Media Distribution/Extenders
Blockbuster had best start thinking outside the box. Everyone and their mother is getting into the DVD rental scene these days. While shopping for my favorite fresh veggies and fruit TV Dinners, a nice gentlemen approached me and started talking about their new DVD rental service. The gist is that for a $1.49 you can rent a movie and have […]
Read more
There's plenty of people who don't care about TiVo, but are addicted to their music & want to be able to play it anywhere in their homes. For years now Slim devices has been selling devices that allow users to do this with ease, and with super small footprints. Doesn't look like they've lost a step at all with their […]
Read moreI'm personally not that excited with Apple TV. It just doesn't bring anything new to the table, which is disappointing since that's usually always what Apple brings. But here I just see this as an overrated extender with a ton of limitations. But judge for yourself. Just a quick refresher, this device is a set-top box that “enables digital content […]
Read more
Anyone else surprised to see YAENMCE (Yet Another Extender Not for MCE, c'mon, sheesh)?? I'm not, but seriously, how much would it really cost Microsoft to convince a small company like Helios to design for MCE instead of create their own software. I don't like the UI, but the features seem to be there. You can access your media stored […]
Read moreWhilst browsing over at PVRWire, I came across this story about HAVA releasing a Slingbox competitor. It performs much like a Slinbox by allowing the streaming of Mpeg-2 and Mpeg-4 video to multiple PCs and it can be used as a TV tuner by Vista. The big question that I never see answered is how the GUI is. There is […]
Read moreIs the X5000 just another upscaling DVD player? Nope, it sets out to try and replace an entire HTPC with its enahnced network connectivity. As with with many media extenders, its intentions are good but the UI ends up being pretty damn clunky in the end. From the article: We almost forgot. The X5000 has an upscaling DVD player built […]
Read moreWith MythTV & the likes being so popular as a Linux Media Center, it's nice to see the Slingbox community come up with a resolution for those users to be able to use their Linux OS with their Slingbox. Not the most seamless install in the world, but hey, it gets it working! This is a tutorial on how to […]
Read more
I met the Neuros guys a while back, and they have quite a mission: To build a small, linux-based device to handle your media center functions. While still in its early stages of life, it's showing some promise even with its flaws. It's great, it really is. Not for what it is, but what it could be. I'll grant you […]
Read moreSony dances around the bush a bit too much for my liking. They are paradox within themselves (if that makes any sense). They have been very innovative over the years but at the same time they try to suffocate advances in other areas. Using a Bluetooth remote is one more area where they needed to think it through a little […]
Read moreFinally someone got their hands on the HAVA we've heard about since early this year. Bottom line, it's not bad, but it's the first revision so it has some kinks. But hey, at least it's got some potential. (And at least it's not vaporware) First seen at CES last January, the HAVA place shifting device began shipping in August. Initially […]
Read more