No surprises from the other ION reviews you’ve read I’m sure, these things are great HTPC motherboards for those interested. Can easily handle HD content and is low power. TechReviews For 1080P testing we’ll be using a clip from ‘Taxi 3’ which was also a clip downloaded from Microsoft’s website. The Asus EeeBox struggled to play this clip. The Zotac […]
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Being able to stream wirelessly via an HDMI dongle, for less than $200? Sounds too good to be true, and unfortunately, it is. Connect the dongle via USB to your PC, and then the adapter connects via VGA or HDMI. Their video isn’t working right now, but I’d imagine it will show the terrible performance. Engadget On top of that, […]
Read moreI’m dissapointed to say I still haven’t had a chance to listen to Part 1, but I heard it was a pretty good discussion between Extenders and PC’s. Part 2 is now up, so looks like I have some catching up to do. TheDigitalMediaZone Welcome back to part 2 of our discussion on PCs and Extenders with Ben Drawbaugh and […]
Read moreIt’s debateable if this report is because of blu-ray or because of the poor economy. I would lean towards the former as people are realizing they don’t need to really OWN a disc if you can just rent it or stream it from Netflix for the price of 1 movie owned per month. Fudzilla New data released Thursday by the […]
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Another do-it-all hard drive player device? You got it! How on earth these guys differentiate themselves to sell enough to break even is beyond me, but this one sure is pretty. If flashing lights are your thing…and of course you don’t need to play back pesky H.264 videos, since those are SO last year (or not). Engadget Look no […]
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If you like spending too much money on average sound equipment (depending on who you ask), then you’re going to love this news! Hey, at least stylistically it’s better than the old Bose…right? HotHardware The system even includes a built-in, rechargable battery that enables it to accept streams and play back music away from an AC outlet for up […]
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Has anything been a longer tease than larger size OLED television panels? I mean, don’t get me wrong…people love a nice 15" tv, just not in their living room. I’m sure the technology is complicated, but 2012 sure seems a long way away for just 30". By then we’ll have even cheaper 60" TV’s. Engadget Although LG had previously […]
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Boy, if you thought that Samsung blu-ray player was expensive, I can only imagine what one from Marantz is going to cost! But then again if you are considering Marantz, price is probably not an object. HighDefDigest The BD 5004 features DivX playback, BD-Live support, AVCHD, Dolby True HD and DTS-HD bitstreaming, and the 7004 adds 7.1 analog outs, DTS-HD […]
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This has been long time rumored and good to see it’s finally announced. The next update to Windows Home Server looks to include an awful lot for Media Center users, which is always a good sign. TV Archive will let you move or compress your television recordings to your WHS, while Console View gives you a 10′ look at your […]
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If you wanted a wall mountable blu-ray player, you’re in luck!! It’s not a bad player by any means, but I’m with Ben on the price being way too out there…odds of you having all your devices wall mounted is so slim…unless Comcast releases a wall mountable set top box!! SCORE! EngadgetHD In a day when the most inexpensive Blu-ray […]
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