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Media Center gives digital cable tuners a new lease on life

Blu-ray ...... I'm surprised to see you mention Blu-ray ... While I have Blu-ray capability, I've taken the upscaling route because I have a vast DVD library and after objectively looking at it, can't see the benefits. Going from DVD to upscaled DVD is an improvement, but when I compare...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Consumer electronics, Media Center PC, CableLabs, digital cable tuner, cable, cable tuner, DVD, CableCard, BIOS, PC

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

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Apple iMac (21.5-inch, 3.06Hz Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce 9400M, Fall 2009)

We awarded Apple an Editors' Choice for its new $1,699 iMac, largely because its 27-inch screen dwarfs its competition in that price range. So what to make of Apple's new lower-end iMac? At $1,199, its 21.5-inch screen is hardly the size leader for its price, and without a touch screen...

Tags: Desktops, Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce, Acer Aspire Z5610, Intel Corp., NVidia Corp., Apple iMac, Apple Inc.

Product reviews 2009-11-17

Sony Vaio L117FX (Core 2 Quad Q8400s 2.66GHz, 6GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium)

Had Apple not introduced a 27-inch iMac for $1,699, we'd have fewer reservations about Sony asking $1,999 for its new 24-inch Vaio L117FX. Yes, HP's TouchSmart 600 expanded on some of Sony's innovations from its previous generation all-in-ones. Sony also doesn't even attempt to match HP's creative multitouch software. But...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, RAM, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Sony Vaio, Sony Corp., HDMI

Product reviews 2009-11-13

Envizen Digital Duo Box Pro ED8850A

You probably haven't heard of Envizen, but it's one of several off-brand companies that are putting out new digital portable TVs to replace all the obsolete analog units that were toted to sporting events or kept around for emergencies when the power went off. As implied by its name--the Envizen...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Consumer electronics, DVD, Games, digital television, TV

Product reviews 2009-10-27

Pioneer AVIC-Z110BT

At the top of Pioneer's AVIC line of navigation receivers, and indeed its entire line of car audio receivers, sits the AVIC-Z110BT. This grandest of car stereos features just about every bell, whistle, and whizbang that Pioneer has to throw at mobile audio and video. From GPS navigation that can...

Tags: GPS, Digital music, Digital media, receiver, SD card

Product reviews 2009-10-13

Harry Potter and the search for a true Media Center experience

After spending hours researching, learning and trying to understand media streaming over a wireless network, I took a bold move and bought a Linksys Media Center Extender DMA2100 without entirely knowing what it would do, provide me, or even if it was what I wanted. I took...

Tags: Potter Inc., Windows Media, Media Center PC, Network, PC, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Media Extender, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Media Center PCs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-21

Apple's future TV: Can Web-based apps replace "channels," kill cable?

AppleTV only called a hobby after its dismal failureTo be sure, Apple did [b]not[/b] call AppleTV a "hobby" when they released it. It was only after they released the dismal sales figures for this piece of garbage that they "apologized" by calling it a hobby.You know what Apple should do...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Web, TV, Apple Inc., cable, Apple TV

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

El Kameleon JVC EXAD KD-AVX77 media player

When we last saw JVC's El Kameleon car audio receiver, we awarded it our Editors' Choice award for its innovative interface and expandability. However, we wished that the unit featured a touch screen instead of a touch pad. With the new El Kameleon KD-AVX77, we get our wish. The new...

Tags: Keyboards, Corporate communications, Monitors & displays, media player, Video Playback, display, KD-AVX77, faceplate, El Kameleon, single-DIN, touch screen, JVC

Product reviews 2009-07-31

Insignia NS-PDVD8

Last year, we took a look at the Insignia NS-PDVD10. While it didn't blow us away, we found it to be a decent bare-bones portable DVD player for the price. Now we're taking a look at another model in the series, the PDVD8. Apart from its remote control, the...

