This is by far the best anayisis of the format war i’ve read anywhere on the web. Doom9 At the advent of high definition, hardware makers and studios once again teamed up in two competing groups, but this time, despite negotiations to get a single format, no consensus was reached. Interestingly, when the two groups had come together before the […]
Read moreIs this the real deal or what? ARS Here’s what consumers will get: they will be able to move content across their home networks for viewing on devices that aren’t attached to a set-top box. That will include PCs as well as portable devices, and high-definition and video-on-demand programming will be covered by DTCP-IP.
Read morejim b. writes… "I bought Theatertek this weekend and installed FFDSHOW but I was quickly lost trying to configure it. Has anyone written a setup or configuration doc for it? Any assistance would be helpful. I am trying to get the highest resolution possiible from standard definition DVD’s." I am sure with a kick ass community such as ours we […]
Read moreShuttle has always impressed me with how many features they can pack into those little cases, but I think they’ve really outdone themselves this time. Case Desings * NVIDIA® GeForce 7050PV/nForce 630a chipset * Supports AMD® Athlon[TM]64 X2, Athlon[TM]64 und Sempron[TM] series (HyperTransport 1.0) processors * Up to 4 GB dual channel DDR2-800 RAM (OC to 1066 MHz) * NVIDIA® […]
Read moreThey call it the "Black Pearl". Makes me feel kinda funny. Ropes. Gym class. I had been seriously lusting after the Epson Home Cinema 1080, but this has caught my fickle eye. Engadget September 20th: know it home cinema buffs. That’s the date Sony releases their SXRD followup to the VPL-VW50 "Pearl" projector in Japan. The new Bravia VPL-VW60 projects […]
Read moreWith passive cooling, mini-ATX form factor, onboard HDMI, plenty of expanion, and a price tag that’s easy on the wallet ($77) I think that this looks like the perfect base for an HTPC project and the folks over at [H]ard|OCP seem to agree. Hardocp Don’t let size fool you. GIGABYTE’s latest AM2 based board, the GA-MA69GM-S2H, packs a wallop in […]
Read moreSure they are 720p but $699 for 55 inches of HD goodness is hard to argue with. Alan: This link is a picture of a Fry’s ad. They have Sony Rear Projection LCDs on closeout for dirt dirt cheap. Click here to check it out.
Read moreLike there aren’t other directors out there. Sheesh what a dork. I think John Woo could direct T2 just as good if not better. Instead of speeding up a scene we could see it in slow mo. Daily Tech Bay later had a change of heart and said that he took one too many sips of Kool-Aid from the Blu-ray […]
Read moreI normally don’t mess with beta drivers, but with the NFL season about to start I’ll try just about anything to fix my 1080i playback issues. Nvidia Added PureVideo™ HD decode acceleration for GeForce 8600, 8500 and 8400 series GPUs.
Read moreScore one for the HD-DVD camp. The article doesn’t go so far as to give their rational for the transition, but i’d speculate that the low consumer acceptance rate is making the higher production costs of the Blu-ray discs tough to handle. Engadget Affiliations in the HD DVD vs. Blu-ray format war have been pretty clearly defined for nearly two […]
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