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- HTPC
- Home Theater PC A PC that is used to play and store music and movies. HTPCs are connected to their own high-quality stereo system or to a home...
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- AMD, Intel battle for the mainstream - how low can quad-core go?
- $126 is way too much to pay for...512k L2 cache, even if it is a quad core. At this price, AMD could have given its customer a full 1MB of L2 cache per core and delivered an awesome CPU. If this was done to keep their line up square then...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- Acer reveals the nVidia Ion-based AspireRevo: The perfect budget HTPC?
- Acer reveals the nVidia Ion-based AspireRevo: The perfect budget HTPC?You forgot to mention...The DRM "feature" comes absolutely free!Acer?My new Mac mini is quite a fast machine. With 4 gigs of memory it should do anything I will require it to do. The days of the tower desk top...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- CES 2009: Asus Eee Keyboard could be a HTPC in the shape of a, um, keyboard
- CES 2009: Asus Eee Keyboard could be a HTPC in the shape of a, um, keyboardAt first glance......it looks like they took an Apple aluminum keyboard and grafted their computer onto it.RE: CES 2009: Asus Eee Keyboard could be a HTPC in the shape of a, um, keyboardI truly wish...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-19
- Ace Computers to release $999 CableCard-equipped home theater PCs
- Ace Computers to release $999 CableCard-equipped home theater PCsHTPC must turn into iSTBThe concept of an HTPC makes perfect sense from the engineer's perspective... but it does not reflect the reality in terms of what the market demands.That does not mean that the market would not demand Media Center technology...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-01
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- Dell's answer to Apple's Mac mini - The Inspiron Zino HD
- People Actually Buy These Things?Almost a $1000.00 for a cutsey, low powered designer computer? Do people actually buy these things? Maybe they should check out your Very Best Kit list.adrian please 959$ you dont put 959 for a low-end entry level machine you can have...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Nov/Dec 09
- These are consistently your most useful columnsI really look forward to these, especially since I'm thinking about building a new video editing machine. One that can handle full frame 1080 24p h.264 video. I can transcode it with cineform but unless you're doing a lot of color work, it's...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- AMD rolls out 8 new Athlon CPUs in time for Windows 7
- Too littleI've bought AMD CPUs in the past, but they lost their edge with Intel's release of Core 2. AMD has yet to recover. I just don't see myself going AMD to save $50. Frankly, $100 won't move me when I consider I will keep a new...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- The single biggest reason why Windows 7 won't be another Vista
- 100% of Vista drivers have worked so farWhen something didn't have a Windows 7 driver, I used the Vista driver and it worked just fine.I agree 100% with your blog Ed, Windows 7 is being released into a totally different environment than Vista was released into.That, and I think people...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- Windows 7 in action: do more with the taskbar and Jump Lists
- Have you tried pinning a recycle bin to the taskbar?In Vista and XP I wound up using a convoluted method of creating a special toolbar just for the recycle bin. But you can only do functions like emptying the bin by right clicking, and you have to take care to...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- Macs and PCs found shacking up
- A very interesting study. This confirms what we have known for a long time.Mac users are much cooler that PC users.Confirms Apple numbers continue to grow:PI can't argue with that...Pagan jimRE: Macs and PCs found shacking upIt's a widely accepted fact that Mac users are much cooler than PC users.Much...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- HTPC Movie Launcher 1.2 (Windows)
- HTPC Movie Launcher is designed to be a very easy to use movie launching mechanism for home theater PCs. The program is entirely flat file-based instead of using a database like most other similar products.
- Software downloads 2009-09-24
- The KMPlayer 2.9.4.1435 (Windows)
- The KMPlayer is all-in-one media player covering various formats such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, QuickTime etc. It has an extra feature to play Incomplete/Damaged AVI file, Locked Media Files while downloading or sharing, Compressed Audio Album (zip, rar) and so on. It handles...
- Software downloads 2009-09-15
- Okoro OMS-BX300 home theater PC delivers high performance, high price
- While companies like Dell and Lenovo are trying to enter the home theater PC market at the low end, with unassuming processors and nary a Blu-ray drive to brag about, Okoro is heading in the opposite direction with its new OMS-BX300 "Blu-ray Digital Entertainment System." Forget an Intel Atom or...
- Blog posts 2009-08-23
- HD DVD returns and kicks Blu-ray to the gutter
- HD DVD returns and kicks Blu-ray to the gutterWell researchedThe problem with Blu Ray is the royalty aspect of this format.Thousands of dollars just to use their logo on the Jacket Cover and so on.Maybe this chinese will work.So is my HD-DVD player dead or not?In the US that is,...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
- Windows 7 activation ... FAIL!
- Windows 7 activation ... FAIL!They sure have...Now if they'd only do so by making an actual good product rather than just locking everybody into using it....No SoI've been running Linux since giving up on Windows by having too many BSOD screens with Windows ME. And frankly, given Windows Genuine PITA...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- LG 42LF11
- LG 42LF11Life is Good!!Being a fan of primarily Sony and Samsung video devices I was hesitant in purchasing the 42LF11. Happily, my reluctance was unfounded. This set offers a great combination of features an extremely reasonable price Check around). This sets primary purpose was to replace an ailing...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
- How many PCs are enough? 5? 10?
- How many PCs are enough? 5? 10?My Count ...8 PC's, 1 Laptop, 2 servers ...But I run my business out of my house ...LudoI want in on this1 RS 60003 Macs2 Laptops2 HP Netservers LH3s4 Desktops.I have been trying to get that number down for years though. Let's See1...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-22
- Researchers demo wireless keyboard sniffer for Microsoft 27Mhz keyboards
- Researchers demo wireless keyboard sniffer for Microsoft 27Mhz keyboardsIsn't there a range limitation.I know that I cannot get too far away with out my wireless keyboard bombing out? So in order to do this, you would have to be in relatively close proximity to the user...right?Just one more reason not...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-12
- Windows 7 to launch October 22; RTM next month
- Windows 7 to launch October 22; RTM next monthHats off. I rather like 7. Will welcome the RTM come July!A bit sooner than expected though. Not that I'm complaining.Do you know if beta keys will work?Will the existing beta keys work and still expire of course or will people without...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-02
- 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...
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
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