Syabas recently took to their user forums to announce their next Popcorn Hour media streamer, the A-300. The Popcorn Hour streamers have always been good solid entries into the market, and this new model looks to continue that trend. The Syabas folks are providing pictures and videos in their forum announcement of their new Flash-based user interface. It looks slick and […]
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Android has been taking its sweet time infiltrating the media streamers of the world since it first cropped up as a topic of conversation at CES 2011 and it’s been awhile since I last saw a review of a new media streamer running Google’s OS. I have always liked the looks of DViCO’s TViX line of media streamers and this […]
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Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder and chairman, passed away today at the age of 56. It is impossible to overstate the impact that Steve Jobs has had on the history and business of personal computing. Once fired from the company he founded, he returned to take the reins and turn Apple into one of the most valuable companies in the world […]
Read moreFirst thing I thought when I saw this guy was “wow, that looks like a HD300” (then I was sad; SageTV RIP). Given the similarities, and how much the PCH platform has evolved (and stabilized) over the last year it seems like it should be a solid device. Check out Damian’s full review for the important details. About 1 month […]
Read moreHaving seen what Llano can do you may be wondering what the perfect motherboard would be for your SFF system. Looks like TECH REPORT is helping us out today with their shootout between two mini-ITX boards from ASUS and ZOTAC. AMD’s latest mainstream desktop platform boasts arguably the most potent two-chip combo in the industry. At the head, you’ve got […]
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It’s all about synergy. Hot on the heels of the Xbox Live TV partnership announcement, the Windows Phone Team has put up a blog post about an upcoming app for Windows Phone 7, the Xbox Companion App, that allows a user to control the Xbox 360 from the phone. We have seen many of these “phone as a remote control” apps for […]
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The rumors have been flying for a while about Microsoft bringing television to the Xbox Live service, and now Microsoft has finally gotten official about what we can expect to see in the Xbox 360’s fall update. The result is a healthy mix of new video providers and services in the US and internationally. Two big names that have been […]
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The folks over at DVB logic have issued a new version of DVB link. Version 4 is built off of a completely new architecture and forms the basis for future development and extention of the product. Updates in this version include: the ability for 8 virtual tuners in Windows Media Center as well as support for live TV in Boxee, […]
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So I never even heard of these guys until they shutdown. Sounds like they had an interesting idea, but implementation was a trickier than planned. Perhaps they were just a little ahead of their time as the old TV frequencies are (potentially) going back up for auction. Anyone out there actually a Sezmi customer? Barely 19 months after launching service […]
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We recently reviewed and are now giving away the Fractal Design Core 3000, one of Fractal Design’s larger cases. We tried it out as a home server case and found a lot to like about it. However, their top end case is the Define XL. With internal space for 10 hard drives and 4 5.25″ bays just begging to be […]
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