Great news for those dealing with switched digital video (SDV) issues. CableLabs has updated their Tuning Resolver (aka Tuning Adapters) Specs, TRIF-N-10.1574-3, to support a minimum of 4 tuners. Currently there are two Tuning Resolver brands, Motorola and Cisco. The Cisco supports a maximum of two tuners; whereas the Motorola Tuning Resolver can support up to 6 streams with an updated firmware*. This means […]
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Over the last three weeks I have received quite a few e-mails from concerned readers that Hauppauge may have "dropped" development on HD PVR support for Windows Media Center. The last beta drivers, v1.0.28201, were released a little over two months ago, July 21, 2010, and we haven’t heard much since then. I’m happy to report that development is alive […]
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The public beta of Adobe Flash Player "Square" is now available for download. For you Linux users the beta was available for download some time ago but was later removed. I’m not a fan of Flash based websites but I’m a huge x86-64 fan boy so I couldn’t resist installing. So far seems to work very well on Windows and Linux […]
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According to the beta driver release notes NVIDIA has finally joined Intel and AMD\ATI in the HD Audio bitstreaming club with their GeForce GTX 460 GPUs. We will have to update our Bit Streaming HDMI HD Audio Guide. Blu-ray 3D Adds support for playing back Blu-ray 3D discs when connecting your GPU to an HDMI 1.4 3D TV. Playback requires […]
Read moreI didn’t expect to be so disappointed by missing IDF 2010 but between Sandy Bridge news and two Windows Media Center Embedded devices I am. No official word on price but if it is the same ballpark as Boxee I’ll be one happy geek. The Boxee Box isn’t the only device bragging today about its Intel Atom CE4100 processor. Two new […]
Read moreLet me start with a disclaimer, this does not pertain directly to home theaters, it is a simple lesson in my own humility. And when it comes to technology, I very much dislike feeling stupid. Read on if still interested, otherwise check out some of the new reviews. First a little background. I am not a networking engineer or network […]
Read moreI’ll update with the official specs when Apple updates their site but the new Apple TV was demonstrated today at the Apple Fall Event. It is basically small, silent, "attractive" and cheap. It will be released in 4 weeks for $99. It can stream from iTunes and Netflix and play content from your network as well. No Blu-ray support so […]
Read moreFor those on the fence about extenders or stand-alone low power HTPCs the choice just got a lot easier with tuner sharing. One of the features that the Ceton InfiniTV4 was poised to offer was tuner sharing. This would allow you to have your InfiniTV4 in one HTPC and assign tuners to other HTPCs in your home. Unfortunately CableLabs […]
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Introducing TunerSalad! (aka I need more tuners…) Now that the Ceton InfiniTV 4 has been released, are four CableCARD tuners just not enough? The My Channel Logos (MCL) Development Team has answered your prayers (well complaints). Before showing off how easy the MCL Development Team has made it, let me emphasize three things: TunerSalad is only for personal, non-commercial use. […]
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First, let me start off with an apology. I’ve been burning the midnight oil but still have some tests left for Part II of my Ceton InfiniTV 4 review. It is getting there and if you do have any questions, please ask. With the delay in Part II and consequently Part III I wanted to share some hopefully helpful […]
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