Tag: Community News

Not sure if anyone here uses an iPhone (it’s not very popular!).   As HD geeks there aren’t many things we enjoy more than a spirited debate on an online venue and for our interests none are matched by the great AVS Forum — other than our very own comments of course. We’ve learned more from this single source than […]

Good news for Redbox users!   CENTURY CITY, Calif. — Redbox president Mitch Lowe said the kiosk company would likely bow Blu-ray Disc rentals at $1.50 a night, a premium over the chain’s traditional $1-a-night DVD rental. Blu-rays will start appearing in Redbox kiosks within the next few months, he said. [Home Media Magazine]  

Since the announcement of the iPad, the CEDIA professional home installer market has been very excited to get things running on it. For so many years, companies had to use expensive panels such as AMX or Crestron to do things that now the iPad will allow in just as attractive a fashion.       I found that I had […]

Great news though without knowing more could be bad news for existing owners.   Hoping we will be able to provide additional information soon.    Intel’s integrated graphics are about to get a stereoscopic shot in the arm this summer. Although the Computex presentation today wasn’t clear on whether it would come in the form of a firmware update or […]

The Media Browser gang has continued to evolve their 100% FREE HTPC solution, and definitely well worth a try if you’re looking for something with some extra control over it.   Highlights: The Media type is now retrieved from locally stored metadata. Better support for using MyMovies and Media Browser side-by-side. The user can now set the preferred order of […]

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In a world where all the rage is small players that can play it all, Logitech has stuck by their investment in the Squeezebox brand and continues to innovate. This time around, via a touchscreen display and a wealth of apps to use it with. Pretty cool for music buffs, probably too much for me to invest in one.   […]

Given how lazy and slow Apple has been with it’s self-named "hobby" product of AppleTV, you have to wonder if they pushed this quickly with the news of the Google TV box?   Not only will this be priced to sell (like hotcakes), it seems that Apple is moving away from the model of local storage, and will be focusing […]

If you are a Haali Media Splitter user, I am, you’ll want to update.  No problems on my systems so far.   20/05/2010 New Features: Added support for WebM files Fixed items: Fixed a lot of issues with mp4 muxer Better support for VC-1 in MPEG Transport streams [Haali]  

If you are in the UK and interested in Media Center, this should be a fantastic event with lots of good info…and shwag!! Ian Dixon (and our own Andrew Cherry) have been doing a ton of work behind the scenes getting this running, so many kudos! Too bad it’s UK only!   I as I have said previously we have […]