Another review without HD testing. We have been able to plug PCs into a TV for a long time. I’d really like to see whether or not onboard video can do 1080I/1080P without dropping frames. Does HDMI really help a DVD look better than vga or component. Blah! Where are the affordable cable card pc reviews. Virtual Hideout ASRock’s 4Core1333-FullHD […]
Read moreThe folks over at MissingRemote.Com have simplified their news submission procedure and are having a lot of fun doing it. HTPC enthusiasts should enjoy this great resource. From the newly redesigned news submission page: * Submit news related to Home Automation, Home Theater, Media Center Software, HTPC Building, TV/Movie, Next Generation DVDs And General Digital Life news! * If you […]
Read moreOur news submission form was the subject of mockery recently. After we cried ourselves to sleep, we took command of the situation and revised the form. We hope for the better. Click the link to check out the new form :). If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, do not hesitate to speak up.
Read morePeople really underestimate the importance of a good power supply, both in terms of quality & noise. Having a perfect combination of both will make your life and your HTPC much happier. This one is quality enough, but looks like some bogus advertising as far as what is silent. Hard|OCP This leaves one last thing to consider with this unit, […]
Read moreJennyfur sends in the following press release… MILPITAS, CA – (August 1, 2007) – AVerMedia® Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of digital multimedia and presentation technology, announced today the release of the AVerTV Hybrid ExpressCard High Definition and Analog ExpressCard TV Tuner for laptops. Utilizing the latest component technologies, the new AVerTV Hybrid ExpressCard is the perfect TV Tuner solution […]
Read morePAPutzback is speechless about this 🙂 DailyTech The AMD demonstration had the next-generation graphics processor output to a Genesis Microchip DisplayPort receiver. Display manufacturers such as Samsung are developing new display products using the Genesis Microchip DisplayPort receiver. Samsung plans to release a 30” LCD display with 2560 x 1600 resolution and 10 bits of color depth next year.
Read moreHaven’t watched the video yet, but the blurb states that there are some ease of use issues. Oh well, if it works in Media Center, I would definitely buy it! Even for the $250 price tag. DL.TV IN THIS DL.TV CLIP: As a low cost way of capturing HD video using the HDMI connection, the premise of the Blackmagic Design’s […]
Read moreTodd Bowra….what to say about him. The bloody guy knows more about Extenders than anyone on the planet…now if only we could make him ignore that silly NDA he signed when he joined Microsoft! C’mon Todd!! Seriously though, Todd is one of the behind the scenes guys working an insane amount at getting the MCE Extender platform out there. Show […]
Read moreThe TechReport…. erm.. reports that AMD has refreshed their 690G with driver and BIOS changes to broaden its appeal :). They now list the X2 CPU speeds required to get smooth playback. You will need at least a 2.4 GHz CPU to playback H.264 and a 1.9 GHz CPU for MPEG2. The Gigabyte motherboard featured in the article would have […]
Read moreSo let’s make this quick and easy, this little box has HDMI and is ready to have a Blu-ray or HD DVD drive added to it. For a little bit more you can get whichever flavor of video card, AMD/ATI or NVIDIA, you’d like to ensure smooth MPEG-4 AVC [H.264] playback from the latest batch of HD DVD/Blu-ray releases. Read on for […]
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