Tag: OEM Media Center PCs

Wow, this is not the week to be a DVD Copying company. First Real Networks got shot down for their RealDVD software, and now Kaleidescape had their court decision overturned. For those unfamiliar, Kaleidescape produces some super high end media servers with a custom built platform exclusively designed for digitally stored DVD movies and music collections. They made headlines a […]

I wonder if Dell caught wind of this Lenovo HTPC and wanted to one up them with the news below. Or maybe it happened vice versa? Either way, we at least do have specs and pricing on this offering. Based on the X4500 graphics hardware accelleration does work pretty well, even on an E5200 old school dual core Pentium chip. […]

Check out this cool little box which Gizmodo has come across. With HDMI on the back the possibilities of this being a valid HTPC client device seem quite real. No specs or pricing available yet, but this thing is TINY!

Not directly HTPC related, but if you wanted you could do much worse than sticking this flashy little box in your theater room. It would definitely be a conversation piece, but not sure it justifies the outrageous price.   Born Rich The luxury PC’s boast 24 carat parpartial gilding with gold leaf. The choice of precious metals makes it strictly […]

This is the tough part of developing your own operating system–months after Media Center OEMs have had Netflix integration, now ReQuest is able to offer it to their customers, along with Hulu and Youtube. Some nice additions, but I’m surprised their Hulu comment does not also hold true for Netflix–the quality is decent, but in a dedicated 100" home theater […]

With movies being all the rage, I guess Olive is trying to capitalize on the ever dwindling music-only systems. The thing looks slick, but $1800 for this device is pretty ridiculous considering a $200 linux server can do most of this.   Engadget As with the models that have come before, this ultra high-end music server packs loads of internal […]

Looks like Crestron continues to try to dip their toes in other markets of home theaters in addition to the touch panels and remotes they have been known for for years. And from the sounds of it, looks like they have their targets dead set on Control4’s systems which have been growing in popularity for a while now.   CEpro […]

At a price range starting at $3,000 (and going upwards of $10k), I have to believe most people will not be satisfied with this type of chassis, no matter how nicely painted, in their living room. It goes over the top with specs and water cooling which is nice, but seriously….it sticks out like a sore (huge) thumb to me?!?!  […]

Today Okoro announced the launch of a new line of line of rack mountable media servers with some pretty tasty specifications. The servers are offered with either SageTV with HDPVRs or Vista MCE with Cable Card giving you a solid HD recording solution either way.