Tag: Hardware

Do you desire to have 20 terabytes of storage space in your Windows Home Server box? This user from Automated Home shows off how he did it, very unconventionally. It’s unclear why he didn’t just go with a massive rack server as a lot of the AVS folks would do, but he definitely gets creativity points in my book.   […]

People have been knocking the ASUS Xonar HD line of cards–the first in the industry to allow you to bitstream your content–since they came out with the Xonar HDAV earlier this year. That being said they are still the only players in the bitstreaming game and have now added to their arsenal with a PCI-based low-profile card strictly for you […]

Recently I’ve been pretty harsh on the rather blah looking HTPC mini-ITX cases which have been released recently. I felt they were pretty basic in design and lacked any creativity. Thermaltake is upping the game through their Luxa line of chassis, and this one looks pretty attractive. Of course if big bright VFD’s aren’t your thing, then you’ll probably hate […]

We’ve seen some brief reviews of the SG06 before, but nobody covers chassis as detailed and well rounded as these guys. In the end it’s a bit dissapointing, but keep in mind these aren’t designed for HTPC usage really but would definitely work. I’m personally not a fan of the appearance but it’s good to see them thinking outside the […]

Not a terrible looking case, but pretty much similar to what’s been done before by other companies. It’s 89 pounds, so that’s what, $150 US? Not terrible, but there’s a lot of competition at that price so I’m not sure this one stands out though. Read on for the full review. Xtreme Computing The Chieftec HT-01SL is a nice case, […]

One of the longest ongoing threads over at TheGreenButton has been with the desire from users to have Multi-Zone audio through their media center. There has never been a supported way in Media Center to do this, but Casatunes has been out for a while and has offered a solution. From the looks of this review, it definitely takes some […]

I really have to ping my ASUS contact about getting us one of these cards to do a proper review on. This is now the 3rd review in less than a month, first from Think Computers and then Pure Overclock , not exactly home theater related websites…and now Game Pyre…similar as the other two, but in case you are bored. […]

There is a certain audience that enjoys nostalgic period pieces and furniture around their house who will look at this chassis offering from nMedia and simply fall in love with it. It’s an ode to the antique radios and appears to be pretty well made, albeit out of wood. You can buy it for $110, or for more money, time […]

GeekTonic has a great guest blog covering all things Analog Hole–that beauty in your set top box that allows you to connect it to your HTPC and import high definition content without copy protection. The fear among all us HTPC users though, is what happens when/if that hole is plugged by the cable companies? Luckily there is an answer, and […]

Mini-ITX motherboards are all the rage these days. With their small size and the improvement of on-board capabilities, it has made these types of boards all the more attractive to HTPC builders. Silverstone’s offering for this series is nicer than some of the other options out there, using black aluminum finish on the chassis and utilize a slim-laptop optical drive […]