Joining the party of HTPC motherboards is a review from Bjorn3d of an ASUS 780g offering. The board looks pretty standard, but it looks like setup is not nearly as seamless as one would hope or expect. Here are some of the gripes, but read the full review for all the lowdown. Bjorn3d We do like the fact that […]
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This new little motherboard from VIA is just oozing with HTPC potential, sporting dual HDMI ports and a plethora of other features, all powered by an efficient and low powered VIA CPU. No pricing yet, but VIA boards are not normally in the cheap seats, so be prepared. Slashgear Grunt is courtesy of a 1.6GHz VIA Nano processor together […]
Read moreThis is mainly speculation, but intriguing nonetheless and a pretty large leap for technology from such an established company like Sky. We’ll see if it ever hits the light of day, but it’s good to see them trying new things at least. Automated Home The hard disk in the new product is said to be 4 to 5 times the […]
Read moreAnd retailers of TV’s in California can breathe a big sigh of relief, as they can continue to sell those big bad TV sets polluting our environment. Hopefully this was the result of some outcry….or maybe they just woke up and saw how ridiculous it was. Either way, I’m happy for now. Have to love how they sneak in how […]
Read moreCompetition for Netflix is definitely good, but I agree with the author that it’s all going to come down to the selection. Vudu has some high definition videos but their library has been pretty sparse when compared to Netflix, so let’s see if Epix offers better and for a good value. Audioholics Epix Chief Digital Officer Emil Rensing contended in […]
Read moreImpressive feature set, but no mention of audio capabilities. Optimistically, perhaps this means they’re still working on getting some HD audio over HDMI. Realistically, I’m thinking there won’t be any HD audio. Calling this "ultimate" is definitely a stretch, though. The VIA VB8003 Mini-ITX board can utilize the integrated graphics of the VIA VX800 MSP in tandem with the […]
Read moreGood week for Star Trek fans and sad week for fans of the Terminator Chronicles to keep dreaming what could have been. Observe and Report with Seth Rogan is a decent comedy if you’re looking for something new, but if you’re looking for a dumb mall cop comedy Paul Blart is much better (I can’t believe I just said that […]
Read moreCompetition for MonoPrice perhaps? I wonder how good the quality of their cables will be. With AmazonBasics, the online retail giant is jumping headfirst into the consumer electronics space with its own private line of low-cost accessories. The products are all packaged in "frustration free" packaging, and include HDMI cables, Ethernet cords, and blank DVDs, to name a few. […]
Read moreAntiPack was intended as a starting point in that it only includes high quality hardware accelerated codecs for the most popular A/V formats, but does not support everything. If you need more, ffdshow should be next on your list. It provides the most full featured software video and audio decoder of any OSS or free DirectShow filter; because of this […]
Read moreContinuing the odd week of scheduled podcasts, we’ve got another one for your weekend listening. The gang at DMZ cover a bit more CEDIA topics and a variety of other items. Digital Media Zone Back again and now that CEDIA is finally over we can talk about some of the other news that came out of the expo. We can’t […]
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