Selectable 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 — […]
Read moreNice amount of selections out this week. I haven’t seen Daybreakers yet, but I’m always a fan of some nice vampire action, this one with a twist in that the vampires run the world. I saw Legion with anticipation, and was quickly disappointed. Edge of Darkness was a pretty decent thriller from Mel Gibson, with some nice surprises throughout. If […]
Read moreThere’s just so many things wrong with this, but i’ll let you all begin the discussion. It’s such a ridiculous argument to justify getting their way. As if this will stop ANY piracy. Once again, legitimate honest consumer loses out. ”We are unsure when the FCC has ever before given private entities the right to disable consumers’ products in […]
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Review: EFO Wireless Keyboard Comparison Recently we looked at the EFO RF Wireless Handheld Keyboard which worked pretty well overall. Today we are going to compare that with the new Bluetooth version, the EFO Bluetooth Wireless Handheld Keyboard. How well will bluetooth compare to RF? What else has been changed with this keyboard? Is it worth the additional cost? […]
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IOGEAR GKM561R Wireless Keyboard Finding the right wireless keyboard and mouse for your HTPC can be a huge chore. For me the ideal solution has to have a wireless range greater than 10’, good battery life and combines a compact keyboard with a pointing device in the same chassis. The IOGEAR GKM561R has the looks and specs to get […]
Read moreAluminum case manufacturer Lian Li is known for making great quality parts, but after some lackluster initial HTPC chassis sales, I wouldn’t have blamed them for leaving. However, this is a neat looking design, and the $169 price tag is fairly in line with everything else. Although…why black and Red? The new PC-V352 is made out of aluminium […]
Read moreI always am intrigued by how open some of these CEO’s will be in these Q&A’s. Here is the head of Blockbuster, who isn’t shy about blaming Viacom for their debt and bragging about their not having the 28-day new release window. Blockbuster’s strategy to be a multichannel entertainment solution is strongly supported by our studio partners, and we believe […]
Read moreRecently, my normally rock-solid HTPC client has been locking up and turning off every so often. I had been thinking it was a memory issue and swapping some of the chips out and/or putting them in different slots seemed to make it work again. This, in spite of the fact that memtest showed no issues at all. I was beginning […]
Read moreHas anyone taken advantage of this so far? Seems like a pretty sweet deal, and they’ve expanded it to 90 titles. For only $5 you can trade in your DVD for the Blu-ray version. Responding to the extraordinary growth of Blu-ray set-top hardware, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has expanded its "DVD2Blu" upgrade program. Starting today, consumers can select from […]
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