You can hear the praises of the rookie TV shopper at your local shop looking for the right cable! With the HDMI specification constantly–and annoyingly–evolving it was high time someone did something to translate the different revisions to the average consumers. This is at least a step in the right direction. Next step–tell everyone about Monoprice.com! C|Net According to the […]
Read moreIt’s Thursday! The week is almost over so it’s time to get caught up on all your favorite podcasts from the week! link=http://thedigitallifestyle.com/cs/blogs/ian/archive/2009/11/19/podcast-the-media-center-show-231-tagging-your-photos.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheDigitalLifestyle+%28The+Digital+Lifestyle+and+Media+Center+Show%29 [The Media Center Show #231 – Tagging your photos This week on the show long term listener Brian Frost talks photo tagging and how to get the most of your photos in Windows Media Center. Brian has […]
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Mmmm…multi-zone audio. I wish I had a large enough house to have to worry about this. But for those that do, CasaTunes makes use of the good ol Silverstone chassis to brand it’s own client units to make your audio life easier. SlashGear The XLi supports up to six output zones and the XLe supports up to 12 and […]
Read moreMost of you running WHS are probably already using this, but in case you haven’t Power Pack 3 has some nice improvements if you use the TV functionality of your Windows MCE system. A couple other updates as well, still not sure why it took so long to release. MediaSmartServer.net The primary focus of Power Pack 3 is to improve […]
Read moreIn case you missed it, yesterday there was an announcement of a new plugin for Media Center called MadeForMediaCenter.com. The concept is less than revolutionary–having an online repository where you can download apps for your Media Center as simple as the App Store works on the iPhone, and basically how Meedio had their plugin store–but for one reason or another, […]
Read moreAnother win for Netflix, as they are active in a couple Sony devices. They have really ramped up on devices and it’s pretty awesome for consumers. PRNewsWire Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), the world’s largest online movie rental service, today announced that Netflix members can now instantly watch thousands of movies and TV episodes streamed from Netflix directly to TVs via […]
Read moreI guess their HD-DVD trade-up program was fairly successful after all, since Warner studios is now offering a similar program for trading in your DVDs to obtain Blu-rays. I’m surprised this charge isn’t coming from someone like Sony, who have way more invested not only in Blu-ray titles but players as well. HighDefDigest For as low as $7.95 per disc, […]
Read moreRemember that review of the ION we did, and that nasty issue it had with Hulu flash content that Adobe and Nvidia promised to fix? Looks like they have made good on that promise and have a pre-release version of the new 10.1 Flash software available that remedies that problem! Kudos to both companies on working quickly on this resolution.
Read moreHow do you top one of the highest rated blu-ray players on the market? If you’re OPPO, you almost double the cost, and add even more features to it. It’s hard to argue with the company, but I think the majority of users will be more than happy with the $500 version for their Blu-ray playback needs.I think this version […]
Read moreI caught this bit of news the other day and meant to post it sooner, if only because I’m not at all surprised by the results. All the money that was spent for the whole transition was absurd, but hey, at least those that did redeem it didn’t have to go a day without television! CrunchGear The government mailed out […]
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