Pretty snazzy little remote from X10, which not suprisingly works wonderfully with wireless X10 home automation devices. Of course, you will need to buy all the various X10 controllers to fully utilize this, but a lot of people have already done that. Not sure I’m ready to trade in my Harmony for this, but at only $100 it’s pretty reasonable. […]
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I love the internet. Where else would you find someone who had the thought to crack open his new HDTV and then start doing some soldering to bypass HDCP?!? Not clear what he’s going to do with this, but it’s a pretty interesting read nonetheless. SlashGear Opening up your brand new HDTV and soldering wires directly to its control […]
Read moreJoe Chauvin from the Microsoft team has released a handy dandy FAQ over at TheGreenButton which confirms our rumor yesterday. Essentially, this upcoming firmware from ATI will work perfectly with Vista with the exception of SDV support. Release date is going to be really close to the release of Windows 7’s October 22nd launch date. TheGreenButton Yes. Except for SDV […]
Read moreAre you part of the minority that feels BD-Live is so awesome and you get so excited to see what new items you can buy from a movie or some trailers for some completely unrelated movies? If so, then this will make you happy, as studios are going to potentially use this technology to bring this content to you without […]
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Let’s be clear here, a lot of people will probably choose to invest this amount of money in their ENTIRE home theater. However, if you are of the lucky folks that can, $3500 will get you this super awesome sub for your theater (or $7500 for the SUB 2). Or I could sell you my car for far less, it’s […]
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Not exactly sure what this device will be targeting to be it’s main niche, but it sure is trying for a lot. Not many details on it yet, but should get someone’s appetite wet. CrunchGear JVC Kenwood made a pretty interesting announcement today [JP]. Their Ryoma is basically an HD digital TV tuner, BD/DVD recorder, AM/FM tuner and HDD […]
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It wouldn’t be a normal week without at least two extenders announced or reviewed, right? Well, ASUS is obliged and has released an oddly named "O!Play" device which, surprise, can do 1080p and a plethora of formats. No wifi built-in though, so keep that in mind. SlashGear There’s also a full remote control and nifty GUI, while AV connections […]
Read moreStill kinda sad that we’re going to be a long way away from a reasonably priced larger size OLED TV, but the good news is it seems some companies are sticking behind it. Don’t get too excited, but hopefully this results in these units being realistically affordable soon. CNet But while they’re finding success putting OLED in smartphones, these companies […]
Read moreHere’s the roundup of fantastic home theater and related podcasts for this week! Great content to help pass the time. The Media Center Show #225 – tubeCore This week on the show I am talking to Curtis Grey from Tubecentric.tv about tubeCore the Windows Media Center application that enables content like hulu, cbc and other internet conent to play directly […]
Read moreEngadgetHD came across this article covering Cable Card rollouts, which is pretty insulting given how cable card was supposed to balance everything out for the set top market hustle which MSO’s have. But out of 16.7 MILLION set top boxes, only 443,000 non-MSO-STB cards have been ordered. There’s so many factors I’m sure which have contributed to this number, with […]
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