If you paid $3000 only to find out that what you bought was a re-badged $500 product with not a single thing different, would you be angry? Yeah, I would too, but that’s exactly what Lexicon has done with their latest BD player, which essentially takes a stock Oppo BDP-83, throws it in a Lexicon chassis, puts up a THX […]
Read moreIf Apple (finally) makes a DVR, are you interested? The one thing you can be sure of, is everything would work, as in whatever you record would play on your iPhone, Mac and of course, AppleTV, and then whatever this new device would be? Very interested to see, my guess is this would be the evolution of the AppleTV itself, […]
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Coming in at just over $10,000, the B&O is definitely hard to swallow with only 40" of viewing pleasure. Like most B&O parts, the quality is there, but a lot of what you pay for is the style points. The way LCD’s and plasmas have evolved though, I’m not sure it’s enough to justify it these days…except for maybe their […]
Read moreZotac has really come out of nowhere in the last few years and has a great selection of components for your HTPC. Here’s another mini-ITX board reviewed…while not really reviewed for HTPC usage, this does give you a good idea of what this new board has to offer. Xtreme Computing The Zotac IONITX-f-e certainly isn’t a power house, but then […]
Read moreHrmm…I wonder what impact this had on Netflix submitting to Warner Brothers just a bit ago?
Read moreI never like to hear this type of news, especially under the current circumstances Real is facing with their battle in the courts against the MPAA. You have to admire the courage he had as CEO, and I’d imagine if the court case had gone things would look much differently. Home Media Mag “After nearly 16 years, I’ve decided it’s […]
Read moreTons of podcasts in the last week, as usually is the case with a big show like CES, so enjoy! Engadget HD Podcast 173 – 1.13.2009 CES is officially over but we’re still trying to catch up on all the news, so we talk a little 3D without glasses and why it isn’t ready for prime time as well as […]
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Looks like Comcast is stepping up their game, but you have to wonder if they would have done this if not for the DirecTV commercials specifically mentioning this feature. Now here’s my question being a Windows Media Center enthusiast–if the feature is so important that two of the largest MSO’s have it, shouldn’t it be in a $2000 computer system? […]
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There’s been so much coverage and reading regarding CES this year, that it’s nice sometimes to just sit back and enjoy the pictures. Ian Dixon has a brain dump of photos up on TheDigitalLifestyle website, so enjoy!
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And here I thought news of Extender-type devices had slowed down. The LG one is to be expected given their size, but I’m surprised to see another offering from Popcorn Hour given the very good press they received for their Popbox unit scheduled to arrive in March. But I’m not going to complain–the more choices means the lower the price […]
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