Lian Li makes a variety of Mini-ITX cases. The PC-TU200 is geared toward LAN party gamers with its sturdy build and handle, but with a 5.25 inch optical drive bay and room for 4 hot-swappable hard drives, the PC-TU200 might find a place in the heart of anyone looking to build a petite but powerful media server. The front-mounted 140mm […]
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Lenovo, the world’s second largest computer manufacturer, has been getting our attention with HTPCs and HTPC remotes lately. Like many other computer manufacturers, Lenovo has been gradually moving into other markets with products such as LePhone and LePad. Coming up next will be LeTV. The LeTV, or the IdeaTV as it is expected be called in North America, should be […]
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Take three very different media streamers head-to-head-to-head and you are bound to find at least one that might meet your needs. The Apple TV, the Roku family of streamers, and the Sony BDP-S580 Blu-Ray Player represent a disparate collection of media streamers I would not normally expect to see pitted against each other, particularly the inclusion of a Blu-Ray player. […]
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Hightech Information System Limited (HIS) is claiming a first with the release of the Multi-View+Sound, a USB 3.0 to HDMI adapter. It promises HDCP-compliance and 1080p support, and even DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 support for gaming. It does pipe out 2.1 and 5.1 sound, but it’s not going to provide bitstreaming for your DTS-MA and TrueHD soundtracks. The best […]
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About a week ago we pointed out an article about Matcha.com, a new content aggregation site that is looking to make its mark by building a social media-infused recommendation engine around its linked content. At the time we noted that Matcha.com’s interface and layout would serve it well for the inevitable transition to mobile app deployment. In the meantime, there […]
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With the holiday shopping season in full effect, the Internet is awash in gift guides. These gift guides are ostensibly prepared to help us find the right gifts for our friends and family, but let’s face it, we really use them to get a final rundown of the year’s best tech gadgets and make our own Santa wish lists. At least we […]
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So there you were Thanksgiving evening, the turkey carcass forgotten at the table, the football games done, and a house full of family overstaying their welcome, and you needed a movie to pacify the increasingly cranky kids that everyone was trying to ignore. If you pulled up YouTube in search of a movie rental then you had the opportunity to […]
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Today Verizon has announced plans to release their Fios TV services to the Xbox 360 platform. Users will have to subscribe to the Fios Internet and TV services in order to gain access to the service on your xbox. Another interesting fact is Verizon will sell a triple play package that includes, TV, Phone and Internet services for $89.00. As part of […]
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Integrated graphics performance has reached a point that I rarely find myself wishing for a video card in my HTPC, but if I were to decide that was what I needed , I would be looking for two things: a passively cooled card to eliminate fan noise and an Nvidia GPU so that I could try out the hardware accelerated […]
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It’s been quite a while since Iomega first announced their plans to build their own Boxee-based media streamer. The Iomega TV with Boxee went on sale in parts of Europe a few weeks ago and will be launching soon in more areas, but Iomega has no plans to bring the streamer to North America. Personally, I think this is an […]
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