There’s a quick unboxing and setup posted of the Roku 2, with lots of pictures for those who prefer to skip the reading. I keep thinking about picking up a Roku or Boxee and cutting the cord (see news post below), but I think I’d be giving up too much. Then again, if cable channels keep cancelling the shows I […]
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Some of you have probably toyed with the idea of cutting the cord, while others may have even taken that drastic step. According to some insiders, Apple may still be looking to get in on a piece of that action. Personally, I don’t like Apple products, but the success of iTunes shows just what they’re capable of when they decide […]
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When I first heard that Hulu would entertain offers of a buyout, I thought there would not be a large market of potential buyers. Since Hulu is owned by major content providers, licensing TV shows was not much of a problem because profits would flow back to the content provider’s income statement. However, if Comcast, Disney, Newscorp, etc. sold Hulu […]
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Could this be a viable competitor to the Sonos? I’m not so sure. I will absolutely give this company credit for two things. First, this is designed, manufactured, and hand-assembled in the U.S. Second, the case is actually made out of DuPont Corian. Yes, the same stuff they make countertops out of! Looking at their–somewhat sparse–website, it doesn’t mention any […]
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For the most part, support for CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) in home theater PCs (HTPC) has been terribly lacking. What is CEC you ask? Quite simply, it is a communications channel and protocol utilized in HDMI that allows functionality such as controlling power and volume of a connected TV among other things. You may have heard of it in a manufacturer’s […]
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Microsoft continues to focus its living room aspirations on the Xbox 360. For a long time, one insurmountable advantage that Windows Media Center held over the Xbox 360 was access to live sports content. The addition of the ESPN3 app to Xbox Live changed that, and now the Xbox’s ESPN3 app is getting an update that might just convince me to […]
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Vizio recently released their first Android tablet, and now Vizio has the first Android tablet that can access Hulu Plus.The fact that the Vizio Tablet runs Gingerbread instead of the tablet-focused Honeycomb probably helped. There are a number of Gingerbread-based smartphones running Hulu Plus already, requiring the Hulu app developers to expend relativly little effort tweaking the app and certifying the device. Vizio has […]
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In the Sandy Bridge generation, Intel has brought to market numerous CPUs that cover a wide range of thermal and performance envelopes. The T-variant parts having TDP values as little as 35W are an intriguing choice for small form factor (SFF) enclosures because their cooling and peak power consumption requirements are much less. What happens when we compare the T-variant […]
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