Mi Casa Verde @ CES 2013

I’ve been really happy with my Mi Casa Vera so I made a point to stop by their booth at CES and check out what was in store for the coming year. As it turns out, quite a bit – with two new products arriving: the Mi Casa Verde VeraPlus and VeraPro. The VeraPlus will replace the existing the somewhat […]

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CyberLink @ CES 2013

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It’s always interesting to stop by CyberLink’s suite at CES, they have good demos and I like to know what they’re working on in our space. Unfortunately there isn’t a whole lot that we’re allowed to talk about publicly (yet) so for now it’s just some pictures (on the next page) of their “Metro” version of PowerDVD Mobile for Windows […]

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WiSA @ CES 2013

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There’s a lot of really cool stuff at CES, but most of it is part of the iterative, slow march towards something better and not really the big step forward that really engages the home theater geek inside. This year much of what I saw was exactly that; there were a few exceptions though with WiSA (Wireless Speaker & Audio) […]

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SiliconDust @ CES 2013

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Before CES SiliconDust teased us with a press release about DLNA + DCTP-IP enabling the HDHomeRun PRIME to expose live digital cable streams to devices without the hassle of implementing DRI. I got a chance to stop by, see the upcoming HDHomeRun products, get a demo of what will be delivered initially and talk about where Project Connect is headed […]

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Silverstone @ CES 2013

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Silverstone offers a plethora of enclosures for the HTPC enthusiast and after our visit with them at CES this year, we’re excited to see them expanding their offerings. Perhaps the most intruiging new enclosure shown was the Thin Mini-ITX PT13. The black brushed aluminum chassis is the most compact Thin Mini-ITX enclosure we’ve seen and utilizes a custom CPU cooler […]

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Dune HD @ CES 2013

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There’s always something cool just around the corner from Dune HD, so it is one of the first companies that makes it on my CES list and this go round was no exception. The two most interesting items have already be covered but there was a more that was worth mentioning too. Click through to get the rundown from our […]

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LIAN LI @ CES 2013

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In 2012, we reveiwed the thin mini-ITX PC-Q05 and mini-ITX PC-Q25, both interesting options for the HTPC enthusiast. At CES, we had the chance to catch up with LIAN LI and were rewarded with a look at a new prototype chassis designed to house Intel’s NUC board. The black brushed aluminum chassis features passive cooling and a VESA mount. Compared […]

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SiliconDust Phase 2 with New Hardware with Hardware Transcoding

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Phase 2 of the SiliconDust announcements this morning are new hardward for US and a new device for Europe and Australia that now have hardware transcoding built-in. These will have high quality digital-to-digital conversion of high-bandwidth MPEG2 streams to bandwidth-friendly H.264.  “The next generation HDHomeRun® devices will do what no other TV tuner has been able to do before,” said […]

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