We all know many of the first gen players stunk it up, thankfully we are starting to see second generation players come in and fix many of the problems early adopters were facing. The HD-XA2, XA1 replacement, have nice improvements incuding a much improved boot time and 1080p playback capability. A big plus to the setup is the inclusion of […]
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The format follies war took a turn for funny today. A week ago or so, we reported that a bunch of Spielberg classics like Jaws were going to make it to HD DVD this year. Welp, as it turns out they were mistaken. Since I currently own neither format, I find this a tad funny that they didn't verify this […]
Read moreTo sum up Chris' post, he is basically saying that Windows is the only OS supported by CableCard etc because they got their ass in gear and found out what the content providers wanted for protection and gave it to them. Microsoft saw market potential and went after it, that is all there is to it. The situation will not […]
Read moreA few months ago we first heard rumblings about Denon's upcoming line of receivers, Home Theater Blog has a more details on the upcoming receivers. The higher end models, AVR-4308ci and 3808ci are expected out in July and will feature four HDMI 1.3 inputs, HD audio decoding over HDMI, Ethernet connectivity and support for Windows Media PlayForSure. The lower end […]
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Whooops. it looks like DirectTV's somewhat questionable claims of better HDTV got them in hot water as of late. More specifically, Time Warner sued their asses and as a result they have to take down their HDTV claims until the lawsuit is settled! Matt weighed on the subject a couple of months ago and you can see his thoughts here. […]
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Making the step from an HTPC to whole house distribution can be a somewhat daunting task. Especially with Media Center's anemic client/server architecture. However, with sites like CEPro you should be able to figure out a nice solution. Today, CEPro has a nice article on unqieu touchscreens and the applications they are used for. From the article: Rich MCE Integration […]
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Home Theater Magazine takes more of a whole system approach when reviewing speakers and receivers. I think its a good approach to so you know what you can expect when buying a system for your HT. Over all, the speakers and subs seems to perform very well when attached to the Pioneer receiver. From the article: Pricewise, these Definitive Technology […]
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If nothing else, I would buy this TV just because of the name :). Good thing for us the specs are rather nice on these two new TVs from Samsung. Sporting a 10,000:1 contrast ration and a few HDMI ports is nothing to sneeze at. Don't get your hopes up, the lovely ladies on each side do not come standard […]
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It was a great disappointment to many HTPC builders when Yahoo bought the intellectual property from Meedio. However, by not actually buying the program and not shutting down the forums, a glimmer of hope was left for the Meedio crowd. Meedio clicked along on cruise control but with no active support and people starting to look else where for a Media […]
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