Month: June 2007

Texas Instruments Brings First Approved Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus Decoders

DALLAS (June 18, 2007) – Continuing its focus on providing feature-rich audio innovations, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced that its Aureus™ generation of audio digital signal processors (DSPs) is the first audio/video receiver (AVR) implementation approved for both Dolby® TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus, bringing high-quality audio from the movie theater to the home theater as it […]

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5 Free Blu-ray Movies with Player Purchase (including PS3)

Maybe the recent HD-DVD deals have them worried… Ars The five movies will come from a list of 21 titles, including choices like Pearl Harbor, Black Rain, Underworld, and Transporter 2. The complete list has not been officially announced, but according to marketing materials seen by Ars Technica, other movies included in the promotion are:(click to find out the rest).

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Warner Delays Release of HD/Blu-ray Hybrid Disc

Warner isn’t quite ready to be the savior of the next gen DVD wars. Wired A Total HD movie disc would have the Blu-ray version on one side and the HD DVD version on the other, making it ideal for people who can’t make up their minds. Warner’s senior VP of marketing, Steve Nickerson, said they wanted to hold off […]

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CPU Value Review

The Tech Report has an interesting take on CPU reviews. They take a look at the best bang for your buck in a lot more detail then most sites. Their use of scatter plots os very corporate’esque. The Tech Report Fortuitously, AMD and Intel both took an axe to their prices last month, and we recently added Intel’s $113 Core […]

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HD 2600 review that actually does HQV test

Max Slowik from The Tech Lounge hangs out at SPCR, and he asked what we would like to see in his upcoming review of the ATI HD 2600XT.  I asked for HQV benchmark scores, and guess what, he actually listened.  The 2600XT scores near perfect in the SD HQV tests.  I’m still waiting on the scores for the 2400pro (cross […]

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HDMI 1080p on standard Xbox 360?

I definitely see some of our users getting excited about this news. At the very least, I think this will put the 360 on par as a more serious Extender/Playback device with the higher resolution. Let’s see how long it’ll take. Ian Dixon Interesting development on the Xbox 360 front. Cable manufacturer XCM say they are bringing out a HDMI […]

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The Media Center Show #112 – Tim Ellert

Tim Ellis is up to bat this week, so if you’re interested in Home Automation, definitely check out the show & give Ian some love for all the hard work! Show Times: 00:56 Coming up this week 01:17 Email – Can you record TV direct to a NAS? see this thread 02:55 Email – How to manage your music collection […]

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Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU cooler review

Elite Bastards sent word they are looking at the budget friendly Arctic Cooling 7. The bang for your buck factor is pretty high with AC’s line up. Elite Bastards The front of the cooler is dominated by the 92mm fan which clips onto the part. The motor for this fan contains a PWM chip, which is used in conjunction with […]

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AMD Unleashes ATI HD 2600 and AT HD 2400

AMD Unleashes The ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 and ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 Series, Delivering DirectX® 10 Graphics with Built-In High-Definition Video Processing   — ATI Radeon HD 2600 and ATI Radeon HD 2400 graphics processors available at knockout price points— SUNNYVALE, Calif. — June 28, 2007 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the arrival of the ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 […]

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