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I thought I’d share an update to my Mount Image add-in for MC7.  It basically makes ISOs (and other support disc formats) visible to the native Movie Library and Video Library and will mount it for you either via "More" or via Play directly.  If you hit play then you’ll temporarily see a video error screen as the disc image […]

Tom’s evaluates the 5770, 5750 and trys out the bitstreaming capabilitites with a beta build of PowerDVD.   One of the features I was most excited about at ATI’s press briefing aboard the USS Hornet was the addition of a protected audio path, which would allow cards based on the Cypress (and now Juniper) GPUs to pass encoded Dolby TrueHD […]

It seems it could be used as an HTPC with its video decoder to compensate for the weak cpu/chipset and ultra-wideband to the TV.  But only 32 GB storage??   Beneath the 5-inch, 800 x 480 pixel touch panel (with stylus) we’ll be getting Windows XP Home running on an Intel Atom N270, 945GSE / ICH7-M chipset with Broadcom AV-VD905 […]

We talk about living room PC’s all the time, but this is a completely different interpretation of a living room PC.   From the looks of these pics, it looks like a tiny little family has moved into this warm and cozy computer living room and set up their home.  The PC Living Room (or is that Living Room PC) […]

These new mini htpcs start at $1295.00.   Okoro Media’s new miniature Quantum series Media PCs   Rosemont, IL (PRWEB) September 28, 2009 — Okoro Media Systems, a manufacturer of Digital Entertainment Systems for the A/V market, introduces the availability of the 2010 Quantum mini Digital Entertainment Systems OMS-Q100 and the OMS-Q200. The 2010 Quantum minis are small Digital Entertainment […]

  ew Desktop Model Features up to 8TB Capacity, Energy Efficient Marvell 800Mhz CPU, 256MB of DDRII Memory, and Support for 2.5" and 3.5" Hard Drives Taiwan, Taipei, October 2009 – QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of world class NAS servers, NVR Video Surveillance Systems, and Network-based Video Players today expanded their Turbo NAS lineup with the addition of […]

Impractical, but awesome   To get rid of the mess of wires from his many videogame consoles, PopSci reader Brian De Vitis decided to repurpose his R2-D2-shaped cooler. The engineering student modified its legs and repainted it to look more realistic. Then he stacked the motherboards from the eight consoles on shelves inside, added a sound system, and rearranged the […]

I would love a controller like this for Windows Media Center that lets you browse the internet in a 10′ interface.  Most of my web surfing is from my favorites / bookmarks, no keyboard needed.   The remote control has many similarities to Nintendo’s Wii game controller, which is now familiar to millions of children and adults. The uWand contains […]

Okoro Media Systems is releasing a new 64Bit HTPC with 4TB of Hot-Swappable storage and a SSD drive for the OS. They are also giving away a "Cherry Red" HTPC with a Blu-ray drive, 2TB of storage, and 64GB SSD drive to one lucky winner. Visit www.okoromedia.com to enter.   Okoro Media Systems Releases 64Bit BX300 Digital Entertainment System Okoro […]

Another good comparison guide for receivers from Audioholics.  I’m mad they don’t have my favorite brand in there, Onkyo, but they don’ t have any new receivers at this price point.   There are surprising variations even among the most notable and well established groups. While we expected Denon and Yamaha to be nearly identical, they most certainly were not. […]