Blu-ray News: Toshiba peddling BLu-ray in Brazil @ EngadgetHD Vista Media Center News: Fuze taking thier software to OEMs @ Chris L. PMP News: Archos to add placeshifting to their portable media players @ PVRWire Speaker News: Energy Take Classic home theater system review @ Sound & Vision Speaker News: Cambridge Soundworkds Newton Theater review @ Cnet CPU News: Phenom […]
Read moreIn an interesting development, Calrad has announced that they will be developing integrated playback of Blu-ray into XLobby. It’s always good news to see more companies working on providing access to HD video. XLobby.com We have received our licensed S3-1080P card and Bluray DVD drive as well as a license to playback material. So we will be testing systems over […]
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There are a lot of folks out there who simply do not want to give up their TiVo or cable co. PVR. The reasons for this are many including potential to damage the WAF and you simply can’t record all the channels available to you. Well fear not, there are ways that your TiVo and HTPC can coexist. Let’s face […]
Read moreIf you are reading this post and you haven’t seen our latest contests, you are really missing out. We have partened with PCAlchemy to give away a very nice HTPC and we have partnered with bigscreenglobal.com to giveaway a copy of Big Screen Headlines. Receiver News: Onkyo releases TX-SR606 HDMI 1.3 receiver @ Electronic House Corporate News: Denon up for […]
Read moreThe title is self explanatory, Netflix will be chargin a premium if you are a Blu-ray customer. It certainly took them a while to reach this decision and it kinda stings to have these charges put on your back after several months of offering Blu-ray discs. Without actually saying it, he basically said screw the early adopters. Market Watch Online […]
Read moreIts nice to see that quality complaints are starting to move from our little forums to the main stream media. On a side note, I had the exact same complaint about BSG on SciFi HD, called my local Comcast office to complain, and they tried to place the blame on me for wanting more HD channels. Nice customer service 🙂 […]
Read moreMore devices that support SideShow = GoodThing™ Hopefully between these, the elusive sideshow remotes, and multiple software betas for devices we might finally see this technology get used. I think it has so much potential, but the lack of devices is killing it! I want to be able to control my media center without having to turn on the TV […]
Read moreChuck with Electronic House sends word they have released a new article about the history of Big TVs. Electronic House Our infatuation with big televisions can be traced back to the tube magnifiers of the 50s. Here’s a look at the evolution of the big TV.
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What do you do when you have a giveaway as great as our HTPC giveaway? Well we follow it up with another great giveaway. BigScreenGlobal.com, another great supporter of MissingRemote.com, has offered up a license to their great Big Screen Headlines!! Mobilewares’ Big Screen products significantly enhance Vista Media Center’s default functionality. In the case of Big Screen Headlines, you […]
Read moreThe pros & cons of a Vista Media Center CableCard setup are many and are owed their own article. What it meant to me was a seamless transition from a cable box DVR to a Windows Vista Media Center setup. This, of course, was important to keep my significant other happy and show her the wonders of my new investment. The […]
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