AMD’s Llano sure looks like it has an awful lot of potential as AMD tries to get back in the game on par with Intel’s Sandy Bridge. With Computex ongoing I imagine we’ll see and hear a lot more about specifics of this upcoming platform. Our best guess is that desktop-based Llano is to make an appearance sometime in July […]
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If you’ve been awaiting the system builder copies of Windows Home Server (WHS) 2011 to become available, you no longer have to wait. Both Newegg and Amazon are currently selling the software. If you’re the daring sort, you can even upgrade an old MediaSmart WHS box, read about Mike’s experience if you haven’t already. So now that WHS 2011 is […]
Read moreInstead of trying to understand the real product, or how price discrimination works, I find efforts like this bizarre in our “free” market. To be clear I get the knee-jerk reaction, but instead of using artificial mechanisms; why not try to justify the price in product + services instead of attacking those who are trying to detach the two? After […]
Read moreIt only took the company going bankrupt, almost disappearing, and getting bought out by Dish, to FINALLY wake up and smell the coffee that people will not pay $5 to rent the same movie they can rent for $1 ANYWHERE ELSE! Kudos to the Dish management for making this happen quickly, it may very well save what’s left of the […]
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I’m not sure how I feel about this case…it’s somewhat different that’s for sure! The Sentey SS1-2421 case is part of Sentey’s Slim Series lineup and comes with a 450W SFX12V power supply. The Sentey SS1-2421 can house a micro-ATX or ITX motherboard, and up to four low profile PCI devices, as an HTPC or an office computer. The front […]
Read moreIf you recall, in the past two years, Panasonic has had an issue with their plasma panels where the “black level” (aka minimum luminance level) has risen over time as the panels aged resulting in reduced contrast. CNET is now reporting that Panasonic has revealed that they’ve licked the problem for good with all of their 2011 panels which is […]
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This isn’t directly Home theater focused, but somewhat since they sell so much home theater gear. I guess this means I can’t solely bash Fry’s Electronics for their awful website-versus-store integration. Having worked at Best Buy when their website first launched (seemingly 10 years ago) I’m very surprised to see this as I thought they were much more tightly integrated […]
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I’m not familiar at all with Blinkx but they seem to growing pretty fast. This announcement that they’ll be on Roku boxes only makes it that much easier to consume. The app has four categories to browse through: Sports, News, Popular and Fun, all of which draw from Blinkx’s premium content partners. While the company started as just a video […]
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Selecting a graphics processing unit (GPU) (aka video card) that has exactly the right feature set for your home theater PC (HTPC) can be a time consuming task if you’re starting your search from scratch. In the ever-changing landscape of home theater and HTPC, AMD, Intel and NVIDIA respond by implementing new features in their GPUs to keep up with […]
Read moreHere’s a mini-ITX motherboard from ECS that costs $129 with a pretty full set of features if you need. The foremost feature the H67H2-I boasts isn’t just its size. It’s the potential it offers once you add all the necessary aforementioned components. But, there are other worthy features like built- in Bluetooth, SATA 6Gbps, and USB 3.0 ports. It could […]
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