More News on the HD Format Wars

Brett sent in this news tidbit about HD DVD sales spiking because of recent price cuts. ARS The rebate incentive program is scheduled to end on June 16, which means that HD DVD player prices will rise back up to $399 in short order. While significantly cheaper than the launch prices of last year, that's still a pretty penny for […]

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MissingRemote.com – Community Edition

If you check out the upper right hand corner of this page, you will notice there is now a Submit News button. This marks the beginning of MissingRemote.com Community Edition. Starting today, all news, well at least most news, will be coming from MissingRemote.com users. YAY! This will allow Mike and myself to focus on providing original content for the […]

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First Look: Cyberlink Live Beta

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Those of you familiar with MissingRemote.com might remember my Guide to Streaming Media article I wrote a while back, comparing Orb, Webguide and SageTV Placeshifter. Well, apparantly the folks over at Cyberlink saw it as well and decided that they could have something to offer and have named it CyberlinkLive. So let's see how their early betas can compare with […]

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Getting Connected

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Paramount to any new house is getting basic connectivity up and running through out the house. This typically involves a few calls to the utility companies and a wireless router hook up and you are good to go. This takes care of phone, cable and Internet. The three staples of happy family living. I decided to take a slightly different […]

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