Since I started packing a month ago for my eventual move, I have had to live without many of luxuries my HTPC afforded me. No more DVR, no more ROM game loving on my big screen, no more weather, and of course I really don't get to use Vista's Fox Sports plugin to its full potential. After reading this article, […]
Read moreWal-Mart, the worls largest retaile isn't content to let a source of revenue pass it buy. It has laucnhed a video download store that comes stocled with 3000 films and TV episodes. DVDs range in price from $12.88 to $19.88 and TV epsidoes for $1.96. The movie downloads are compatible with WIndows and WIndows portable devices, however, they will not […]
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About.com departs from their usual short posts and gives a nice 4 page over view on display resolution. Topics covered in the article include major broadcast standards, progressive versus interlaced, digital TV standards and even 60fps versus 24fps. They could have fleshed out the 24 to 60fps conversion a bit more and talked about other details a bit more, but […]
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Not content to swim with the masses in the lower tier market, Panasonic Pro series of plasmas is clearly aimed at the videophile. This 1080p native panel comes with configurable input slots that allows for different configurations. However, stock wise it only comes with one digital HD input which is a bit lacking for a 6000 dollar price tag. On […]
Read moreInFocus, know for their "bang for your buck" projectors, has just announced a price drops for three of their projectors. The IN76, 7210 and 7205 all received price drops ranging from $500 to $2,000. All three are 720p projectors with varying quality (you can clink the article link for more details on all three projectors). From the article: The IN76 […]
Read moreIf you are interested in knowing more about Windows Home Server, head on over to their newly formed blog and see what it is all about. They already have quite a bit of data at the blog including several videos talking about WHS. One of their most recent posts have to do with why they decided not to put exchange […]
Read moreAudio Video Revolution has a review of the Sony BPD-S1 Blu-ray player up today. Like most first and even second gen systems, Sony's Blu-ray player falls short in a few categories. Perhaps that biggest one is that it does not recognize CDs, of course, I am sure a firmware fix is coming down the pipe (if not already here). From […]
Read moreNvidia's Vista drivers aren't out the door yet and more then a few people are taking them to task for this. The retail boxes that house Nvidia video cards are clearly labelled "Vista ready" but many people are suffering BSODs and instabilites. nvidiaclassaction.org was formed to gather evidence about this problem and see if it is possible to sue Nvidia […]
Read moreDigital Video Essentials, a must have tool for calibrating your TV, has yet another announced date of Feb. 27th. Blu-ray users are out of luck for now, as it's the HD DVD version that will be released. Read the rest here: Now, amid much anticipation from high-end early adopters, the HD DVD 'Essentials' is at last back on the release […]
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