Looking for a mini-case to house your next HTPC project? Virtual Hideout has a SFF case that will house a matx mobo. It actually has a nice clean look to it, although there are a few other cases I would consider before purchasing this one. I prefer the horizontal cases rather then cube style cases. From the review: The X-Gene […]
Read moreThe gang at Viper Lair has taken on a pretty big task by comparing three major OSes. This type of review can be as long as you want it or as short as you want it. In this case, the went with a battery of tests to see how individual tasks perform. However, from a Media Center perspective, there is […]
Read moreNot for you 1-bedroom apartment renters, this is a massive sub, and weighs in at around 70lbs, but at $680 it sure can deliver (shhh, it better!). So if you're interested in upsetting your neighbors, it seems like this can do the job. The LFM-1 Plus is a wonderfully musical sub with enough impact and slam to satisfy even the […]
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Not a terrible revision from Toshiba, if you're in the market for a $1k HD DVD Player. The one thing they really make clear is just how great the image quality is, so if that's your thing & you have the money, you could do much worse. In addition to being built on an IC platform that's much faster than […]
Read moreIt's a good thing I don't compete with Chris for who can find the most MCE plugins. This one is rather interesting, and pretty neat if you can use remote storage locations. That way say you have your server being your main bitorrent downloader, then you can access that from your MCE. Not sure yet as no public download is […]
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If I was lucky enough to have a next gen DVD player, I would likely pick up The Departed and thats about it from this latest bunch of releases. Sure the HD goodness is nice, but it isn't quite enough to make me pick up a movie. If I want pointless HD fun I will go watch HD New or […]
Read moreFor every step forward, there is two steps backward. There has been a lot of discussion on both sides of the fence lately, but that hasn't stood in Microsoft's way of introducing PlayReady. This particular flavour is aimed at the mobile market, but I think it is relavant as mobile phones are now playing a much larger role in the digital […]
Read moreBeta 2 is out, and rather quickly I might add for Windows Home Server. If you're one of the chosen beta testers, check out your downloads. And if you're interested in testing it, you can register & hope to get chosen. People that are interested in participating in Beta 2 can register here so we have their names as we […]
Read moreThe 500 to 600 hundred dollar video cards on the market are typically more for bragging rights then they are mass consumption. Once they get down to the $300 range, you see a lot more adoption from both the PC gaming and HTPC enthusiast crowd. If widescreen gaming is part of your HTPC duty, you will want something along this […]
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We've got plenty of do-it-yourself-ers here, so you'll be happy to see this article from the Home Theater Blog about installing your own projection screen. I can't wait to have a place where I *could* do something like this…nothing like watching the Lakers on HD on a huge screen. I firmly believe that the average do-it yourselfer/home theater enthusiast with […]
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