As the title reads, Firingsquad has a decent article covering what is new in the PureVideo for the 8500 and 8600 series. It explains the differenet video processors in the 8800 and 8500/8600 series. Firingsquad The real innovation is the new H.264 Bitstream Processing Engine. This dedicated unit provides full H.264 decoding, including context-adaptive variable-length coding and context-adaptive binary arithmetic […]
Read more"CyberLink Live is a step forward in our vision of a complete digital lifestyle," said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. "Based on our existing multimedia and network technologies for the digital home, CyberLink Live place-shifts a user's content from their home PCs, so they can remotely access their media on any web-browsing device. We are building an ecosystem of […]
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We have seen a couple of nice cases from Omaura thus far. I think it is time to introduce you to the accessory cases that are being developed. The thought behind this stackable concept is that you can have a lot more flexibility when designing your media center setup. The first accessory case we are looking at today is the […]
Read moreI posted a link to Canada HiFi's site a few days ago. I beleive it was to a Harmony 1000 review. I had the chance over the last couple of days to take a gander at a few more reviews and stories and it seems like a solid site for HT gear reviews. I would add this site to your […]
Read moreI wasn't sure we would see 1080p projectors drop in price so quickly, but now many of them can be had for under $5k. Certainly a great place to start when building your home theater. With 5k on a projector, 3k on speakers, 1k on a receiver and the rest on accessories etc, you can have yourself a pretty nice […]
Read moreEH has the scoop on Velodyne's 10" sub. Although it is tiny, EH assures us that it will still pack a punch with its impressive specs. Electronic House The driver for the MiniVee 10 incorporates a massive 21-pound magnet structure and an inside/outside, two-layer copper voice coil that allows it to create room-shaking bass in spite of its size, Velodyne […]
Read moreThere are a lot of options besides having all of those hot hard drives in your HTPC. NAS would be on example. Now that Netgear has bought Infant, they have a pretty good NAS lineup now to compliment their networking lineup. Trusted Reviews We've always found most half-depth rack appliances excessively noisy but not so with the 1100 as even […]
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With news of the TF 5 leaked, Omaura has decided to give me details on the rest of their line. No word yet when they will arrive, so you will have to survive on these tidbits of information. Keep in mind that some of these details are subject to change :). Specs are as follows :). Full ATX Mobo Full […]
Read moreThe contest closes on May 12th at 6:00 pm PST Open to anyone with email The prize will be one Sage Media Center key You have three days to claim your prize The winner is voted on by the moderating/admin team Bribing is not appropriate behavior but acceptable if you give a Core2 CPU to the entire team You will […]
Read moreThe original article is from the New York Times and can be found here. Our friends at PVRWire tracked down the article that glosses over Shuttle's latest Media Center PC incarnation. I have to admit, it does look like a nice small form factor PC, however, I would be a little worried about the installed video card. PVRWire Priced between […]
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