Yamaha YSP-5600 soundbar reviewed at HTR

Anyone who knows me, also knows that the Yamaha YSPs are really the only soundbars that I wholeheartedly recommend. That’s not to say that there aren’t other models that are just fine, only that they are best if you want a real surround sound HT experience. Unfortunately, they don’t come cheap though, this one is $1600, but considering what you’d […]

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ASUS launches AMD AM4 motherboards

AMD IS BACK! With so much positive buzz about Ryzen, it’s worth covering the company again (sorry AMD…). With that it’s great to see boards from ASUS supporting the platform; even if they are more “performace” oriented than I’d use in a HTPC. Hopefully we’ll see some of those soon as well. ASUS Launches New AMD AM4 Series Motherboards — […]

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Kodi v17.1 RC out with nice list of fixes

If you’re a Kodi house, go grab the 17.1 RC. Good list of fixes there.  • Update Estuary and Estouchy with some bugfixes and improvements• Fix EDL skipping• Fix slow song smartplaylist• Several PVR fixes• Update Chorus webinterface• Fix addons not being marked broken when they are updated with broken flag• Add limiter on random songs which should prevent large […]

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YouTube launches Live TV service

Network coverage is a bit light, but given sports coverage, support for six users, and unlimited DVR storage it might just work for $35/mon. Even if it’s not quite up to your standard, I think we can all agree that the level of competition developing in this space is FANTASTIC. What I’d really like to see though, is a just […]

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