Keeping our tradition of trying to cover as much about media players and extenders (refer to our Buyer’s Guide, ahem), here’s a closer look at the WDTV Live Hub from fellow Media Center Connected Home MVP (i know that’s not the right title :-P) Barb Bowman, who seems genuinley impressed with the networking capabilities from WD. Enter the WD TV […]
Read moreI’d written off the possibility of getting a projector because in my house anything that requires putting holes in the walls or ceilings is off-limits. So it’s really cool to find out that products like Screen Goo exist – now I just need to convince the wife 🙂 Screen Goo is a specially formulated line of acrylic paint products designed […]
Read moreI’m sure this news is going to make a lot of Android owners very happy. Sonos has finally unveiled its Android app and, from the initial look, it would appear that it will meet expectations. Personally, this was a definite roadblock for my entry into the Sonos world (yes, I know about Andronos). After almost a year in development, the […]
Read moreThis is a pretty in-depth writeup on the state of internet TV, detailing what GoogleTV is currently having to deal with in its bid to enter the television market. In a nutshell, the cable companies are doing everything they possibly can to maintain their monopoly on TV distribution, much like the RIAA attempted to do. (Anyone remember how that turned […]
Read moreThis is somewhat surprising if only because I think I underestimated just how many iPhone users are using their devices to stream movies. We all know the numbers for AppleTV are low, and I don’t think there are that many Mac users connected to their HDTVs…so that basically leaves the iPhone. Go figure. I agree with the post, that Amazon […]
Read moreI’m sorry if you enjoyed Paranormal Activity 2 and were expecting it to be our pick of the week given my propensity to select horror/suspense films, but I’ve now been bored in both of those films. I honestly intended to watch “I Spit On Your Grave” but didn’t get to it, but I’ve heard it’s quite the film, albeit disturbing. […]
Read moreI know this isn’t directly Home theater related, but with so much attention to it, I wanted to find a blog that had links to the Super Bowl commercials. There were quite a few funny ones, and even included complete selling out for Eminem. I think the Doritos dog was hilarious, as of course was the VW one. What was […]
Read moreA lot of hard drives are claimed to be quiet and usually sacrifice some performance. By lowering their speeds to sub 6000rpm they of course, run quieter. Here are two drives SCPR put against each other that are 7200rpm drives that appear to be pretty darned quiet. With all the innovation in digital storage, it is easy for drives like […]
Read moreTomsHardware dedicates 13 pages to the topic of Video Transcoding. If this seems like a bit too much for you, make sure you start off with our Beginner’s Guides…then maybe you’re ready for 13 pages. We recently covered image quality in our review of the first desktop Brazos mini-ITX board. If you already read it, then you know there were […]
Read moreAs you know by now, we’re big fans of Comparison Guides for Media Extenders. But if you’re only concern is Netflix capabilities, then something a bit more focused and in-depth is what you’re probably looking for, and you’re in luck! With the exception of TiVo, each platform gives you the ability to browse the Netflix catalog. All of the platforms […]
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