While I'm not typically one to use many Microsoft products, it is interesting to note when it may be better to stick with an older version rather than upgrade to the latest and greatest. The following article lists 5 reasons to stick with MCE 2005. From the article: I’ve been using Vista on my desktop PC for a while now and […]
Read moreI forgot to post the Digg It link for Mike's great guide to enable concurrent sessions in Vista. I do believe this is something that is of interest to people outside the community. Please Digg It if you enjoyed his guide. Digg Link: Concurrent Sessions Guide Thanks! -Alan
Read moreArrrr, ya landlubber, Pirates Of The Caribbean Blu-ray release date has been set for May 22nd. As well, Curse Of The Black Pearl Blu-ray edition will be released on the same day. Each release will have have a dual layer disc for the movie and an extra 25 GB single layer for the extras. The BD Java features will include […]
Read moreLooks like Google did their own version of Mythbusters, this time claiming that the myth behind high temperatures causing hard drive failures is just that, a myth. I wouldn't just turn off all my fans by my hard drive, but it's good to know since HTPC's are notorious for having less than stellar cooling for some components, HD's included. Moreover, […]
Read moreJust when the battle between high def DVDs was taking off, Ross Perot…errr…..we've got a new contender. I don't think much of this, considering we're talking about 720p DVDs, but it's worth a read. And nevermind the features, what genius thought of that name. "3X, yeah!!! We'll get all the pr0n boys to support us for sure!" In order to […]
Read moreReading a post like this really makes you appreciate the capabilities of Extenders for HTPCs, such as the Xbox360 or the Hauppauge MVP, depending on your software. So he plugged a coaxial cable into the video output jack on his TiVo and ran it to the cable junction box. Now you can plug any TV into any cable jack in […]
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Continuing our morning of A/V reviews, we have Sound And VIsion's review of Pioneer's Elite Blu-ray player. Pioneer's $1500 entry into the Blu-ray market has a lot going for it including 1080p/24f output, a wide array of media csupport, and network PC connectivity support. However, for this much coinage it is missing a few critical features. The most obvious one […]
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For the last couple weeks, I've been hearing about "the stations between the stations" and "hidden stations on the radio dial". In fact, the radio commercials are talking about HDRadio. This got me curious. What is HDRadio? How is it different from what I've already got? So I did a little digging this afternoon. As it turns out, HDRadio […]
Read moreI must admit, Pioneer must think very highly of their latest Elite plasma that Ultimate AV is reviewing today. Priced at $3300, it sports a meager 1024X768 resolution. However, the Ultimate AV review does give it good results in the end. And I can see his point of not really needing 1080p from a comfortable viewing distance. Your likely not […]
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Once upon a time this naive news poster considered a 1000 dollar set of speaker higher end. Now that I have been posting news/researching potential speakers my perception of that has greatly changed. Not only because of the reviews I have posted here but because of some of the speakers I have listened to while researching on my own time. […]
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