Western Digital has just announced that the world’s first internal 3TB drive is shipping. At 750GB per platter, this is one big drive! The 3TB model reatils for $239 and the 2.5TB for $189. Now, we just need a 2 platter design, running at 7200rpm. Drives with capacities in excess of 2.19 TB currently present barriers for PC hardware, firmware […]
Read moreIt looks like it may almost be time for me to start watching The Event, as it has been picked up for a full season by NBC. However, a full season does not necessarily mean a second season is guaranteed; far from it, in fact. In addition to that, NBC also announced the same full season pickup for Law & […]
Read moreThilo Kusch (CFO, Magyar Telecom) and Chris Holden (President of the FTTH Council, Europe) to deliver Keynote Address [NeonDrum]
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Display Calibration Poll Results Last week, we polled MissingRemote readers regarding the calibration status of their displays and here are the results. While the majority of you have calibrated your displays to some degree or another, roughly 25% have not and approximately 25% of you have either calibrated by viewing content or using settings found online. Almost 40% of you […]
Read moreGood list of films this week. Apocalypse Now comes out with it’s 154th release (j/k), but it doesn’t make it any less of a great movie as it’s been all these years. Psycho gets itself an anniversary collector edition as well, and then some Harry Potter releases on Blu-ray as well. MissingRemote’s Pick of the Week Predators ** So […]
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Following Pioneer’s exit from the plasma display panel (PDP) market Panasonic moved from also-ran to market leader by delivering the right mix of performance and value to the full range of plasma buyers. Ultimately the Pioneer Kuro failed to find the right balance between features and a price that enough buyers were willing or able to pay, so while […]
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Interesting extender media player here, pretty sure it’s the first supporting HDMI 1.4. Will be interesting to see this in action when it finally comes out…price tag of $230 might scare some off though. WD TV Live Hub Media Center is a high-definition network media player with a 2.5” HDD built-in and with Gig-Ethernet functionality that is designed to satisfy […]
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Lately I have started playing games on my Home Theater PC. Sitting on my couch and playing video games on my 42" tv is absolutely great. It’s comfortable, the screen’s big, I can kick my feet up. All around excellent. To play games I use a Logitech Rumblepad 2 for playing the game and a Logitech diNovo Mini for communicating […]
Read moreHere’s a good writeup from the FCC’s meeting today, and good news that there’s still desire to improve (versus abandoning) CableCARD. Those include ensuring that operators support accessing switched digital video by retail devices, prohibiting box price discrimination, requiring the option of consumer self-installation of the cards, giving consumers information on the cost of retail vs. leased boxes, making it […]
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