With the plethora of rather blah-looking mini-itx chassis and systems being released, catching glimpse of this over at AVSforum was a breathe of fresh air. Take a look…I’m a fan… OriginAE Through the M10 enclosures support of the ITX motherboard form factor, you have the convenience of a widely available form factor. With ITX motherboards now supporting up to […]
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I understand what LG is trying to do here, differentiate their offerings by combining multiple technologies…but if I’m going to buy a blu-ray player with a built-in DVR, that’s going to have to be A) Able to record to discs and B) One great UI. And let’s not forget my disdain for "all-in-one" devices…can you really live for 2 weeks […]
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So I doubt any real theater geeks getting excited about this, but I’m more impressed with the technology evolving to make something like this happen. If you’ve ever stood by one of the professional projectors, they are obscenely large and fairly loud, so hopefully this is a glimpse that a reduction in size while maintaining quality may be possible in […]
Read moreI’m not sure how I feel about this, but Dave seems to be pretty excited. Call me jaded from all those years working tech support and seeing "all-in-one" devices break and seeing the tears in people’s eyes when they realized they lost their VCR AND their TV for repair! Zatz Not Funny As part of the deal, the companies also […]
Read moreIt is pretty cool to see these TV Vendors continue to evolve their sets into extra features. While I doubt many of us are planning on ditching our HTPC’s for just the TV, at the very least it expands these types of technologies to people who might not ever use it otherwise. CEPro Compatible Sony TVs will include the XBR9 […]
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I’ll be honest, MediOS has snuck under my radar for a while…but given how loyal the community was to MyHTPC and Meedio, it’s no surprise to see people pick up when Pablo sold to Yahoo and the original died. If you like XBMC, you’ll like these…hrmm, maybe we need a head to head with them? GeekTonic MeediOS, the new […]
Read moreChris Lux, Media Center enthusiast, is up this time with Ian on his weekly podcast on everything Media Center…along with some news and coverage from the past week, so give it a listen! Show Times: 00:23 Coming up 01:15 How To Build A Great Media Center For Your Home 01:42 Media Center Integrator Alliance Offers Training at CEDIA Expo 2009 […]
Read moreI think this is debatable given how slow blu-ray has been climbing up, and the continued prevalence of DVD players. Of course there will be users who must have the extra fidelity of blu-ray, but for the majority they’re still fine saving $20 and just buying the DVD…so I’m not sure how blu-ray is "remaining dominant" HighDefDigest To give a […]
Read moreDoes this really surprise anyone? Maybe the only surprising thing is that the number is only 14 billion. Should we be worried how they even got that number? Either way, I don’t think Hollywood is really hurting considering how box office records continue to be broken with each major release. EngadgetHD For us that is good news and we can’t […]
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Obviously these type of portable hard drive/players must be doing decently in sales, since every company seems to be coming up with one…but who is buying them? For $350, you can build yourself a pretty decent HTPC, or heck, a bit more and you can buy a laptop that can just connect to your HDTV. I must be missing something […]
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