Make no mistake about it, this is big news. UFC PPVs are a pretty high traffic deal, and coming from UFC which has been pretty harsh against online streaming of their content finally give their fans (without cable) a legitimate way to view it. Should be interesting to see their numbers. Later today, Roku will make a UFC […]
Read moreMy how Denon has continued to evolve and extend its market presence. Back in the day, no way you would see a Denon component for $400, yet when all their direct competitors are releasing expensive Blu-ray players, Denon comes in cheaper and feature filled. Not a bad deal. The new Denon DBP-1611UD might not have all the bells and […]
Read moreThis problem has been around for so long, it’s slightly insulting that it’s taken this long to resolve. Those of you using AMD video cards and an HDMI receiver will definitely want to look into this. The issue rears its head when you switch your AV Receiver away from your HTPC (or boot-up without your AV Receiver/ TV on and […]
Read moreI’m sure most of us here are already using a lot of the plugins on this list, but it’s a nice starting point for newer users who may not be aware of some of these options. Due to the popularity of our (fairly outdated) top five plugins post here at Hack7MC let’s take a look at some of the new […]
Read moreVLSI Solution has today announced VSIDE – the Integrated Development Environment for VSDSP Processor Family. [NeonDrum]
Read moreSeems like a ton of podcasts this week, maybe it’s just my being tired and seeing so many 🙂 Enjoy! It’s all about beginners this week. After taking our stroll through the great email questions and voice mail we received, Josh and I take time to answer some of the basic questions that a new Media Center user might have. […]
Read moreKaleidescape systems are super slick, but with the recent legal troubles you have be curious of things to come. This announcement is somewhat underwhelming. So you can store your Blu-rays digitally, but then you have to find and put the disk back in the drive in order to play it….so….what’s the point? The new M500 can copy […]
Read moreWe’ve been waiting for this for a long time. No word if Media Center’s Netflix plugin works with these, so if anyone would care to test and report, I’m sure many are wondering. A Netflix representative confirmed that Netflix is now streaming more than half of all HD titles to PCs and Macs in HD. To tell if […]
Read moreSelectable Output Control is a technology mandate promoted by movie studios to protect the “early” distribution of movies over cable television. It’s a battle over the video outputs on the back of your cable box or DVR. Who gets to control which outputs you can use—the movie studios or you? On May 7, 2010 the FCC decided that the […]
Read moreMore choice is good. Now the wait is on for the first reviews and how it stacks up against the Ceton card. What you’re looking at here is a picture of the board that makes the new HDHomeRun CableCARD tuner work. You might notice the four squares on the right, those are the tuners, yes there are four — […]
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