This guide is a repost of my original guide over at HTPCNews.com. Broken links have been updated, no other real changes have been made. This repost is brought on by a resurgence of firewire related questions in my PM box so I thought I should bring this back up and also remind people that it’s 2 years old. Some improvements […]
Read more[H]ardOCP is reporting price drops by AMD. However the page they are linking to is dated April 28,2008. Not sure if the prices are new/old or if the date just wasn’t updated on the web page. Direct Link to AMD Psuedo-confirmation: The prices for at least the few I checked on the list are lower on the list that current […]
Read moreEveryone’s new favorite container is getting a push in the right direction with DivX throwing their weight behind it. Do you want to find out more about MKV files? Well head on over to their official homepage. As the official homepage mentions, think of it as an envelope that can contain many audio and video files. As a side, SageTV […]
Read moreThe LCD market has EXPLODED due to the influx of cheap LCDs on the market. Electronic House takes a look at pros and cons of buying a cheap LCD. Electronic House Image Quality – While the price of LCD flat panels continues to drop, the image quality of LCD HDTVs in the 26-in or below size has diminished somewhat also. […]
Read moreNow stop me if you have heard this one before! What do you get when you cross a tuner card and a video card? Yah, I have no idea! I wonder what it is? Just when you think the All-In-Wonder is dead, ATI drags it from the depths of despair and add HD to the title. The AIW of years […]
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You may have recently seen or heard about a new upcoming device from ZeeVee called the ZvBox. The idea behind it is simple–connect your computer to the box via VGA, and connect it directly to the coax TV cable from any room in your house. Then tune to the Zv channel and you will see a high resolution of your […]
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It was recently announced, that the Media Center world has been lucky enough to gain a few new online spotlight programs, including the Olympics & the Queensberry Fight Network. Being a large fight fan, I was excited to see what the Fight Network had to offer, so that’s why I’ll be covering it first. Having never heard of it, I […]
Read moreI probably spend a bit too much time thinking about the site rather then doing. That is a curse I no doubt have to deal with. You will never win a game without a shot on goal I suppose :). Matt and I were discussing the latest in TVs tonight. There have been a lot of announcements about upcoming technologies […]
Read moreThere has been a LOT of Vista Media Center news floating around the web the last few days. Here is my chance to catch you guys up on some of the good stuff. As always, I will take this time to point you guys to our advertisers if you are in the market for HTPC parts, great plugins for your […]
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If you remember what happened last month, there was a rather large fiasco caused by NBC for Vista Media Center users, where nobody running the operating system was able to record American Gladiators. Both NBC & Microsoft were quick to comment that the message was caused due to an error, and was completely unintentional. Microsoft respects the copy-protection flags of […]
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