Author: Andrew Van Til

I wonder what the value add is for that $40.  Side-by-side and top-bottom 3D content already play just fine an HTPC (tested personally :)) you just need to tell the TV what kind of content it is.  The only thing that doesn’t work is 3D BD which requires an HDMI 1.4 driver – which I think is supposed to be […]

I’m not that familar with what the different types of PlayReady licenses mean, but it looks like SageTV now has a PlayReady Master Agreement Licensee.  With names like Netflix and SiliconDust also on the list hopefully it’s a precursor to good things to come. Thanks to cyberwolf for pointing this out.   PlayReady Master Agreement Licensees SageTV, LLC [Approved Microsoft® […]

I’m going to file this one away in the "maybe someday" category of home theater kit, but well worth a read to see what feature will hopefully trickle down in the mainstream AVRs.   While most people probably know NAD more for their CD players and integrated amplifiers, they have a whole line of home theater equipment, from receivers to […]

Fair warning – if you’re tired of me beating the SMM for Sage V7 drum turn away now.  Plucky just let me know that he’s been working with Jamiben (another SageTV developer who’s done some amazing work as well) on something called "Basic View" for SMM that will be in the next public beta release for SMM (hopefully next week […]

I’m not sure how I feel about header optimization when it’s a breaking change.  Seems like the kind of thing that you don’t change the spec on mid stream, but maybe that’s just me.    A few weeks ago I updated to the latest mkvtoolnix, which I believe is currently at v4.2.0. I unfortunately noticed a bad side effect of […]

Coming in at $350 and $699 I’m not sure that either player really warrants the cash outlay unless you really need discrete analog outs.   To 3D or not to 3D, that is the question. Sorry to go Shakespeare on you, but I’m skeptical as to whether 3D is the next big thing on the horizon. Samsung is one of […]

While I love ShowAnalyzer, I have to admit being a little intimidated by all of the settings with obtuse names available for creating custom scanning profiles.  Now thanks to Ben, we can all tune like pros.   If you you’ve ever used any automatic commercial skipping technolog you know that it isn’t 100 percent accurate. We remember our old ReplayTV […]