Its hard to fathom that a 600 dollar console would not come with a remote to control it's Blu-ray player. As Gizmodo suggests, its clearly worht the tweny five dollars to get the Bluetooth PS3 remote if you are using your PS3 as a dedicated player. The kicker is that a universal remote will NOT work because there is no […]
Read moreNow that you have bought into the great Apple marketing machine and you have oohed and awwed over it for a couple of days, you maybe wondering how can you port over your favorite Window applications. Automated Home came across the same problem when it came to their HA setup. Homeseer does not have a Mac version, so they setout […]
Read moreThe Harmony series from Logitech has garnered much praise. As a matter of fact, I think this is one item in your HT setup that you can count on your significant other liking. I don't say things like that lightly. This particular review covers the 890, which has your usual activity based functions plus light and appliances control. From the […]
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For Christmas this year, I received a new power supply for my HTPC. But lo and behold, when I opened up my PC to swap power supplies, it didn’t fit. What was I to do? I could have returned the perfectly good power supply and swapped it for a different model which would fit…or I could go to the hardware […]
Read moreEver since Vista was RTM'd, many people have battled with the debate of risking their perfectly tweaked/configured XP MCE2005 system in order to upgrade to the new Vista. Is it worth it? Ian really liked Vista after he went to CES, so he took the plunge & blogged about it. Are you going to be upgrading? I decided to do […]
Read moreThe TX-SR804 failed to generate any interest whatsoever after reading this review. For around 700 dollars it has a few nice features such as XM integration and HDMI switching but everything else just seems stale to me. Perhaps a receiver expert can fill me in why you would purchase this receiver over some of the other ones in the price […]
Read moreBear with us as we make a few changes to the site. If something is broken, please leave feedback in the forums or just go ahead and email me. The first bit of work I am doing is cleaning up the main menus and creating a portal for Media Center and Home Theater news, reviews and blog entries. Click on […]
Read moreIf the CFO approves, my next set of speakers will be a set of floor standing speakers, so I read these reviews with a little more interest. The PSB VS300 loudspeakers are made to be mounted to a wall, which I am sure my wife would appreciate, or with a stand. MSRP for the VS300 is $749 and the matching […]
Read moreThis next article is somewhat relevant, only because we are starting to dabble our feet into the home theater review pond. Even though Audioholics presents a holier then though attitude, in the end they do make a few valid points about some of the reviews we see around the net. What did you guys think of our first ht review? […]
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IMagine having your Media Server anywhere in your house? The Matrox Extio can drive up to four monitors while your computer resides over 820' away. To round out your remote desktop experience, Matrox supplies 6 USB ports, 2 IEEE 1394a ports, and three audio ports. It certainly seems like a dream come true, however pricing and cabling may put this […]
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