Apple TV vs. TiVo: It’s on

This deep, in-depth review is barely a page long, so take it with a grain of salt. At least it's good to see this type of content coming from the big boys at USA Today, would just really like to see better stuff. But I guess that's why sites like ours exist, huh? 🙂 USA Today I connected a TiVo […]

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Sony cuts price on new Blu-ray player

Sony must be feeling the pinch from Toshiba's latest price cuts and they are now introducing a player at the $499 price point. Note that is is now cheaper then a Sony PS3, I would bet a PS3 price cut will follow suit. USA Today}That means the new player costs half of what the company's first Blu-ray player cost when […]

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New WebGuide 4.1 beta brings Xbox360 streaming support, “Prism” multi-system interface

New WebGuide 4.1 beta brings Xbox360 streaming support, "Prism" multi-system interface In addition to the capacity to stream DVDs, WebGuide 4.1 brings two new major features to the mix—a Media Center add-in and the "WebGuide Prism" multi-system interface. June 4, 2007 – In addition to the capacity to stream DVDs, which was featured in the previous beta of 4.1, WebGuide […]

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The Waiting Game

The bane of every technophile in existence…. waiting for new features… after all.. they are just around the corner! The author of Home Theater Blog, an AVS installer, tells the story of a client who suffers the exact same problem. I know I am coming across the same problem when deciding what to build for my new HTPC (details to […]

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Building An Ubuntu MythTV Box

Suuure you could pick the easy way and buy a HP computer pre-configured with Vista Home Premium and call it good, or you could risk life and WAF and go the Ubuntu MythTV route :). Phornoix For those that have never tried out MythTV before, it is much more than just a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) for Linux. MythTV is […]

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High-Tech Tattle-Tale Device Hits NYC Theaters

This was just toooo funny to not post. I guess only in NYC is this a requirement, as who knows, maybe telling someone to pipe down might get you stabbed. 😛 Just kidding. But seriously, you think those punk kids might abuse this just to keep watching the usher come back & forth? Besides, I always thought telling a person […]

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Price drops lift HD DVD player sales

HD DVD is bound and determined not to lose to Blu-ray. It is hard to argue with $300 price points to pick up adoption. Why stop there? Over the weekend they had an additional $50 dollars of to lower the price to within $10 of Oppo's famed up-converting player. By no means is this battle over, I am sure we […]

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Why Apple TV is a dud

Do the words, "I told you so" count in this case since I was only one of many who said it? I think Apple just got a little too confident on their control of media markets after their iPod success & really just threw this out there with too high a price, and too few features. Fortune It's just not […]

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