Tom’s evaluates the 5770, 5750 and trys out the bitstreaming capabilitites with a beta build of PowerDVD. One of the features I was most excited about at ATI’s press briefing aboard the USS Hornet was the addition of a protected audio path, which would allow cards based on the Cypress (and now Juniper) GPUs to pass encoded Dolby TrueHD […]
Read moreIt seems it could be used as an HTPC with its video decoder to compensate for the weak cpu/chipset and ultra-wideband to the TV. But only 32 GB storage?? Beneath the 5-inch, 800 x 480 pixel touch panel (with stylus) we’ll be getting Windows XP Home running on an Intel Atom N270, 945GSE / ICH7-M chipset with Broadcom AV-VD905 […]
Read moreToshiba’s new generation TV has been unveiled. Check out their update at BBC.co.uk site at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8293889.stm [BBC.Co.uk]
Read moreHi Frds, good news for music lovers. Doubletwist is soon going to be powered by around millions of songs of amazon. Right now amazon access is available to US users. [http://www.doubletwist.com]
Read moreMichale Jackson may have died but his followers/fan never let him die. For his fans there is one more reason to celebrate. His new song releases. [bostonherald]
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After much delay (sorry!) we finally have another contest to announce! To help remind everyone how fun it is to post user submitted news to the site, we are going to give away the ASUS AT3N7A-I Mini-ITX Motherboard we reviewed recently! See below for the rules. 1. The contest ends at 9:00 pm pacific time on Sunday, October 25th. 2. […]
Read moreWe’ve heard some news about brite-View’s new extender device, and TweakTown has a video review of it in action posted. Decent device, but like most it has it’s flaws. TweakTown It’s not all bad, though, the folks at brite-View managed to spice things up a bit by including a bit torrent downloading application inside the device, as well as YouTube […]
Read moreI find this quote rather interesting, given it’s the main selling point of Slingbox which has done pretty good over its time. Maybe this is like the Roomba Robot Vacuum–cool idea that everyone wants, but not all that useful for most? eHomeUpgrade The Hollywood Reporter and Broadband TV News are reporting that Stuart Collingwood, VP EMEA of Sling Media, has […]
Read moreLooks like this last Tuesday (10/7) Hulu released their desktop application for Linux. I haven’t had a chance to try it yet but I will probably take it for a spin one of these days. We Linux users have finally caught up to you Windows people. 🙂 There appear to be 32- and 64-bit versions built on Fedora 11 and […]
Read moreNow here’s a nifty little mod, but sure looks like it was a ton of work. I’m not sure exactly how seemless this would fit into anyone’s current home theaters, but have to appreciate the nostalgia. Throw some MAME software on it with all your old favorite NES games and you have a party starter! Netbooked Drumboog over at YouTube […]
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