I’m guessing this has something to do with the current unemployment rate in the US. Both regular and time-shifted TV viewing are on the rise, with time-shifted viewing posting a whopping 52.5 percent year-over-year increase from the third quarter of 2007 to the third quarter of 2008; regular viewing was up only 4.1 percent. [Ars Technica]
Read moreA monthly service to Netflix and Blockbuster is almost a neccesity in any digital home. Its funny to see music subscriptions take off so slowly. In order to give folks a bump in that direction Microsoft will now let folks keep 10 tracks per month from your subscription. I would revise that to include 10 songs or 1 album. […]
Read moreDon’t give the tech lover in your family an ugly tie, instead give the gift that keeps on giving – Movies. High-Def digest has compiled a list of Blu-ray movies for every possible member of your family including dear old mom. Blu-ray Gifts for Dad: ‘Casino Royale’ ‘James Bond Collection Three-Pack: Volume 1’ ‘James Bond Collection Three-Pack: Volume 2’ […]
Read moreYou see that Submit News button on the right hand side of the page? I admit I have not been monitoring the submitted news very closely. I know bad Al! However, we have a solution in place to ensure all news gets a little face time with the public. From now on in, all news submitted by the users will […]
Read moreSure the video and audio quality is an improvement but what about the interactive features? EngadgetHD has a recap of the BD-Live director’s chat from Hellboy II. Accessing Hellboy’s BD-Live menu and logging in to our UniversalHiDef.com account wasn’t too troublesome thanks to a USB keyboard plugged into a PlayStation 3, but until we took the extra step of […]
Read moreIt seems the MPAA is at it again. This time it could eliminate the possibility of using a HDPVR to record the shows you love. The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) says that, if the Federal Communications Commission gives Hollywood a waiver on Selectable Output Control, 20 million HDTV sets will cease to function as they did when they were […]
Read moreIt never hurts to add a few major features to your HTPC software, however adding a couple of major HD tuning features is even better :). The first one, though somewhat less important these days, is support for Clear QAM tuning that allows the end-user to tune and record channels that are transmitted in unencrypted QAM. John had a chance […]
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Building upon their previos beta release that added EVR support, 6.5.2 adds a few bug fixes to make your EVR experience a better one. They also snuck in multi-threading for transcoding. *Hint – Click the SageTV logo for the link. Here is a poll that could be very useful to HTPC software makers everwhere. Over 1100 people responded to a […]
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Those of you that have followed my articles in the past know that I’m a Linux fan. I appreciate it’s flexibility and potential. I also enjoy a challenge and I don’t mind doing a little digging to solve a problem. When it came time to hatch a HTPC system for the home, I naturally went with MythTV. In fact, I’ve […]
Read moreGizmodo has a good article up explaining the different video codecs and containers. Its worth the click imo, they do a pretty good job explaining the different file formats and codecs and how it relates to modern technology. Gizmodo Okay, so all that stuff up there are industry-wide standard video codecs. On top of all of those, various entities love […]
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