The CEDIA expo is coming up next month (September 8-12), and it’s one of the largest shows all year for consumer electronics corporations. Ben Drawbaugh from EngadgetHD looks to get the jump on the announcements with a couple of predictions for the show, some conservative and some far out there. No doubt I’d be a happy camper if all of […]
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Did you know that there are more options to launching Windows Media Center in Windows 7 than just arriving at the start menu? Microsoft has tossed in a bunch of hidden switches (not sure why they’re called switches) that fellow Media Center MVP and MissingRemote contributor Andrew Cherry has discovered and passed along. The purpose of these is simple–say you […]
Read moreYou probably already knew that Wal-Mart has started selling a sub-$100 blu-ray player, but to hopefully satisfy those people unable to find that one Wal-Mart (exclusively) is offering a sub-$200 blu-ray player from Vizio. FormatWarCentral got their hands on one and have prepared a little video unboxing of the unit for your pleasure. I agree with the reviewer, it’s pretty […]
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Anyone out there using Plex? It looks pretty slick from what I’ve seen, unfortunately I don’t have a Mac and I doubt a netbook with Hackintosh would do it much justice. Anyhow I digress, for those who ARE using the software for Mac, there are some new plugins to make your life easy. A lot are designed by the same […]
Read moreAnother good week of releases coming up. I’ve been waiting to see "I Love You, Man" for a while, it’s received some great reviews and I just want to see the guy from Freaks & Geeks battle Lou Ferragamo! A classic for its time, I’m sure some of you are St. Elmo Fire fans. I still haven’t watched it…but it’s […]
Read moreFellow MVP Niall Ginsbourg–creator of some great Media Center plugins like Big Screen Headlines and Big Screen Weather–has continued his hard work on his new (and very popular) Big Screen EPG, a tool designed to help you import customized EPG guide data into Media Center. New version is available with a lot of updates. BigScreenGlobal The changes in the version […]
Read moreI’m not a fan of iTunes, so this doesn’t really get my juices flowing, but I know some of you iPod users are stuck with it and may actually like it. If so, maybe some good news for you with Blu-ray and a variety of other features rumored in the upcoming version. Apple Insider "One of the new additions to […]
Read moreImagine a single hard drive of 2.5TB!! That would mean I could potentially get my HP MediaSmart Server up to 10 TERABYTES with only FOUR DRIVES!!! Pretty darned insane. They’re also working on laptop drives in the 640gb range…but I figured the 2.5 terabytes would impress you guys more. Electronista The storage firm is currently going through qualification tests of […]
Read moreI don’t often post TV news here, but given how long I have been a fan of At the Movies (formerly Ebert & Roeper, formerly Siskel & Ebert) I figured I wasn’t the only one who watched this weekly movie review show. I was never really a fan of what Ebert had to say, but definitely miss Gene Siskel (RIP) […]
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Oppo are some fantastic players and at really good prices. My parents have an Oppo DVD player and couldn’t be happier (my dad was a former Sony fanboy), so that’s saying a lot. Read the review and decide for yourself, of course…I’m keeping my HTPC 🙂 High Def Digest At $499, the OPPO BDP-83 is a high-end Blu-ray player […]
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