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- IR Blaster
- A device that showers infrared IR signals over a wide area. It is used to "blast" signals into a stereo or home theater rack when the equipment is behind...
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- AVerTV Hybrid Ultra USB
- AVerMedia bills the AVerTV Hybrid Ultra USB as a Media Center Upgrade Kit. The upgrade it brings to your Media Center PC is the ability to watch and record TV. This $130 external TV tuner avoids one of the pitfalls of PC-based TV tuners--the often shoddy bundled DVR software--simply by...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Cable, TV & Home Theater, Microsoft Windows XP, AVerMedia, tuner, AVerTV Hybrid Ultra USB, Media Center PC, IR Blaster, laptop computer, cable box, TV
- Product reviews 2007-06-04
- Diamond XtremeTV PVR660 USB 2.0 Power Pack Edition
- TV tuners housed in external USB devices have several advantages over their PC Card-based brethren. They're portable, easy to set up, and most importantly, don't require cracking open your computer case to install. The Diamond XtremeTV USB 2.0 is a comprehensive package of software and hardware for users who want...
- Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, Cable, Diamond XtremeTV, TV, TV Tuner, software
- Product reviews 2006-08-30
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- Logitech Harmony 900
- When we reviewed the Harmony One last year, we gave it an enthusiastic Editors' Choice and lamented only the fact that there was no RF option for people who had components hidden in cabinets or in closets. Well, over a year later, Logitech has given us what we asked...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Blaster worm, cabinet, Logitech
- Product reviews 2009-08-11
- Logitech debuts Harmony 900 universal remote with RF tech; $399
- Logitech on Tuesday announced the Harmony 900 universal remote control, an RF-enabled version of the popular but pricey Harmony One remote that allows the unit to be used when your TV cabinet doors are closed. In addition to its...
- Tags: Blaster Worm, Logitech, RF, Harmony 900, Viruses And Worms, Security, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Mitsubishi WD-82737
- Photo gallery: Mitsubishi WD-737 seriesIf the heyday of the gigantic-screen rear-projection HDTV is over, somebody needs to tell Mitsubishi. The company is the sole remaining proprietor pushing out 60-inch-plus TVs too thick to hang on the wall and too inexpensive to merit a cameo on MTV's "Cribs." Its...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsubishi WD-737, TV
- Product reviews 2009-07-07
- Mitsubishi WD-73737
- Photo gallery: Mitsubishi WD-737 seriesIf the heyday of the gigantic-screen rear-projection HDTV is over, somebody needs to tell Mitsubishi. The company is the sole remaining proprietor pushing out 60-inch-plus TVs too thick to hang on the wall and too inexpensive to merit a cameo on MTV's "Cribs." Its...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsubishi WD-737, TV
- Product reviews 2009-07-07
- Mitsubishi WD-60737
- Photo gallery: Mitsubishi WD-737 seriesIf the heyday of the gigantic-screen rear-projection HDTV is over, somebody needs to tell Mitsubishi. The company is the sole remaining proprietor pushing out 60-inch-plus TVs too thick to hang on the wall and too inexpensive to merit a cameo on MTV's "Cribs." Its...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsubishi WD-737, TV
- Product reviews 2009-07-07
- Mitsubishi WD-65737
- Photo gallery: Mitsubishi WD-737 seriesIf the heyday of the gigantic-screen rear-projection HDTV is over, somebody needs to tell Mitsubishi. The company is the sole remaining proprietor pushing out 60-inch-plus TVs too thick to hang on the wall and too inexpensive to merit a cameo on MTV's "Cribs." Its...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsubishi WD-737, TV
- Product reviews 2009-07-07
- Gefen cuts the cord with its ultrawideband wireless HDMI extender
- One of the Holy Grails of home theater setups is being able to have all of your equipment connected without a corresponding rat's nest of cables. We've seen a number of previews of technology that will allow for the wireless transmission of HD signals, though some are still in purgatory...
- Tags: UWB, HDMI, Cable, Wireless, Gefen, Ultrawideband (UWB), Home Entertainment, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-03-01
- Sony DMX-WL1 Bravia Wireless Link
- Photo gallery:Sony DMX-WL1One of Sony's latest strategies with HDTVs is to market a range of add-ons, such as the Bravia Internet Video Link, designed to work with its Bravia televisions. The most expensive such device so far is the DMX-WL1, otherwise known as the Bravia Wireless Link Module....
- Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, Cable, Sony Corp., transmitter, Gefen EXT-WHDMI, external antenna, HDMI, wireless link
- Product reviews 2009-02-03
- Gefen EXT-WHDMI wireless HDMI extender
- Photo gallery:Gefen EXT-WHDMIIn 2008 we gave the Best of CES award to the Belkin FlyWire, the first mainstream wireless HDMI system that was promised to go to market. After numerous delays that system still is not available, but the idea is still going strong. CES 2009 saw multiple manufacturers, including...
- Tags: Corporate communications, TVs, Gefen EXT-WHDMI, transmitter, HDMI system, HDMI, wireless
- Product reviews 2009-01-30
- Acoustic Research HDP100 HDMI Powerlink System
- If you've paid to have your HDTV installed in any kind of permanent way, you know that the cost of installation can often overtake the cost of the television itself. Part of that installation cost involves wiring: running cables from your gear up to the TV, generally through walls. In...
- Tags: TVs, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Acoustic Research HDP100, HDMI, HDMI-cable, cable, transmitter, back-panel
- Product reviews 2008-12-02
- Going back to Windows Media Center
- Going back to Windows Media CenterWindows Media CenterI am also a Time Warner customer who quit their DVR boxes in favor of Windows Media Center. For over a year, I've had great controlling two digital cable boxes with an IR blaster and using Media Center as my DVR. ...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Digital media, DVR, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Going Back, Windows Media, digital video recorder, cable, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-11-24
- IRCommand2 3.91 (Windows)
- IRCommand2 is IR infrared and X10 remote control software for the PC that enables you to control virtually any device that comes with a remote control. You can add command buttons in a variety of shapes and sizes and train them using your remote controls, or program them with macro...
- Tags: Remote Control, X10 Wireless Technology, WDPS Software, IRCommand2, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-09-09
- Toshiba D-R410 - DVD recorder
- DVD-recorders have lost most of their relevance. Between DVRs and online video services like Hulu, couch potatoes can already record their favorite shows, and archiving seems less and less attractive now that everything is released on DVD or available online. Still, DVD-recorders do have their place, as many bristle at...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, recorder, Toshiba D-R410, DVD, Panasonic DMR-EA18K, Toshiba Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-08-08
- Panasonic DMR-EA18K
- In preparation from the upcoming analog-to-digital DTV transition, any device manufactured since 2007 and equipped with a standard analog NTSC tuner has been federally mandated to also include a digital ATSC tuner. For manufacturers of DVD recorders, that leaves two options: include a digital tuner, which increases the price a...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, tuner, Panasonic DMR-EA18K, Direct Navigator, recorder, Panasonic
- Product reviews 2008-07-16
- NoviiRemote Blaster 1.2 build 05.07.30a (Mobile)
- An SD card accessory plus software for turning the Treo 650 and other handhelds into the ultimate universal remote control! The SD card accessory called the blaster solves the problem of Treo's underpowered IR port. The easiest installation and setup of any remote control! Operates over 10,000 home entertainment devices....
- Tags: Mobile, SD Card, Accessory, Palm Treo, NoviiMedia, Home Entertainment, Handhelds, Memory, Flash Memory, Cellular Phones, Personal Technology, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-06-16
- Gateway XHD3000 Monitor (30-inch)
- A 30-inch LCD from any of the handful of vendors that sell such a monitor--Apple, Dell, HP, Gateway, and Samsung--will set you back some. The Gateway XHD3000 is one of the more expensive models in this class of LCD, with a list price $1,699. It can be found online for...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Monitors & displays, bezel, monitor, Gateway XHD3000, Gateway Inc., OSD, display
- Product reviews 2008-05-28
- Philips DVDR3575H
- DVD recorders with hard drives used to be the poor man's TiVo. Sure, they lacked the finesse and eye-candy of a true TiVo, but you didn't have to pay a subscription fee and you could burn anything right in the same unit. Fast-forward to today and you'll be hard pressed...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, user interface, Philips Electronics N.V., DVD recorder, Philips DVDR3575H, DVD, recorder, hard drive
- Product reviews 2007-11-05
- Sony LF-V30 LocationFree TV
- In some ways, you've got to feel a little sympathetic for Sony. The company effectively invented the placeshifting concept--the ability to stream TV programming from your living room to another device via the Internet--in 2004, only to see it co-opted by smaller upstart Sling Media a year later. The latter...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Wi-Fi, NETWORKING, Viruses and worms, Games, SECURITY, TV, Sony Corp., Slingbox, Sony LF-V30, LF-V30, wireless, Blaster worm, Sling Media, network, video
- Product reviews 2007-10-26
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