HTPC Hardware (MB, RAM, Video Card etc)
If the CEPro article didn’t fill your appetite of the new ATI firmware news, EngadgetHD has even more screenshots and images of the firmware in action to tease you until it’s released…or leaked, whichever comes first. My money is on leaked considering there’s still a month until official Windows7 launch. EngadgetHD The first of two improvements is the fact that […]
Read moreI’m not exactly sure if this will have any actual ramifications on the HTPC world, but it can only help I think. Time will tell to see what’s actually developed with it. SlashGear The days of a universal laptop TV tuner are almost upon us, as CrestaTech begin sampling their CrestaTV “universal broadband receiver”. Packing not only support for DVBT, […]
Read moreHere’s some actual real world testing of the upcoming 1.19 ATI Firmware which brings with it support for Copy Freely. Apparantly this works like a charm with Verizon FiOS but could the claims against Time Warner be true? A little birdie told me that most of the Comcast stuff is respecting copy freely just like Verizon…so hopefully Time Warner joins […]
Read moreHave you been eager for bitstreaming your blu-ray discs in your HTPC but can’t see yourself spending several hundred dollars on a sound card to do it? Well, you’re in luck (at least come November) as Anandtech has a preview of the next generation of ATI Graphics cards which will include Bitstreaming the HD formats, along with a variety of […]
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Joining the party of HTPC motherboards is a review from Bjorn3d of an ASUS 780g offering. The board looks pretty standard, but it looks like setup is not nearly as seamless as one would hope or expect. Here are some of the gripes, but read the full review for all the lowdown. Bjorn3d We do like the fact that […]
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This new little motherboard from VIA is just oozing with HTPC potential, sporting dual HDMI ports and a plethora of other features, all powered by an efficient and low powered VIA CPU. No pricing yet, but VIA boards are not normally in the cheap seats, so be prepared. Slashgear Grunt is courtesy of a 1.6GHz VIA Nano processor together […]
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This is just too cool. Normally I wouldn’t include such a mod, but I figure you could toss this in your theater somewhere and it would be an eyepiece while not being an eyesore. Pretty crazy talent to create. SlashGear Both the motorized side-sections and lighting are operated by remote-control, while the core guts of the PC itself are […]
Read moreThis bad boy from Vidabox is nowhere near the size of the Logitech Dinovo Mini which I absolutely love, but it’s probably easier to type with. That being said, for what it is and the lower cost of the mini, Brent sure likes it. Head over for the full review. GeekTonic The trackball, located at the top-right of the keyboard […]
Read moreFollowing up on the announcement of the new HP’s yesterday, Alex rom MediaSmartServer.net goes really into the nooks and crannies of the hardware to see how it’s evolved. Looks like they’ve made some nice changes as we already suspected. MediaSmartServer.net The motherboard uses the same Intel G33 Express Chipset that was used in the EX485x series servers. An important addition […]
Read moreSeems AMD is set to make a little affordable quad-core coup with their new Athlon II X4’s How does AMD respond to Lynnfield? Is it by drastically cutting prices on Phenom II? Nope. By introducing the world’s first quad-core processor to debut at $99. Now that’s cool. AMD effectively knocked 40% off the value of Intel’s low end quad-core […]
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