Tags: Tablets, DVD, Media players, Consumer electronics, Notebooks, TV & Home Theater, Insignia NS-PDVD8, portable DVD player, tablet, DVD player, control button

Product reviews 2009-07-31

Insignia NS-HD01

The price of HD Radio technology has been dwindling over the past few years, with digital-capable car stereos, home tuners, and clock radios priced south of $100. But Insignia's new NS-HD01 adds two new wrinkles to the HD Radio equation. The iPod-size unit is the first truly portable (battery...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, display, Insignia NS-HD01, radio, HD radio, battery

Product reviews 2009-07-15

Eznex ENA7000 EzCube FM transmitter

Digital music aficionados who are constantly behind the wheel are often faced with the dilemma of how to connect their MP3 players to their car stereos. The lucky ones have head units with direct line-in ports, and a few may even be driving around in vehicles old enough to sport...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, transmitter, EzCube, FM Transmitter, MP3 player, MP3

Product reviews 2009-06-26

Microsoft fumbles the digital TV transition

Microsoft fumbles the digital TV transitionHas the ATSC glitch affected you?If you?re a Media Center user, has this issue affected you? Leave a comment as a reply here. (If you have another coment to make, please start a new thread) I?ll be following up with Microsoft to see if I...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Media Center PCs, digital television, digital TV transition, TV, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

Alpine iXA-W404

Our experiences with Alpine's "mechless" car audio receivers have been mostly positive. So, when we received the iWA-X404, which ups the ante with the inclusion of a larger display and touch sensitivity, we naturally assumed that bigger would be better. True, the W404's larger screen facilitates the playback of video...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Corporate communications, Digital music, Digital media, Alpine iXA-W404, Alpine, W404, touch screen, encoder

Product reviews 2009-06-10

AMD announces ATI Theater HD 750 "HDTV on a chip"

Some owners of home theater PCs HTPCs want as much of the same experience as a typical cable user as possible, which means they need to install CableCards into their systems to access scrambled digital channels and the like. For those whose TV needs are less demanding, a PC with...

Tags: HDTV, ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Chipsets, Cable, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Network Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-06-02

JBL On Stage 400P speaker dock

Though they are portable devices, the iPod and the iPhone can make wonderful sources for headphone-free music when connected to speakers. Of course, wading through the glut of iPod-ready tabletop speakers on the market today takes patience and know-how, especially if you have an iPhone, which requires a unit with...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Additional Features, iPod Dock, Stage 400P, JBL

Product reviews 2009-05-27

Okoro Media Systems introduces OMS-AX100 HTPC with built-in amp

Okoro's latest living room PC makes it possible to ditch another component from your home theater setup. The OMS-AX100 includes a 5.1 amp that delivers 100 watts per channel, which means you can attach passive speakers to it and avoid buying a separate receiver. The...

Tags: Home Theater, Media Center PC, built-In, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Okoro, OMS-AX100, Media Center PCs, Home Entertainment, Microsoft Windows, Consumer Electronics, Digital Media, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-05-19

As economy plummets, cable, satellite TV bills are on the rise

As economy plummets, cable, satellite TV bills are on the riseThe Internet is the future of mediaWe dropped cable 6 months ago. We found a local ISP and got 12M down, 2M up for $50 a month and kicked $110 a month of Time Warner out the door. A decent...

Tags: Network technology, Satellite TV, TVs, TV & Home Theater, cable, TV, satellite, satellite television

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

Alpine iDA-X305

As the saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!" That seems to be the approach taken by Alpine Electronics when designing its new iDA-X305 digital media receiver. Based on the already impressive iDA-X100 receiver, the X305 keeps the same single-DIN size, rotary encoder-based interface, and lightning quick browsing...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Advertising & Promotion, Search Mode, phone button, X305, Alpine iDA-X305, knob, Alpine

Product reviews 2009-04-16

Sansa SlotRadio

In the heavily saturated MP3 player market, sometimes it's best to choose a specific target audience and really go for it. One example of this can be found in the Slacker G2 Personal Radio Player, aimed at tech-savvy consumers with little time and patience for creating personalized playlists. SanDisk takes...

Tags: Flash memory, Digital music, Digital media, SlotRadio, card, SanDisk Corp.

Product reviews 2009-04-06

A USB HD TV tuner debuts for PC and Mac

AVerMedia today announced the launch of the AVerTVHD Volar Max, a new USB 2.0-based TV tuner that’s PC and Mac compatible. The AVerTVHD Volar Max is a USB TV tuner stick that enables your computer to receive HD digital television ATSC and unencrypted digital cable ClearQAM signals,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Digital Television, USB, AVerTVHD Volar Max, PC Version, TVs, Desktops, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-16