monoprice.com has been a favorite of mine for many years now. They supply absolutely great cables at great prices with very few people arguing about their quality. Most of the review is more of a rant about over priced B&M stores selling over priced cables, which in itself is good to read. From the article: If you are looking for […]
Read moreThe Holy Grail of display technology, 1080p, is explained by about.com. If you need further explanation or interested in expanding your knowledge, feel free to post in the forums. We have a great group of people. Not only does 1080p represent the best of HD tech, it makes a great desktop resolution for HTPC use. From the article: However, since […]
Read moreJust kicking around some ideas for what would be an ideal next gen optical format (HD DVD and/or Blu-ray) ready HTPC. This is of course somewhat hypothetical as, alas, I don't have the hand's on knowledge… yet. This is culled from what I know from informal testing, user reports, and decoding performance benchmarks available on the web. Feel free to […]
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PC Persective has collected a few slides that ATi was showing at CES about the ATI TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner. Nothing much we haven't seen in the past few days. However, it is another useful resource:) From the article: Most of the information that could be provided to us was shown in these slides, but I wanted to reiterate […]
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Curious about what's Microsoft plans for tying in their IPTV division with their 900 other divisions? You're not alone! Gizmodo at least sheds a little light on the IPTV integration with Xbox 360's that were mentioned in CES. They even have a video of it in action! As all of the video decoding is done by software, rather than by […]
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Now let me first say, all this article is basically, is a bunch of pretty, high quality images. BUT, if you're curious as to what 1080p content looks like, and are too lazy to download a trailer on your own, it's at least a fun read. (And the Bikini HD DVD screen caps are very…..special? :-P) Read…errr….see the […]
Read moreDave Zatz puts his $0.02 into how he feels about Apple's new product, iTV, and doesn't pull any punches. I'm curious to see how it fares, but I think how poorly the original FrontRow software did in the market is a sign that maybe this just isn't the market for Apple. First off, early reports pegged this device at a […]
Read morePVR Wire has a nice quick summary of some cool C|Net product videos from CES. My favorite is the Interlink Sideshow Vista Remote, which actually shows the guide on the little thing. The more I see it, the more I like them. Motorola Follow Me TV (video): The product for use with Motorola PVRs that lets you transfer recorded video […]
Read moreIan's an absolute machine. Guy flies to Vegas for CES, stays a few days, shoots right back to England, and puts out a Media Center Show, right on schedule, without any delay. Bravo! This time up is some CES news, so check it out! Show Times: 00:40 Coming up this week 01:36 Pictures from CES 02:00 What I saw and […]
Read moreLAS VEGAS — Jan. 8, 2007 — Today at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp. and Broadcom Corp. announced a joint effort to support a hardware and software reference design for more cost-efficient HD DVD playback. The new platform uses Microsoft® Windows® CE 6.0 and Broadcom’s BCM7440 system-on-chip solution, allowing consumer electronics manufacturers, original design manufacturers and […]
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