ATI is doing their part to get the word out about HD. Giz has a short interview with AMD’s CTO about their 2008 plans. Not mentioned is their upcoming IGP that supports UVD. Gizmodo The Puma mobile chipset, due out in Q2 of this year, is able to play the Transformers HD DVD (intense MPEG-4 AVC) and still have 40% […]
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As I mentioned in Episode #1 , I spent sometime integrating the XPS 420 and accessories into my home theater. I decided to snap a couple pictures from my build log to show. Other then that, I really dhaven’t spent much time on my HTPC except to watcha few music videos from Yougle . I had intended to use the […]
Read moreJessica Zahn, a program manager at MS for the Media Center team sat down with TGB to discuss a range of Media Center topics. Nothing too much of susbtance except that DVD streaming will be a reality. We have no idea when, but Jessica confirmed it is already working. TGB Xbox 360 Media Center Extender Move on, there isn’t much […]
Read moreFirst up, let me point you to a SageTV thread that has a couple of interesting tidbits but are lacking serious details. In this post, Andy (Opus4) states that Sage is at the Echostar booth. I wonder what Sage has up their sleeve, perhaps a partnership with Echostar? In the Echostar booth (Central Hall 9021) there’s a technology demo with […]
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Someone at DBSTalk forums has received scans of the long-promised DirecTV PC Tuner! Looks like this might come out soon folks! Link to picture of tuner and discussion thread @ DBS Talk
Read moreThere is just so much damn news coming out of CES I just can’t cover it all. Engadget has well over four pages of posts and it is only the first day. So rather then list of the individual sights, I will send you to a few sites that has lots of coverage. Chris Lanier’s Blog – He has some […]
Read moreLAS VEGAS (CES Booth #14200), Jan. 6, 2008 – Sony Electronics today announced an internal BD-ROM drive that can upgrade an existing desktop computer into a high-definition Blu-ray Disc™ player, as well as a DVD and a CD player. The new BDU-X10S BD-ROM drive comes with CyberLink’s PowerDVD BD Edition software for playback of commercial movie titles, recorded Blu-ray Disc […]
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In case you missed the first article of the series explaining, here’s a little explanation. In the first episode, we took a look at MyMovies, arguably the most popular plugin for Vista Media Center. This time up, I’m covering a different type of plugin, one that works a lot more behind the scenes, but with an equal wow factor for […]
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To put a little more organization to my build log I have decided to rename all future posts relating to my personal projects "Alan’s Building Log" 🙂 Episode #1 is mostly an introduction and a project update. Way back on June7th, 2007 I posted a blog titled Getting Started. As it turns out, I didn’t get started. In fact, I […]
Read moreLAS VEGAS — CES – Jan. 5, 2008 — Today at the Consumer Electronics Show, Logitech (SWX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) unveiled the Harmony® One advanced universal remote control, marking a significant leap in the evolution of the best-selling line of Harmony remotes. Offering the same one-touch, activity-based control as other Harmony remotes, the Harmony One makes controlling home entertainment even […]
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