The migration of the PC in your home theater continues, yet in a different fashion. I still love it. The fact that HDTV Magazine has a podcast that is covering the latest Windows Home Server offering from HP just shows how the convergence of technologies has continued and evolved. HDTV Mag Imagine with me, if you will, a day when […]
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God bless em! Hopefully Comcast is paying attention and will gradually start to lower costs–besides access, I know so many people in their 20’s that refuse to pay for cable because most of what they want can be had for free or just isn’t important enough to pay $100/month. Internet is way more important to them, and now they have […]
Read moreGood news for fan of the Redbox kiosks in stores nearby, and upping the ante against Blockbuster and Netflix, as they are going to be upping the number of blu-rays in their selections. Staggering to see just how much money those little boxes have made, reporting a profit of $58 MILLION in the FIRST HALF of 2009!!! High Def Digest […]
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Pricing is still TBD and this thing has been scheduled for a while, but these OLED TV’s are pretty sweet. I saw one in person last year at Cedia and was quite impressed with how ridiculously thin they were. You can count on them costing quite a bit more than LCD’s though. Gizmodo Here’s what’s more believable. According to […]
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Now here’s a unique perspective on extender devices–this offering from Samsung connects your cell phone to your television, and allows you to play content wirelessly. Sound odd? You’re not alone, but my guess is Samsung has some phones they feel would be ideal. The video of it in action is pretty decent, but I’m still far from sold. Tech Ticker […]
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I’m not sure the market for something like that here in the US with all the DVR options we have, but I’d like to play with one just to see how it works and matches up. The integrated player is nice but I agree that at these prices they really need to include a Blu-ray drive. CrunchGear The most […]
Read moreWell, the wait is over at least for those of you with MSDN or Technet access. The rest of the world still has to wait until the end of October, but this is good news. I was finally able to activate my RTM build 🙂 Windows Team Blog And tomorrow, our Volume License (VL) customers with an existing Software Assurance […]
Read moreAnother Thursday, another reliable podcast from fellow MVP Ian Dixon! This week up he’s got Ben Reed, Microsoft’s foremost evangelist…err…Sr. Product Manager to talk about Windows 7 and the new TV formats. Look forward to listening! And fyi, I just finished a roundtable discussion with Ian and some other fellows that should be aired next week I believe! Show Times: […]
Read moreTo anyone who has the money to blow on this speaker, let alone an entire 5.1 setup… Wanna adopt me? In all seriousness, clearly, this is not aimed at the home audio/video afficionado, nor even home theater builders. Impressive, nonetheless. The Ultimate is a rather large speaker–each one consists of six, seven-foot tall panels. Each Ultimate houses a total […]
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If you have been out of the PC Hardware game for a bit, you may not have heard of Scythe before…but they have quickly and *quietly* (get it?) made a name for themselves with quality heatsinks and fans for your CPU’s. What started as giant towers has continued to evolve for all sorts of chassis, so here are a couple […]
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