Engadget gets their hands on the newest TiVo features, which not being a TiVo user, I gotta say look very cool. Think of it like Transcode360 for your TiVo. Very neat…too bad they just mentioned they're going to be raising prices again. :-/ What we found much more exciting was the new PC-to-TiVo functionality being rolled out the TiVo Desktop […]
Read moreSome pretty cool pricing comparisons if you're curious as to why those companies are trying to take so much of your hard earned cash for those gorgeous displays. The material costs for a 1080p 52-inch DLP (digital light processing) rear-projection TV (RPTV) are about US$807.52, nearly half of that from a 1080p 52-inch LCD TV and a PDP (plasma display […]
Read moreNot the cheapest display on the market, but these guys still seem to like it. They also offer a 1080p version in the Elite version of it. Pioneer’s 7th generation plasma, the PDP-5070HD makes strides over last years offering, the 5060HD with improved black levels and color decoding. Pioneer has also ditched their media box receiver in favor of an […]
Read moreBoy, the Blu Ray & HD-DVD guys sure do try to shoot themselves in the foot as much as possible now don't they? This time in the UK, with some not-so-cheerful news. Toshiba’s launch of HD DVD in the UK has been delayed. Its entry-level HD-E1 model is now not expected to ship until mid December, a month later than […]
Read moreSome good news for you TiVo owners, as they're making some changes to their software which will allow you to view non-copyrighted video on your TiVos, as well as make it easy to share video you make with other TiVo users. Shame that movies you download still won't be able to be streamed, but this is another step for TiVo […]
Read moreI think it's great to see the people behind the products we use just show how true fans they are of what they're doing. It definitely instills confidence within customers & improves the relationship of the community. So, if you're in the market for a new PVR & doing some research, check this out. So this weekend, as an experiment, […]
Read moreWell it's about friggin time now isn't it?!?? After seeing how long it took to get cablecard in Vista, I'm terrified to ask about this type of cablecard for any PVR. CableLabs said it will begin offering verification testing of plug-and-play devices like digital-video recorders with the multistream interface beginning in January as part of CableLabs Certification Wave 49. The […]
Read morePVRWire covers the latest article about DiVx's strategy in the home entertainment realm, with some interesting ideas. Greenhall says Apple has it right in focusing on a way to bring PC-based media to the TV set. But where Greenhall differs from Steve Jobs is the hardware. He says consumers don't want to have to buy a special device just to […]
Read moreThe 4th & I believe final part of Chris Lanier's Home Automation series is up for your enjoyment. Now that you not only have an idea about what it takes to install and setup mControl, now you might want to know that it’s not limited to controlling your home just from your Media Center PC. You can gain access from […]
Read moreStill don't know much about High Definition TV? Well, apparently there are still a few out there 😛 so DenGuru takes the guessing out of it. I say if you have questions you should just ask in our forums, some of these guys have more knowledge about this stuff than they know what to do with (not me though, I […]
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