There is a certain audience that enjoys nostalgic period pieces and furniture around their house who will look at this chassis offering from nMedia and simply fall in love with it. It’s an ode to the antique radios and appears to be pretty well made, albeit out of wood. You can buy it for $110, or for more money, time […]
Read moreIs it just me or does anyone else feel like there’s been an awful lot of news–both good and bad–around all the various players in the movie rental business? I can’t wait for the day when it’s all done digitally and see how Blockbuster tries to play catchup. I also wonder what impact they have had in all the recent […]
Read moreAnother blow for Redbox, and what a wild week it has been for them. First Fox gets all huffy , and now Warner is. Redbox was quick to reply that they would not settle for the delay with Fox and would continue to offer the popular titles as soon as they can, I imagine a similar announcement will be made […]
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