Once upon a time I was a Netflix subscriber and life was glorious. Then we had some friends over for dinner and they commented that they were Blockbuster Total Access subscribers. At the time, Blockbuster was offering a similar DVD by mail program, but with the added benefit that you could return the mail delivered DVD to your local store and […]
Read moreAre you looking to spend $1000 on an OEM SFF HTPC? Yeah, me neither. BUT, for those of you that are ASRock is looking to help you out. Armed with an Intel Core i5 CPU and sandy bridge platform, but lacking an SSD, this unit has it’s pros and cons. As far as connectors goes, we were really impressed at […]
Read moreI love Audioholics’ roundup of receivers and devices, and this time up they are looking at some of the best receivers $600 can buy! There are a few universals at this price point. You’ll find that all the receivers have discrete amps, and all manufacturers rate their amps with the more robust 20Hz to 20kHz measurement. All of the included […]
Read moreWe have a lot of SSD users here as they’re ideal for an HTPC, so I thought this news was relevant. Keep in mind there’s no official report from Intel yet on just how serious/widespread this issue is, but just another reminder of why you should always have backups. “Be wary of the new Intel SSD 320 series. Currently, there’s […]
Read moreIf one mini-ITX motherboard review wasn’t enough, Anandtech offers up three for your liking. These however are of the AMD Fusion variety and are put up against each other on a range of testing, not just for HTPC. Despite what you could buy many years ago for more than a thousand dollars, you can now get the same performance in […]
Read moreDecent mini-ITX offering for your HTPC build. With the Intel Z68 chipset launch well under way, ZOTAC sent us their take on the Intel Z68 in mini-ITX format, the Z68-ITX WiFi, one of two Z68-based mini-ITX motherboards from ZOTAC that will hit store shelves very soon. The two are differentiated by expansion possibilities, with the “Supreme” version using laptop-part expansion […]
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Do you remember when we posted about Hauppauge’s Digital Cable Tuner (DCT) product back in January? We found out that it was a dual-tuner USB model and speculated that the price would come in around $150. Well, it turns out we were off a little. Hauppauge has posted about its soon-to-be released DCT named WinTV-DCR-2650 on their Facebook page. The main […]
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It was pretty hard not to see this coming. Netflix has today announced that the $10 per month one out at-a-time DVD rental plus streaming option will no longer be available. The new plans are A) $8 per month for one DVD at-a-time, B) $8 for unlimited streaming and C) Combine both A and B for $16 per month. So […]
Read moreI have to agree with most of what Brent says in his editorial on what Google hopes to do with SageTV – especially the points on AllVid. Whatever they have in store for us, I’m looking forward to reviewing it 🙂 It’s been three weeks since Google gobbled up the tiny Home Theater PC company, SageTV. The tech blogs, mainstream […]
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Have you tried to hide all of your component when you mount your TV to the wall but how will you get IR signal to all the hidden equipment? Well now you have another option from a company called Sewell. They use an unused CEC channel on the HDMI cable to send the IR signal through the cable you are […]
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