After the uproar created by previous Netflix announcements, this is right in line with what I had said might be the–seemingly ludicrous–reasoning behind the creation of a second business unit. From the customer perspective, it sucks, but from a business perspective, it would have been precisely what was necessary. Obviously, this is pure speculation on everyone’s part, but time will […]
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It seems like we can always count on Zotac to release a mini-ITX motherboard based on a new chipset. One of their more recent mini-ITX motherboards is the Zotac Z68ITX-A-E based on Intel’s Z68 chipset. Zotac has not only made its mark designing HTPC-friendly mini-ITX motherboards, but by designing exceptionally feature-rich mini-ITX boards, and the Z68ITX-A-E looks to be no exception. Unfortunately, […]
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The quest for the perfect and smallest home theater PC (HTPC) is one that has gained momentum over the last few years. Not that long ago it was a significant challenge to build a small and quiet home theater PC (HTPC). However, this is no longer the case and the options to create an efficient small form factor PC are […]
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With hundreds of content channels to choose from, the addition of three new channels to the Roku Channel Store wouldn’t normally be big news, but today’s announcement is a doozy, if only for one of the three channels. The first two channels, Comic Vine and Giant Bomb will certainly have their fans. I personally listen to the Giant Bomb podcast […]
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Logitech has introduced a new device that just needs a WiFi signal and power cord and it can talk to any of your iOS or Android devices via a free App. It will make them a universal remote, or as Logitech calls them, the smartest remote in the house. They have a dedicated iPad app that allows you just select a show from guide […]
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I’ve always preferred a larger HTPC so I can put additional cards or more disk space, but I know many people prefer them as small as possible. An interesting little device reviewed here, but it would appear to not handle HD playback very well. If you’re in the market for a little PC to hitch a ride on your PC […]
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I don’t know that I’d want to try squeezing this behemoth into my HTPC, but it may very well work for people in some situations. Even if you aren’t interested in such a cooler, you owe it to yourself to click through and take a look at the pictures of this cooler. Overall, they seemed pretty impressed with the performance. […]
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Many moons ago, when I first got started playing with HTPCs, I spent a lot of time vacillating between various Windows front-ends and media-centric Linux distros. The Linux distros in particular always intrigued me because most of them were available as Live CDs. One of those distros was GeeXbox. GeeXboX development has always been on a slow burn and I […]
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In this day and age, it seems that home theater PC (HTPC) chassis styles have more niches than ever with many preferring smaller, minimalist and understated looks without a display. Thermaltake’s DH 202 Touch case wildly bucks that trend with a huge 7″ touch interface dominating the front of the very large chassis. If you’re the type that can handle […]
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Netflix, Inc. has sent out an email to its subscribers, directly from Reed Hastings (Co-Founder & CEO), apologizing for the many missteps in the past few months and vowing to do better. However halfway through the “I’ll Do Better Email” it is announced that the DVD by mail service will become its own separate service known as Qwikster, complete […]
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