Weekly Podcast Roundup, September 30th 2010

Couple of podcasts covering CEDIA’s high end show. Enjoy! The summer blockbusters have started making their way to Blu-ray and DVD and we’ve got the lowdown for you starting this week.  It’s been a long dry summer but we’re finally getting some quality content and a good number you’ll want to consider adding to your collection. [The Movie Podcast: Sept. […]

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Video tour: Xbox 360 Fall 2010 Dashboard update

I was most interested in the ESPN portion of this and unfortunately am a bit underwhelmed, although the inclusion of avatars makes it somewhat interesting. The Netflix interface is pretty slick however, but again…if you have a dedicated HTPC you won’t be switching over to the console full-time for any of these features anyways. Still I think it’s a good […]

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Zotac Blu-ray HD-ID34 Nettop / HTPC Review

Here’s Zotac’s latest cool SFF system featuring NVidia’s ION chipset. Pretty slick enclosure which seems to be able to handle fairly high image resolution without issues. The baseline system (2GB of DDR2-800 memory and a 250GB 5400RPM hard drive) is plenty powerful for basic tasks along with 720p/1080p video playback, but the barebones option would allow you to install 4GB […]

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Apple TV review

As the AppleTV’s are being received around the country, there’s a number of reviews popping up on the internet. The consensus seems to be the same–good quality picture, slick UI interface, ridiculously limited as far as playback functionality goes. For now, I’d still much prefer a Roku box, but who knows what will be capable from this $99 box when […]

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Panasonic GT25/GT20 review

Here’s an awesomely detailed review of the new GT series of Panasonic plasma televisions which incorporate 3D without the high end price tag of the awesome VT series. Looks like Panasonic has themselves another winner here. In fact GT25/GT20 is so close to VT25/VT20 in terms of 3D picture quality and crosstalk that I can’t really point out any relevant […]

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Maximum PC Moonlights With a HTPC Build

There’s some really questionable component choice (and handling for that matter), in the Maximum PC HTPC build.  I hope they expensed the parts because the system was at least $400 more than it needed to cost, and they forgot to include PowerDVD 10 in the bill of goods.   In this video (originally presented as part of the inaugural Maximum […]

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$30 for PPV? Sure Hollywood.

So this is a deal that Sony, Warner Bros and Walt Disney are talking about whereby movies would be available AFTER their theatrical release but before their On-Demand/Rental dates, and the price being thrown around is $20-$30. You read that correct, THIRTY DOLLARS! That’s more than the price of a Blu-ray disc of the same movie a few months later. […]

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September 28th Blu-ray Releases

Solid amount of releases this week. I haven’t watched it but heard conflicting reports on Get Him to The Greek, but I rather enjoyed the character so maybe I’ll like it. Other than that, a few good releases of older movies like Nightmare Before Christmas and the original 1933 version of King Kong. My pick though? MissingRemote’s Pick of the […]

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