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- HP's Touchsmart: A PC, maybe, but cooler as a TV
- Very well thought out box.I suspect HP has a hit. They have a really nice design on that thing.Screen which easily swivels is very importantIf PC manufacturers want people to increasingly use these devices' touch features, I believe that it is very, very important that they allow users to...
- Tags: Desktops, PC, HP TouchSmart, Hewlett-Packard Co., TV
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- Tips for support technicians booting Windows on Macs with Boot Camp
- 2 questions1. How do I completely get rid of OS X on my Mac? It is taking up valuable disk space. Since Windows 7 supports EFI based motherboards, there shouldn't be any need for any Apple shims unless Apple has implemented their EFI in a non standard way (gee, and...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, OSX, BootCamp, EFI, disc, BIOS, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Gateway ZX6810-01
- Congratulations to Gateway's One ZX6801-01 for sending in the first official Windows 7-based PC to CNET Labs. We've already reviewed Windows 7, so we'll spend most of our energy here talking about Gateway's new PC. We like the One ZX6810-01 well enough. When it goes on sale for $1,399 at...
- Tags: Gateway Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Product reviews 2009-10-07
- HTC Touch2 (unlocked)
- Photo gallery:HTC Touch2On September 1, Microsoft announced that the first batch of smartphones running its updated mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, would start shipping on October 6. The next day, Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC wasted no time in announcing one of its first Windows Mobile 6.5 offerings, the HTC...
- Tags: Smart phones, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Mobile operating systems, Keyboards, Operating systems, HTC Touch2, High Tech Computer Corp., smart phone
- Product reviews 2009-10-06
- 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
- Five reasons Apple botched its new iPod lineup
- No Camera in the TouchStill or video = no sale. I considered upgrading my Gen-1 iPod Touch, but why bother if there's no camera?Enough On The ClassicI agree with all but enough bashing he classic, it still is sold and used. Many, MANY, don't want to compromise on...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, shuffle, Apple iPod, camera, flash memory, Apple iPod Touch, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- 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...
- Tags: Home Theater, PC, High-performance, Price, Blu-ray Drive, Blu-Ray, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, DVD, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-08-23
- 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
- Dead-Finger Tech: The DVR continues to be a life-changer
- Dead-Finger Tech: The DVR continues to be a life-changerDon't forget cable media center PVR...I liked Dish and Direct TV too, but now live where that is not allowed. ATI TV-Wonder and home theater system to the rescue!!Now I can watch and record movies, ect., on my cable compliant HDTV module,...
- Tags: DVR, Blu-ray, Digital video, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Consumer electronics, TVs, Dead-Finger Tech, DVR Continues, life-changer, cable, digital video recorder
- Discussion threads 2009-08-01
- 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
- Gateway DX4300-03
- Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Back-to-School roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores. We loved Gateway's budget-priced SX2800-01 slim tower, but the $750 Gateway DX4300-03 has a much less enticing bargain. There's a respectable...
- Tags: Desktops, TV & Home Theater, Gateway Inc., Gateway DX4300-03
- Product reviews 2009-07-28
- 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
- From Starter to Ultimate: What's really in each Windows 7 Edition?
- From Starter to Ultimate: What's really in each Windows 7 Edition?Alternative media centersCan free alternatives for media centers like XMBC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBMC) or Boxee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxee) serve the purpose on the lower Windows 7 versions lacking Windows Media Center?RE: From Starter to Ultimate: What's really in each Windows 7 Edition?Seriously, a comprehensive...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Edition, Starter, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-04
- 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
- 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
- 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
- News to know: Cisco, Salesforce, iPhone, Seattle P-I, Facebook, Intel
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Cisco launches bid to capture the data center Cisco: Beyond the data center Larry Dignan: Cisco's...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-17
- HP Pavilion Elite m9515y
- HP's Pavilion Elite m9515y is the kind of PC for which we're surprised there's still a market. We say that because we've officially soured on the idea of a standard mid-tower in the living room, and if you want a computer to serve as a dedicated small-scale home entertainment system...
- Tags: Desktops, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co., Pavilion Elite, HP Pavilion Elite
- Product reviews 2009-03-04
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