It's thursday again, and right on schedule, Ian Dixon has released another excellent Media Center Show Podcast. This week, Ian grills Mike Newell, a Program Manager for the eHome team, and they talk about all sorts of things. The eHome team has always been great at being open with the community, so it's good to see they're not shy either […]
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It appears we've finally got some official information regarding Vista MCE Remotes! But as you'll see below….they brought back the ugly!! 😛 But luckily the further you go down it gets better. Maybe they just *want* people to upgrade to more expensive Sideshow ones like Interlink's which just look soooo nice. Check out the rest of the Windows […]
Read moreInterlink, a company who apparently is a large OEM remote maker, is the first company to announce a SideShow remote. The beauty of this remote is that small bits of MCE data will make it back to the remote. Things like recorded shows, guide data etc will be available for browsing on the remote. I am awaiting Harmony's attempt and […]
Read moreFinally someone got their hands on the HAVA we've heard about since early this year. Bottom line, it's not bad, but it's the first revision so it has some kinks. But hey, at least it's got some potential. (And at least it's not vaporware) First seen at CES last January, the HAVA place shifting device began shipping in August. Initially […]
Read moreExtremeTech goes high level on setting yourself up with a home theater. Pretty good if you're new to this whole thing, as they even cover some of the more common acronyms. Of course, if you're in the process of setting up a home theater, you better come brag about it in our forums! Before we dive in, we should stress […]
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These speakers come in at less than $2000. So….I guess that's considered, a little less affordable? Anyhow, HomeTheaterHiFi actually do a fairly brief review by their standards, but at least it gets you an overview if you're in the market for some speaker. PSB has succeeded in providing an excellent 5.1 system at a great price point. The speakers all […]
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If you like high end components, then you probably like Pioneer Elite, where you can guarantee to pay more than everyone else 🙂 But in defense, they've always had a great reputation on that product line. And this has a bunch of extras, and even an ethernet port! The BDP-HD1 carries a 50% price premium over the Sony BDP-S1, but […]
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I love that "affordable" means over $1000 these days 😛 But nonetheless, these are pretty decent. Just don't tell my ex that, or she'll think the $300 all-in-one set she got was just plain cheap Though unassuming, the SVS SBS-01 home theater speaker system offers great sonic performance for the money. The sats deliver smooth, unfatiguing sound that will warm […]
Read moreUpscaling players have taken a significant price drop over the last year and are a definite must to any home theater. That is, if you don't have an HTPC. The Helios4000 offers 1080p (via component and HDMI) upscaling, Region Code Free, and the ability to have both video outputs active at the sametime. From the article: The capability of the […]
Read moreA couple of tidbits from the Blu-ray world today. First up, Sony has released a patch for its firs PC drive that will allow it to playback BD movies. Link To Story Here: Second up, HDBlog lets us know that BenQ is shipping its Blu-ray disc recorder to Japan right now. The retail price is expected to be around $760. […]
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