I get a lot of Kickstarter pitches in the MissingRemote inbox, but it’s not that often that I see one that looks interesting. STREAMZ is one of those. Combining an Android powered Wi-Fi streamer in the headset alongside Bluetooth and wired connectivity it can provide a complete music solution. Music can be stored locally (it supports up to 256GB SDXC), […]
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Yamaha is known, and lauded, for it’s “sound projectors”, but they also make the more pedestrian “sound bar”. Just adding the $300 YAS-207 to the collection. With a wireless subwoofer, HDMI inputs, and being first to support the DTS Virtual:X 3D audio format being the main selling points. The new YAS-207 sound bar destroys all preconceptions about a $299.95 sound […]
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If you have a Plex Pass you can now watch your OTA content live, anywhere you have Internet. You will, of course, need some local tuners, but it’s not just HDHR devices now. There are actually quite a few, and you can even use some of the USB ones with the NVIDIA SHIELD! Since we launched Plex DVR back in […]
Read moreIf you are in the market for a OLED display I would recommend having a look at Vincent’s comparison of two of the top contenders. While very thorough, there is an important thing not mentioned; the LG’s significant price advantage. Personally, I took two things away: maybe it would be good to wait another year for OLED and it’s great […]
Read moreI love building little IoT devices, so this project is right up my alley. Requiring a rPi (or similar dev board), a bit of HW, and some elbow grease you too can build your own face-recognizing doorbell. Recently, I set out to install a doorbell in my new house and thought: why doesn’t my doorbell tell me who is […]
Read moreAs we all know, current LCD technology creates colors by using mulitple single color sub-pixels to create the full gamut resolved through the pixel. This method would consolidate the heavy lifting into a single voltage controled pixel – reducing the required footprint per-pixel significantly. Gizmodo has a brief high-level writeup. A research team at the University of Central Florida has […]
Read moreIf you’re into the details, and chances are good since you’re here :). You will get a lot out of HDTVTest’s video explaining HDR Tone-Mapping in various displays.
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If you’re in the market for a five bay NAS that supports BTRFS the Synology DS1517+ might be just the thing. Provided you have the cash, it is a little expensive in this category. Part of Synology’s “Plus” series, the DS1517+ replaces the DS1515+. It features five drive bays, four Gigabit Ethernet ports, four USB 3.0 ports and two eSATA […]
Read moreIf you’ve been following the Intel AMT security issue story, it looks like we finally have some guidence around the severity and some mitigations steps. Even though a proper fix is still some ways off. Ars has some more information on the exploit (although they didn’t include the root cause) as well as useful links to some tools Intel has […]
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The ecobee4 fortold by Zatz Not Funny! has arrived. Well sort of – you can now pre-order the smart thermostat for $249 (or $313 to include two additonal sensors) with an expected ship date of May 15th. Not bad at all considering that it suports Amazon Alexa (saving you a Dot purchase) and includes a remote sensor. Be comfortable in […]
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