First up Paramount must have finished up their contract issues with Toshiba (from their HD DVD exclusivity move) because they finally announced that they will go [back] to Blu-ray on May 20th!! Hollywood Reporter Arriving in stores that day are Blu-ray Disc versions of "Face/Off," "Next" and "Bee Movie," a DreamWorks Animation title that was initially supposed to be released in […]
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Sometime ago, we had a few readers request an update to our build guides we published shortly after we started the site. I will remind our readers of a couple important points. Ultimately we pick a piece of hardware because we feel it offers the best bang for the buck. I would imagine that there will be a lot of […]
Read moreFremont, CA – April 28, 2008. ArcSoft, Inc. announced today that ArcSoft TotalMedia™ Theatre received BD-Live (Profile 2.0) Certification from the Blu-ray Disc Association on April 24, 2008, the first certification of any PC desktop software from any developer in the world. ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre is Windows XP and Vista compatible software that now complies with the stringent standards and […]
Read moreSo this is what happens when LowTech has to sit around the house all afternoon waiting for the plumbers to show up, I cruise the internets (a series of tubes dont-cha know) and find all sorts of interesting articles. This one in particular comes from across the pond and describes one young lady’s fight to protect net neutrality. Be forewarned, […]
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A short review of the Gyration remote. Extreme MHz Gyration, a company respected for their presentation and other unique input devices, has taken your average remote to another level. Their Universal Media Center Remote sports their unique motion-sensing technology to provide in-air cursor control, providing true wireless mouse control via a more reliable 2.4GHz frequency
Read moreI wonder if they counted the Maxtor line in the 1 billion? PR Newswire Consider this: the 1 billion hard drives Seagate has delivered equates to approximately 79 million terabytes, able to store 158 billion hours of digital video or 1.2 trillion hours of your favorite music.
Read moreI know a lot of people use SpeedFan to keep their HTPC’s quiet. New version released a couple of days ago. Speedfan Lot of fixes, code improvements and optimizations. Added support for a lot of new hardware, including a lot of nVidia graphic cards (up to, but excluding 8xxx), SMBuses and sensors. Greatly improved Intel CORE and AMD K10 internal […]
Read moreEH has a new article up about "high-end" cables! We all know you don’t want to be monstorized! Electronic House So you’ve just spent a bundle on a new HDTV or a home theater system. You’re about to head for the register, and the salesperson suggests that since you’ve invested so much in your system, it needs expensive cables to […]
Read moreIf you need a relatively inexpensive remote for your Vista HTPC, Trust has an option for you. Personally I don’t plan to use it since it only works with Vista, but it might be for you. Inside HW We have received a very cute, retro looking remote control. First thing we’ve noticed on packaging was a domain of purpose; it […]
Read moreHauppauge has confirmed via email that the HD-PVR will have multi-tuner support for all major software packages such as BeyondTV, SageTV, MythTV and Vista Media Center. 🙂 UPDATE – Just to clarify, "multi-tuner" in this case means you are free to purchase several HD-PVR’s and connect them via USB to the same PC. This does NOT mean that you will […]
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