Tag: Community News

For all of the naysayers out there, you would think Blu-ray is dead in the water. However, when compared to DVD’s early beginnings, it looks like things are looking up for the new HD format. It is worth noting that alot has changed since DVD’s early years. Acceptance of new technology is certainly alot more widespread then it used to […]

Being a Wii owner myself, I’m curious to see what this new channel looks like.  It may be good or it may not but I’ll keep an open mind until I see it.   By the end of 2009 Nintendo plans to provide all Wii customers with a highspeed Internet connection the ability to watch a new Wii television channel […]

I haven’t seen many Blu Ray player reviews around here so I’m throwing this one into the ring.   Now that the price has dropped on Sony’s BDP-S350 to $299, full-featured Blu-ray Disc players are coming into reach for the rest of us. Early generation Blu-ray Disc players were not only more expensive, but bulky, and took a long time […]

Although it’s a tower style case and not a desktop style, I like the looks of the front facade.  With 4 HDD bays internal and 2 optical bays external and the ability to fit a full ATX board inside, this case should be able to house a very nice system.   This case will be very appealing to the enthusiast […]

Auzen is finally tauting their new HD audio sound card. Card supposedly should be out in January some time and will have fully compliant HDMI 1.3 capabilty as well as toslink/spdif connections in a pci-x package!   (For a mere 1 billion dollars … j/k)   HDMI v1.3a Compliant, 24p Compatible, Non-Downsampling, Native PCI Express Soundcard The Auzen X-Fi HomeTheater […]

I found this news out first hand this morning… 🙁  It seems all of the first generations zunes (zune 30) are locking up hard at the boot screen.  I don’t have a clue how MS will fix this one as they don’t response to any reset button presses.  Will MS have to actually have customers open up the zune or […]

These might not be everyone’s cup-of-tea but the Chief Rocker looks to be a viable alternative or addition to high-end seating solutions for one’s home entertainment room.   I was a bit skeptical when I heard about the Sumo Chief Rocker, mainly because I thought that the frame would make it very uncomfortable, but I was wrong as it is […]

I love this, more negative press for Comcast and the sham they’re making of the entire Cable Card world. I still will never forget my phone conversation with a Comcast Billing agent who made it clear that it would be cheaper for me to rent THEIR stb instead of using my cable cards in my Media Center.   In addition, […]

  Okoro Media Unleashes Intel i7 Core Media Centers Okoro Media Systems, manufacturer of digital entertainment systems for the high end audio video market, is pleased to announce the availability of the Intel’s new i7 Core processing technology to our high-end 2009 Digital Entertainment Systems. Keeping with our mission of bringing the latest in cutting edge technology, our i7 Core […]

Time to get your new SageTV features on.  Some of the key updates are listed below.   Enabled switching between different audio tracks for MKV, ASF, MOV and AVI files when playing back with the HD Media Extender (firmware update required) Preserve watched information when doing a content reindex Program Guide data options for a tuner: choosing to use an […]