Author: mikinho

Well I remember reading about Ryan’s initial implementation of Winscape in Jan 2005 Popular Science.  Every few months I’ve checked his blog and to my surprise Uncrate featured the latest edition today.   I’d rather have a "real" view of a beach or skyline but that isn’t happening anytime soon so a very cool project, worth checking out.    After lots of […]

For the last 2 years I’ve said the next TV I buy will hopefully be OLED.  Maybe I’m dreaming but this is hopeful.  Too small to be practical but double that I’ll have a nice primary PC monitor.  Too bad the my favorite part of the article is: "let’s just assume they’re prohibitively expensive."  If you really want to get […]

What are you waiting for?    The beta is moving ahead as planned… beta signup now online! https://www.silicondust.com/beta/signup/ Nick [SiliconDust Forums]  

Ben Drawbaugh just published his review of the Ceton InfiniTV 4 CableCARD tuner. Check it out if you haven’t already, some interesting stuff. We don’t review many HTPC tuners around here because honestly they usually aren’t that interesting; you plug them in and they either work or they don’t, what else is there to really say about ’em? But every […]

While not directly HTPC related, I thought it was news worthy especially hardware-accelerated goodness and potential Media Center integration (ok that is far-fetched).   I wub my Chrome but will definitely be trying IE9 preview.    Check out the new capabilities of the next Internet Explorer, with the Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview. Find demos of HTML5 and the hardware-accelerated performance with […]

While not exactly new news but PowerDVD 10 was released last week.  The big additions are Blu-ray 3D support, improved HD Audio support, improved DVD upscaling via "TrueTheater™ HD Technology".   I haven’t test this out yet myself but I will be tonight.  My only interests are: 1- Improved Media Center integration; 2- Zero nagscreens when upgrades are available; 3- […]

I’m not in the market for a new LCD but if one of mine happen to break…well I’m not ready to commit to 3D and the OLEDs are out of my price range so the Quattron looks like great LCD. For more information, in addition to the article, see Sharp’s "Sneak Peak".    I was 31 floors up in Centre Point […]

Interesting though too early to get excited about anything.   A little more than a week ago, The Wall Street Journal reported that Google and DISH Network had begun testing a set-top box that uses Google as a search algorithm. In a story published late Wednesday, The New York Timeswent a step further, claiming that a "Google TV" platform is in the works, from Intel, […]

Interesting article and I am very interested to see how the router changes the HTPC place in an average home.   Cisco’s CRS-3 router made a bit of a splash when it was announced on March 9, but the power of this new device hasn’t yet sunk in. Consider: The CRS-3, a network routing system, is able to stream every […]

While overkill for most home users I’m excited to upgrade my server to the Intel Xeon processor 5600 series.  It is hard to pass up on increased performance and power efficiency.   Intel Launches its Most Secure Data Center Processor Second-Generation High-K Metal Gate 32nm Processors Blend Security, Performance, Energy EfficiencyNEWS HIGHLIGHTS First 32nm process technology-based enterprise-class processors integrate robust security capabilities […]