Thought you might be interested in this set-up: A home control system called Savant that runs on an Apple Macintosh platform. "Every touchpanel can act as an Apple computer, essentially, and large screens can double as interfaces too in this Oregon home. Genesis was confident enough in Savant to install two 13-inch wireless touchpanels, two 5-inch in-wall touchpanels and a […]
Read moreToday we have a plugin that is not even close to new…it’s actually been around since 2005, which pretty much makes it a classic. Sometimes things lose their relevance over time, but not so when you’re talking about a plugin that will help you out by automatically switching aspect ratios to match the material you are watching. Overview The Auto […]
Read moreThis is old news but I didn’t see it posted here on MR yet. Pioneer is ending production of its Kuro line of PDPs. Agruably the Kuro was the standard by which all FPs would judged. After confirming back in February that they would be exiting the plasma TV business this year, Pioneer have outlined their release and withdrawal […]
Read moreI always enjoy reading what Chris has to say, and I must say he’s spot on here. Fuze was great in theory, and it’s sad to see them go…hopefully the lessons learned can be passed on to current/future Media Center companies. They spent their money and resources on developing a wrapper for Vista Media Center that only slightly expanded […]
Read moreThose crazy Canadians take a good look at the new passively cooled Radeon HD 4850 from Gigabyte. They even take the time to test temps in multiple cases under multiple conditions. This one seems to be a winner, with the passively cooled system performing better than the stock fan by a good margin.
Read moreVery informative article if you want to learn some of the differences. I’m going deaf, so irrelevant for me, but if you still have your hearing, give it a whirl! So how much do you have to spend to get a good system in the eyes (ears?) of an audiophile? Definitive recommends $1000 for a home-theater component setup. (In […]
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Read moreWhile I have not seen anything official yet, there are lots of rumors floating around right now that the show Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is on the chopping block. This makes me very unhappy because it is one of the few shows that I’m actually interested in this season. What is making me even more unhappy is that the […]
Read moreThis isn’t really directly related to HTPCs but I thought that it was a very interesting comparison. I think it’s worth a look. The only question is whether or not one can justify the purchase of what can only be described as a very expensive and relatively small hard disk drive. On one hand, both iRam and ANS-9010 are […]
Read moreWhich ever rental I pick out of the suggestions gets another entry in the OnAir GT giveaway! I won’t pollute your recommendations by giving out my personal preferences.
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