LinuxMCE: Pure Propaganda or quality?

Either way, the voice of this video is an absolute horrible idea. I love the idea of this application, but the video is ridiculous. I had to stop it at 12 minutes because it was getting absolutely ridiculous. That being said, there were some neat features of this app, but since the site's down due to digg, we'll have to […]

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Panasonic updates Blu-ray player

Good to see them making such quick improvements on these, but it's a shame they can't be improved via firmware. Wouldn't you hate to spend $800 on one of these only to see it trumped by a new version 6 months later? TG Daily According to the manufacturer, the new player supports the 7.1 channel surround sound formats Dolby TrueHD […]

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ZigBee’s Benefits for Home Automation

This podcast features a couple of folks from Control 4 talking about Zigbee, the new wireless home automation protocol. A good listen if you are interested in delving into the HA world. Pod Tech Network Adding a home automation system to an existing home used to require tearing out drywall, installing thousands of feet of wire and surviving the battle […]

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Samsung Unveils Wireless HD IPTV Set-Top

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies ; STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), the leader in set-top box chips; and Metalink Ltd. (NASDAQ: MTLK), a provider of high-performance wireless and wireline broadband communication silicon solutions, today announced their collaboration to launch a revolutionary set-top box, which supports high-definition (HD) TV quality based on […]

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New car PC from Shuttle

Why not have a media center PC in the car? While Car PC enthusiasts have been doing this for years, Shuttle aims to bring it a bit more main stream bu offering a decently equipped car PC. The beauty of this unit is that it shuts of properly when you turn the ignition off. It will come sporting a Core […]

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An Attempt to Revive the AMD LIVE Program

AMD hopes to breathe new life into the Live campaign and have announced initiatives with several partners to get things going. Part of the program is to allow users to create custom channels and broadcast them through the home. With no examples of the technology in the worls, I remain skeptical but hope to see something materialize sooner then later. […]

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Fujitsu Plasmavision P42XHA58 42in Plasma TV

Fujitsu is not a name you would normally associate with plasma displays, however, they are trying to get into the market with the release of a new line of TVs aimed at the consumer market. I am not sure if this particular model is available in Europe only. This particular model has a native resolution of 1024X768 and the 50" […]

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