This is somewhat surprising, but not sure how much can really be read into this. I’m a firm believer in as long as you need to have expensive glasses to watch it, 3D will always be a niche. I think if sales are good on 3D TV’s, it’s because the best TV’s out there just happen to have it integrated […]
Read moreHere’s a review of Panasonic’s Blu-ray player with quite a lot of integrated online services. It’s about time I upgraded my Blu-Ray player I think, and Geeks.com has come through for me by sending a very nice Panasonic unit for review. My current Blu-Ray player is an older model from Sony with not many features at all, and with very […]
Read moreMicrosoft has, shall we say, a bit fragmented in its business operations. As the mighty company moves towards integration of its products at what we hope is an increasing pace, news comes that they are trying to add to the livingroom wars by possibly becoming a cable provider of some sort. No real specifics in the article, but we do […]
Read moreI actually thought they had done this last year…but apparently I’m wrong. Slysoft AnyDVD is THE best software for ripping your Blu-ray and DVD movies to your hard drive, strictly for backup purposes. So…if you find yourself needing something like that you may want to take advantage before you have to start paying for upgrades. The upgrades are CRITICAL as […]
Read moreJust wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving for you and yours. Hope everyone has a good holiday. And those of you that are traveling, hope you have safe and fast trips.
Read moreRelease to production in 2 weeks? I’ve got to say I’m surprised, very suprised, but good news for HTPC enthusiasts. HDHomeRun® – PRIME™ Quick status update… We are at CableLabs® for the final review, with release to production in 2 weeks. Pre-order and release dates will be announced shortly following release to production. On the availability side we are working […]
Read moreWe reviewed one of ASRock’s original HTPC nettop systems last year and were very pleased with its foray into the market. It’s great to see them continue on what they started and evolve the product to be more cutting edge. This looks to be another solid competitor. At $999 it’s in a space far beyond the Boxee and Rokus of […]
Read moreThis is FAR from official, but a guy by the name of Wolfgang Herfurtner is working on an open source driver for the Kinect that would work with Media Center. Special thanks to Derek Flickinger for the heads up.
Read moreWhile this isn’t directly home theater related, I know plenty of readers today (myself included) rely on a Windows Home Server-based solution as our central storage device. While the details of what exactly this means, for now it seems Drive Extender as we know it is DEAD. While you can head over to the Windows Blog for lots of banter […]
Read moreI’ve been a fan of Noctua heat sinks and fans for some time. All my workstations and home servers use them but they are typically too large for my low-profile HTPC enclosures. I got the news today on the NH-C14 and I can’t wait to get my hands on it (I’m a heat sink\fan junkie…) It offers everything I look […]
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