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A Blu-ray / HD DVD update

Last week I listed the six essential hardware and software pieces you need to successfully play back a commercially produced high-definition disk in either the Blu-ray or HD DVD format. Over the weekend I had a chance to put both formats to the test. Setup took minutes, and the results...

Tags: Software, Dell Computer Corp., Media Center PC, Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Disc, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, CPU, Blu-ray, DVD, PowerDVD Software, HD, CyberLink, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-09-06

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CyberLink PowerDVD 9 (Windows)

PowerDVD 9 is simply the best video playback software for enjoying HD and Blu-ray movies. PowerDVD allows you to enjoy and remix movies as well as to store and organize your movie information. Get the widest selection of useful video formats including HD formats like AVCHD, AVCREC, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264),...

Tags: Movie, Microsoft Windows, Video, CyberLink, PowerDVD 9, PowerDVD, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-20

Auto Send Media (Mobile)

ASM is designed to send photos & documents created on your Windows Mobile phone to designated e-mail addresses in real-time. It can also upload the newly created files to FTP server (most cable modem subscribers such as Road Runner have their own FTP server where they can upload files for...

Tags: Mobile, Media, FTP Server, Server, Photograph, Camera

Software downloads 2009-06-05

CyberLink DVD Suite 7.0 (Windows)

CyberLink DVD Suite 7 was rated as 84 scores by PC Word. "CyberLink's burning suite is easier to use and almost as powerful as the competing offerings from Nero and Roxio." - by Jon L. Jacobi It includes CyberLink's industry-leading PowerDVD 8 software movie player (Blu-ray included), its highly-rated PowerDirector...

Tags: Movie, Disc, Microsoft Windows, CyberLink

Software downloads 2009-01-15

DirecTV’s HD tuner set to debut with Windows 7?

DirecTV’s HD tuner set to debut with Windows 7?Yes I have ....... Have you used a TiVo??I doubt since you actually think that MC has a better interface.TiVo is not perfect, but I had more problems getting MC to do what I actually want/need it to do that I ever...

Tags: Media Center PCs, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Blu-ray, OEM-version, TiVo Inc., DirecTV, Media Center PC, SDV Tuning Adapter Support, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2008-11-08

More on the Vista DVD playback issue

More on the Vista DVD playback issueDid you tryreading your dvd with a software that does not support DRM of any form and does not rely on windows infrastructure, like VLC ?DId you try other DRM compatible software, like PowerDVD or the like ?To me this sound like a poor...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital rights management (DRM), Consumer electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista, DVD, Vista DVD playback issue, playback issue, Vista DVD, digital-rights management, HDCP

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

Friday Rant - Here's a perfect example of why DRM sucks

It's a Friday (again!) so that means time for another Friday Rant! Today a cautionary tale for those of you buying HD DVD players and discs. If you've been looking at the slew of cheap HD DVD discs and players on the market and feel that this...

Tags: Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-04-11

The most disappointing products of 2007

The most disappointing products of 2007Haup & VistaNow my Haup HD tuner is USB, so maybe that makes a difference, but after following the installation instructions to a tee I had a perfectly working tuner/capture card on Vista HP. Now mind you, Haup's software is vintage mid-1990's quality, but with...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, security, Haup USB TV tuner, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux, ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-11

The Vista wow becomes a whisper

The Vista wow becomes a whisperI don't know if I could come up with 100 but...I could come up with quite a few to just avoid Vista entirely and jump into Linux. It's not for everybody and I know there are some corporate/enterprise settings locked into Windows for whatever...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Vista WOW, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-10-22

Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 1)

Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 1)Two Samsung monitorsThe first fully supports HDCP and thus will play back any content fed to it by Windows Vista.The second was not designed as an entertainment system. It was specifically designed for use in public places, with content generated by...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Microsoft Windows Vista, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2007-09-16

Build a $50 DVD burner

Build a $50 DVD burnerMessage has been deleted.Video??I didn't see a link to any video, nor any video embedded in this story.. WTF..?Still no video...Obviously I'm missing something here because there doesn't seem to be a video, embedded or otherwise on this page.Viewed in Opera 9.5 Alpha, Opera 9.23 and...

Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, DVD burner, video, USB

Discussion threads 2007-09-11

More on HD, DRM, and CPU usage

More on HD, DRM, and CPU usageSo answer the question, I was one of the quoted[B]f PowerDVD supplied the complete end to end protected pipe, then why did MS add it into the OS? [/B]You will also note that I put a ? mark at the end of the statement....

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), digital-rights management, Microsoft Windows Vista, 1080p, PowerDVD

Discussion threads 2007-09-08

More on HD, DRM, and CPU usage

This is a very quick follow-up to my previous post documenting my experience with HD DVD and Blu-ray playback on Windows Vista. (If you haven't been following this story, you'll want to read that post and its predecessor, Blu-ray, HD DVD, and Vista to get the proper background.) DRM doom-and-gloomers...

Tags: Monitor, Video Card, Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Disc, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, CPU, Blu-ray, Analog Playback, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-09-08

Sony BWU-100A Blu-ray burner

The Sony BWU-100A offers every possible optical-media support except for HD-DVD, of course. Its sleek, transparent-black faceplate would make it an attractive part of your living room media center's PC. Unfortunately, Blu-ray drives are still very expensive--this one costs $700. Though Blu-ray burner prices have and will continue to fall,...

Tags: Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, DVD, Sony BWU-100A, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2007-06-28

Vista slow to boot? Get the facts (Troubleshoot slow starts with Vista's Event Viewer)

Vista slow to boot? Get the facts (Troubleshoot slow starts with Vista's Event Viewer)Keep the information coming!Great information about detecting - but let's assume that somethings causing persistent slowdowns - how to find out what's wrong and speed it up?Keep the information coming :).Troubleshoting?The article was interesting but "troubleshooting"to me...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Right Now IT, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-05-04

(Images: Installing Windows on a Mac with Boot Camp)

(Images: Installing Windows on a Mac with Boot Camp)Who on earth!Who in there right mind would want to install Windows on a MAC? I'm not windows bashing, but seems to be a pointless act of futility if you ask me!I think this a good transitionWith the current way of...

Tags: Corporate communications, Desktops, Apple Macintosh, OSX, Microsoft Windows XP, Hard drive system, nVidia 7300GT 256MG, games superbly, nVidia 7300GT, Microsoft Windows, MS Office Programs, ProMac, WETHER, video, superbly

Discussion threads 2007-03-29

Dell takes small steps toward Linux

Dell takes small steps toward LinuxWell, certification for Linux is better than nothing, but, we would like tosee more certifications, including RedHat, Fedora, Ubuntu, Mandriva. Those vendors would likely be willing to share the expense of certification.But, even then, it should be rather easy for Dell to keep track of...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-02-26

Living with Windows Vista: Week one report card

Its been one week that Ive not used Windows XP on my main computer and actually living with Windows Vista so here is my progress report. As some of my readers know, Ive was having stability problems with my main computer as well as a number of other annoying...

Tags: Desktop, Energy efficiency, Fun Stuff, Hardware, Intel, Mobile/Wireless, Networking, Security, Vista

Blog posts 2007-02-20

No Vista fixes in Microsoft's dirty dozen

No Vista fixes in Microsoft's dirty dozenNo Vista fixes in Microsoft's dirty dozenLooks like Vista is living up to all the hype and more! And all the bashers said it wasn't worth it. This article clearly proved them wrong. All the enhancements in Vista are making it...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Looks like Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Vista-fix

Discussion threads 2007-02-13

HD-DVD copy protection in tatters

Late last year I posted information about a new HD-DVD decryption utility that was released which was capable of decrypting a AACS Advanced Access Content System protected HD-DVD discs as long as title keys were available. Many were skeptical. Some pointed to the technical problems of extracting title...

Tags: Cutting Edge, Copyright, HD-DVD, AACS

Blog posts 2007-01-18