Xi3 PISTON Console Availability Outlined

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We saw Xi3’s unique brand of SFF at CES last year, and they created some buzz later by hinting that they were the Steam Box, but we didn’t have a date for when we could actually buy this miniscule PC aimed at gaming and media consumption. It looks like Xi3 has answered the date question with the quad-core PISTON available […]

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Pants

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As a recent [quasi-]immigrant to the UK I’ve enjoyed learning the differences between American and British culture. Sometimes these gaps are obvious, making it possible to clearly discern where American expectations are inconsistent with the norms of this society and other times more subtle where our shared language doesn’t equate to a shared lexicon (e.g. pants vs. trousers). In most […]

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Cambridge Audio Announces Aero Speaker Lineup

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Confession time: I’m a sucker for CEDIA PR. The amazing electronics, beautiful speakers, and slick home automation systems are tantalizing but honestly, usually intended for a difference audience. Something is different this year though, because here I am posting two CEDIA announcements in as many days. This time we have an announcement from Cambridge Audio highlighting a new line of […]

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HDBaseT Products Announced at CEDIA 2013

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It might seem a little strange at first that the backend of this Integra AVR has two RJ-45 plugs, but it isn’t. What we’re seeing here is one of the first retail AVR with HDBaseT built in – very slick! The technology is [unfortunately] still relegated mostly to the high-end CI market, but it’s great to see this, and an […]

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Deconstructing The AVR

I consider the audio video receiver (AVR) to be a critical home theater component, but aside from a basic understanding of what’s inside my knowledge of what is actually in the black box in the stack is pretty limited. That’s not to say I’m not curious, just a little leary of cracking open a very expensive component just to have […]

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4K Blu-ray Outed?

As much as I like the sound of 4K OTT, it just doesn’t seem realistic in any reasonable time frame. So I was thrilled to see a report on HDTVtest that SINGULUS appears to have outed the devices required to manufacture 100GB Blu-ray discs. Hopefully they are correct and it’s exactly what we need to get 4K movies out sooner […]

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