Sling.com Opens Its Doors

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It was only a matter of time before a Hulu competitor showed up to the TV portal race and Sling did it in a big way :). Sling Media has partnered with several providers including Hulu (NBC & Fox) to bring a pretty big lineup of content to its portal. The official press release can be found here and lists […]

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Ars Ultimate Home Theater PC Guide: 1080p HDMI Edition

Not a bad article which covers several aspects of planning a HTPC install.   It has been over three and a half years since the HTPC has gone mainstream. Today, the HTPC front-end is fairly well established, with a slick interface and a compact, living-room-friendly form factor, and it’s reliable enough that you rarely notice it’s there. Toss in working HDMI for […]

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Public Service Announcement: MSI DIVA + CableCARD

Chris Morley has a public service announcement regarding CableCards and the MSI DIVA platform. In short, it won’t work with CableCards unless you are an OEM.   he MSI motherboard has the table built in for the AMD/MS OEM partners to put in their CableLabs information to enable playback of digital cable content including encrypted QAM content.  However, this table […]

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AnyDVD HD converting to subscription model in 2009

If you were on the fence about purchasing AnyDVD for your Blu-ray ripping needs, you will want to get your pruchase in before the end of the year. Starting in 2009 Slysoft will be moving to a yearly subscription fee rather then unlimited lifetime upgrades. If you purchase now, you can still qualify for lifetime upgrades. Not only that, they […]

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Thank an Engineer

TI decided to do some spoof videos to show what life would be like without engineers in the world and why you should thank them when you see them.  I think the videos are worth looking at for a second.   Thank an Engineer For making our lives safer, more productive and fun  [Texas Instruments]  

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Machine vision ‘bot’ rocks out on Guitar Hero

This isn’t really HTPC related but most of you are probably familiar with Guitar Hero.  I wanted to post this because it was just really cool.  Watch the video and be amazed.   Combine the popular video game Guitar Hero with high-speed industrial hardware and a real-time OS and what do you get? An entertaining demonstration of machine vision capabilities […]

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