Long time coming, but it’s good to see nothing got in the way. Hopefully this will open up SOME sort of competition…or at least encourage cable techs to actually know anything they’re doing with Cable Cards. ZDNet So how will consumers be affected? The truth is there is very little benefit to this switch for consumers, some industry experts say. […]
Read moreThis really makes perfect sense, but I’m not sure how it will differentiate itself from the current STB offerings that do integrate TiVo. And wouldn’t this be competing with their own partners? Maybe this is the joy of everyone having to use CableCard now. Who knows, this is all rumors. TiVo Lovers Now Engadget is reporting that Netflix has been […]
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Does anyone even have an AppleTV here? I think it’s funny how Microsoft gets bashed all the time by their lack of "better" 3rd party apps, but Apple pretty much gets ignored the fact that they really have zero. But then again, I’d imaginge there’s a few more MCE users than AppleTV, huh 🙂 GigaOM Jaman has done a great […]
Read moreEver wanted some three-way universal remote action? Well we sort of dream about that around here, good thing Ultimate A/V is here to deliver our fantasy of high end remote action. Ultimate A/V Once programmed, I tried out a macro – watch a DVD. And sure enough the remote turned everything on and set each device to the correct input […]
Read moreDALLAS (June 18, 2007) – Continuing its focus on providing feature-rich audio innovations, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced that its Aureus™ generation of audio digital signal processors (DSPs) is the first audio/video receiver (AVR) implementation approved for both Dolby® TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus, bringing high-quality audio from the movie theater to the home theater as it […]
Read moreMaybe the recent HD-DVD deals have them worried… Ars The five movies will come from a list of 21 titles, including choices like Pearl Harbor, Black Rain, Underworld, and Transporter 2. The complete list has not been officially announced, but according to marketing materials seen by Ars Technica, other movies included in the promotion are:(click to find out the rest).
Read moreWarner isn’t quite ready to be the savior of the next gen DVD wars. Wired A Total HD movie disc would have the Blu-ray version on one side and the HD DVD version on the other, making it ideal for people who can’t make up their minds. Warner’s senior VP of marketing, Steve Nickerson, said they wanted to hold off […]
Read moreThe Tech Report has an interesting take on CPU reviews. They take a look at the best bang for your buck in a lot more detail then most sites. Their use of scatter plots os very corporate’esque. The Tech Report Fortuitously, AMD and Intel both took an axe to their prices last month, and we recently added Intel’s $113 Core […]
Read moreMax Slowik from The Tech Lounge hangs out at SPCR, and he asked what we would like to see in his upcoming review of the ATI HD 2600XT. I asked for HQV benchmark scores, and guess what, he actually listened. The 2600XT scores near perfect in the SD HQV tests. I’m still waiting on the scores for the 2400pro (cross […]
Read moreI definitely see some of our users getting excited about this news. At the very least, I think this will put the 360 on par as a more serious Extender/Playback device with the higher resolution. Let’s see how long it’ll take. Ian Dixon Interesting development on the Xbox 360 front. Cable manufacturer XCM say they are bringing out a HDMI […]
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