Sony cuts price on new Blu-ray player

Sony must be feeling the pinch from Toshiba's latest price cuts and they are now introducing a player at the $499 price point. Note that is is now cheaper then a Sony PS3, I would bet a PS3 price cut will follow suit. USA Today}That means the new player costs half of what the company's first Blu-ray player cost when […]

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New WebGuide 4.1 beta brings Xbox360 streaming support, “Prism” multi-system interface

New WebGuide 4.1 beta brings Xbox360 streaming support, "Prism" multi-system interface In addition to the capacity to stream DVDs, WebGuide 4.1 brings two new major features to the mix—a Media Center add-in and the "WebGuide Prism" multi-system interface. June 4, 2007 – In addition to the capacity to stream DVDs, which was featured in the previous beta of 4.1, WebGuide […]

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The Waiting Game

The bane of every technophile in existence…. waiting for new features… after all.. they are just around the corner! The author of Home Theater Blog, an AVS installer, tells the story of a client who suffers the exact same problem. I know I am coming across the same problem when deciding what to build for my new HTPC (details to […]

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Building An Ubuntu MythTV Box

Suuure you could pick the easy way and buy a HP computer pre-configured with Vista Home Premium and call it good, or you could risk life and WAF and go the Ubuntu MythTV route :). Phornoix For those that have never tried out MythTV before, it is much more than just a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) for Linux. MythTV is […]

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