Being a fan of Joss Whedon and his Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog, I just had to post this incredible rendition. If you haven’t seen the original yet, please go watch it first or else you aren’t going to truly appreciate this. A fan must have spent a ton of time putting this together and I think the results are […]
Read moreHappy Thursday everybody! Here’s our weekly podcast roundup! Lots of good stuff as always to welcome the weekend. MythCast Episode 19 Interview with Cecil Watson of the LinHES project. Dan talks about upgrading his RAID setup to bigger hard drives. Pat will be speaking at SELF. The Custom Integrator Show #027 We finally are starting to understand the relationship […]
Read moreSPCR has just overhauled their guide on what it takes to keep a PC case quiet. They cover regular PCs and even give special attention to the needs of the HTPC community. The breadth of coverage (case, drives, materials, etc.) is quite impressive and well worth taking the time to read. SilentPCReview One poorly understood aspect of PC noise is […]
Read moreJere Jones is giving away a Ceton InfiniTV 4 (yes, the quad tuner Cable Card tuner). Details on how to win are posted in his forum. You could win a Ceton InfiniTV 4 cable card tuner in the month of April! How to enter: 1) Buy a copy of ShowAnalyzer via PayPal and enter the word "ceton" in the […]
Read more
Was anybody craving these? If you are a die hard Marvel fan, and I suppose movie posters were not a sufficient way of showing your devotion…how about a Marvel-branded TV?!? The Marvel heroes are on the bottom of the TV bezel and each TV has a splash screen that shows each time you turn the set on with the super […]
Read moreThis is pretty cool, but I’d imagine a complete showstopper is not being compatible with today’s Blu-ray players. Hopefully that will be remedied by the time it hits consumer level. The new BDXL specification describes High Capacity Recordable and Rewritable discs which will write up to 128GB of content on each disc. These are write-once capacities, with the rewritable discs […]
Read moreOn the surface, this sounds like a terrible loss for everyone but Comcat, however, I predict that it won’t be long before Congress passes a bill granting the FCC the authority it currently lacks. A federal appeals court has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic […]
Read moreEDIT: Continuing from last week, I am noting the Warner Brothers titles which will have the 30-day rental window imposed on them by placing ** next to the title. Not a lot of new titles this week, but I imagine all us geeks should be giddy about the Battlestar Galactica complete series being released on Blu-ray. Since I never got […]
Read moreI haven’t worked at Best Buy in YEARS, but suffice to say if you are there at the right time with the right manager, you can get yourself one heluva deal. If you want the best deal, tell the sales associate straight up you WILL buy the PSP (performance service plan) and then make sure he goes to the manager […]
Read moreInteresting stat here, as DVD continues to be a dominating force, although no surprise that Blu-ray continues to climb. it’s still interesting to note that for the 1st quarter fo 2010, sales were up 68.5 percent over the same quarter last year. Overall packaged media was up 3.1 percent, which isn’t saying that much since overall sales were hit pretty […]
Read more