There are a lot of options besides having all of those hot hard drives in your HTPC. NAS would be on example. Now that Netgear has bought Infant, they have a pretty good NAS lineup now to compliment their networking lineup. Trusted Reviews We've always found most half-depth rack appliances excessively noisy but not so with the 1100 as even […]
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With news of the TF 5 leaked, Omaura has decided to give me details on the rest of their line. No word yet when they will arrive, so you will have to survive on these tidbits of information. Keep in mind that some of these details are subject to change :). Specs are as follows :). Full ATX Mobo Full […]
Read moreThe contest closes on May 12th at 6:00 pm PST Open to anyone with email The prize will be one Sage Media Center key You have three days to claim your prize The winner is voted on by the moderating/admin team Bribing is not appropriate behavior but acceptable if you give a Core2 CPU to the entire team You will […]
Read moreThe original article is from the New York Times and can be found here. Our friends at PVRWire tracked down the article that glosses over Shuttle's latest Media Center PC incarnation. I have to admit, it does look like a nice small form factor PC, however, I would be a little worried about the installed video card. PVRWire Priced between […]
Read moreCan we say Holy Crap? Ok, maybe I am exagerating but there is talk of making My Movies work with SageTV. Now that would be a very nice addition to the SageTV community plugins. SageTV Forums However, if anyone else would like to build a SaveTV interface on top of the My Movies database, the Collection Management program and the […]
Read moreBig Screen Blog has a nice roundup of the latest plug-ins to hit Vista. Like he mentions, it is nice to see a batch of MCML plug-ins made for Vista. The latest plug-in updates are centered around music listening :). Seems like a good idea to me, after all I know one or two people that use their HTPC as […]
Read moreThe Logitech Harmony 1000 has been getting a lot of press lately. For 500 dollars you get Logitech's cream of the crop touchscreen remote that has some HA built into it. Canada HIFI The Logitech Harmony 1000 is the latest addition to the Harmony remote line-up and the first tablet-style remote from the company. Tablet remotes are typically found in […]
Read moreThe Home Theater Blog took Sony's bait and decided to install Linux on PS3 and see if would make a decent HTPC client. Myself, I had visions of at least a Sage Placeshifting client working on it. However, it looks like media operation under Yellow Dog Linux is pretty much a dud. I guess the hardware is a bit to […]
Read moreDemonstrating its continued commitment to high definition optical disc technology, Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today announces the BDC-2202, a robust Blu-ray Disc computer drive, which will be available to consumers beginning next month for a suggested price of $299. When installed in a properly configured PC, the Pioneer Blu-ray Disc combination drive allows users to playback new high definition Blu-ray Disc […]
Read moreChris Lanier is giving away a few invites to Joost. While not big news itself, that does mean that Joost is now giving away unlimited invites to test its system. Are you ready to get your content online yet? Me? Not so much, I don't think the bandwidth is there to get the quality quite yet. However, I really have […]
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