Apple TV: Worth It?

Right from the very start, we all knew that Apple TV would be a dud. And now that a few reviewers have gotten their hands on it, its pretty obvious that Apple really fell down flat on this one. They were much closer with the mac mini then this stinker. After Steve's tirade on DRM, its pretty obvious that his […]

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SageTV V6.1.6 Release Candidate

Get your latest version of SageTV here: SageTV V6.1.6 Release Notes 3/20/2007 RELEASE CANDIDATE 5 Core Updates 1. DVB frequency updates for Sweden 2. Fixed various bugs related to not using an always increasing clock. The most notable one being when SageTVClient would disconnect from the server whenever it did a significant clock change. 3. Added property optimize_metadata_mem_usage which defaults […]

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Seasonic M12 500W Modular Power Supply

Seasonic M12 Box and PSU

Seasonic M12 500W Modular Power Supply Today I am taking a look at the Seasonic M12 500W power supply. The Seasonic M12 is the first modular power supply to be offered by Seasonic. Quiet, cool, stable and modular it has the potential to be a killer solution for use in a Home Theater PC. Let's find out how well it […]

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Movie Gallery Plans Online Video Rentals

There are a lot of early players getting into the online movie rental market. Movie Gallery, owners of Hollywood Video, have announced the plan to enter the market before the end of 2007. This service is aimed to compliment their existing B&M stores. I personally like the choice of renting online or from the store. However, they really have not […]

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The Open IPTV Forum is Born

I am glad to see industry leaders get together to form an association to help stear and develop IPTV standards. We don't need 20 different standards in different countries that will require different equipment depending where you. Let the service do the talking. Hopefully this will allow consumers not to get tied down to hardware and mini-monoplies. tvover.net The group […]

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Codename Fiji: Next Version of Media Center?

Chris pointes out that Charlie Owen, a member of the MCE Team, got in a little hot water for pointing out some of the features that maybe in the next version of Vista MCE. The blog post in question has since been wiped clean with the only evidence of it at a ZDNET blog. Nothing to interesting really but he […]

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‘The Matrix’ Trilogy Comes to HD DVD

THe Matrix Trilogy coming to HD DVD has to be one of the biggest announcements yet for the HD DVD team. On May 22nd, two box set collections of the Matrix trilogy will be hitting stores. However, it won't be an exclusive, Warner plans on releasing a Blu-ray version once the specs for BD Live are finalized. Expect to pay […]

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