By Grant on May 12, 2008 in Featured, Gadgets, HDTV, Linux, Reviews, Software | 2 Comments
The Beta release of the Hava Nokia N800/810 software is out and it is GOOD. On May 8th, Monsoon released their TV streaming software for the N800/810 to a group of beta testers for further testing. The results from the group appear to be good. I got my hands on this software as part of […]
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By Grant on May 6, 2008 in Featured, Gadgets, HDTV, Hardware, Linux, News, Reviews, Software | 0 Comments
Hava HD is a Ethernet device for streaming your TV signal across your network to your PC. Don’t have a TV in your kitchen, drop your laptop on the counter and fire up your Hava Player. The software gives you full motion video and audio along with a software based remote control to control your […]
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By Grant on Apr 16, 2008 in Deals, Gadgets, HDTV, News | 0 Comments
D-day is approaching rapidly. No, not that D-day, that already happened, this one is Digital Day. At the time of this article being written, there are 307 days left until analog TV broadcasts cease and the only thing left is digital over-the-air broadcasts. So you have an old 19 inch tube analog television […]
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By Mike on Apr 9, 2008 in Gadgets, HDTV | 1 Comment
Iomega is releasing a new ScreenPlay HD multimedia drive featuring 500 GB of storage and a HDMI port. Now this wouldn’t normally get my attention but, I felt it was worth it due to the format support. Check out this list: WAV, WMA, MPEG-1/2/4, MP3, OGG, AC3, AVI, DivX, XviD and JPEG. Did I […]
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By Grant on Apr 8, 2008 in Deals, HDTV, News | 0 Comments
Wal-mart is offering refunds for HD-DVD players bought in their stores after Nov 1st 2007. Any player with original receipt will be accepted. You however do not need the original packaging. This offer is only good till April 30th, so hurry up and get that paperweight back to the store and go buy […]
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By Mike on Apr 5, 2008 in Gadgets, HDTV, News | 0 Comments
If you arrived here through a google search to find out how to record an HDTV channel from component inputs all I can say is the wait for a device capable of doing this is nearly over. Hauppauge’s much-anticipated HD-PVR looks close to being released.
Hauppauge debuted their HD PVR, which can take a HD signal […]
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By Grant on Mar 31, 2008 in HDTV, Internet, News, Video Games/Systems | 0 Comments
Microsoft signed a deal with a company headed by Peter Safran to produce original shows that will be distributed on the Xbox 360 network. This is the first step towards bringing IPTV to life on the 360 network. GREAT another bunch of garbage to clutter the servers that no one will ever watch. […]
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By Grant on Mar 25, 2008 in HDTV, News, Video Games/Systems | 0 Comments
Netflix, the popular movie via mail rental company, is doing research on whether or not to deliver streaming content to the Xbox360. A Netflix spokesman said they are interested in getting their content to consumers anyway they can. There currently is no word of any partnership between Microcash and Netflix. Netflix […]
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By Grant on Mar 24, 2008 in Gadgets, HDTV, Hardware | 0 Comments
Why do Monster brand audio video cables cost so much? Do they really give your A/V equipment a better signal path from component to component. Is there some magical gas or material that is used to magically turn your system into the most efficient high bandwidth entertainment machine known to the planet. […]
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By Mike on Mar 6, 2008 in Featured, Gadgets, HDTV, Reviews | 3 Comments
March 2008
About once every three days someone shows up at my desk asking which lcd t v they should buy and I figured that it was about time to compile a list of sets I would consider. One thing you need to consider besides the model is the size of the set. This is to […]
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