The LCD market has EXPLODED due to the influx of cheap LCDs on the market. Electronic House takes a look at pros and cons of buying a cheap LCD. Electronic House Image Quality – While the price of LCD flat panels continues to drop, the image quality of LCD HDTVs in the 26-in or below size has diminished somewhat also. […]
Read moreNow stop me if you have heard this one before! What do you get when you cross a tuner card and a video card? Yah, I have no idea! I wonder what it is? Just when you think the All-In-Wonder is dead, ATI drags it from the depths of despair and add HD to the title. The AIW of years […]
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You may have recently seen or heard about a new upcoming device from ZeeVee called the ZvBox. The idea behind it is simple–connect your computer to the box via VGA, and connect it directly to the coax TV cable from any room in your house. Then tune to the Zv channel and you will see a high resolution of your […]
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It was recently announced, that the Media Center world has been lucky enough to gain a few new online spotlight programs, including the Olympics & the Queensberry Fight Network. Being a large fight fan, I was excited to see what the Fight Network had to offer, so that’s why I’ll be covering it first. Having never heard of it, I […]
Read moreI probably spend a bit too much time thinking about the site rather then doing. That is a curse I no doubt have to deal with. You will never win a game without a shot on goal I suppose :). Matt and I were discussing the latest in TVs tonight. There have been a lot of announcements about upcoming technologies […]
Read moreThere has been a LOT of Vista Media Center news floating around the web the last few days. Here is my chance to catch you guys up on some of the good stuff. As always, I will take this time to point you guys to our advertisers if you are in the market for HTPC parts, great plugins for your […]
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If you remember what happened last month, there was a rather large fiasco caused by NBC for Vista Media Center users, where nobody running the operating system was able to record American Gladiators. Both NBC & Microsoft were quick to comment that the message was caused due to an error, and was completely unintentional. Microsoft respects the copy-protection flags of […]
Read moreTaipei, Taiwan—June 20, 2008—CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), innovative solutions provider for the connected digital lifestyle, announced today that PowerDVD receives certification by DTS for the support of DTS-HD Master Audio technology. The combination of CyberLink PowerDVD and DTS’s latest technology enables the ultimate entertainment experience when playing high-definition content and Blu-ray discs movies on PCs. DTS-HD Master Audio allows bit-for-bit reproduction […]
Read moreIf you haven’t caught EngadgetHD’s Vista Extender shootout, it is well worth the read. Ben took the three extenders available on the market today and put them through a few rounds of rigorous testing. As we have come to know, the Linksys and the D-Link make good extenders but lack the cool animated transitions that the Xbox360 is capable of. […]
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Anandtech’s preview of ATI’s newest Radeon HD 4×00 series confirms what we’ve been hearing all along. The Radeon 4×00 series finally supports proper 8-channel LPCM over HDMI Bring on the mid-range Radeon HD 4650 version! AnandTech All of AMD’s Radeon HD graphics cards have shipped with their own audio codec, but the Radeon HD 4800 series of cards finally […]
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