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Monsoon HAVA Reviewed: Not a Slingbox Killer

Monsoon’s HAVA video streamer managed to create a nice buzz when it was first announced at CES, thanks in part to its built-in wireless and ability to support muticasting (two features its main competitor, Slingbox, doesn’t support). But now that the device is shipping and the smoke has cleared, it seems Slingbox has nothing to…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Nov 30

Stream DivX To Your Xbox 360 Without XP Media Center

For those Xbox 360 owners who didn’t also have an XP Media Center box, DivX streaming from programs like Transcode 360 were always a far reach. Now with TVersity, you can perform on the fly WMV transcoding and streaming from any XP machine. All you have to do is install TVersity, set up the videos…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 30

High-End Audio Equipment Holiday Wish List

‘Tis the season for gift guides and while our gift guide is the best, there’s nothing wrong with getting second opinions. CrunchGear recently looked at high-end consumer audio equipment for several different categories, doing a fine job in its own right. The “winners,” so-to-speak are: •Wireless Audio: The Sonos ZonePlayer ZP80 and the Olive Opus.…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Nov 30

Supernova Projector Screen Tells Sun to STFU

Everyone knows that projectors plus daylight usually equals a crappy picture, and there isn’t much to do about it besides boarding up your windows or building a fancy home theatre—until now. The Supernova screen can supposedly give 10 times the contrast and double the brightness normally displayed. It works by using a filter to absorb…

Tech News Travis Hudson Nov 30

First Look: Slingbox Pro HD Connect

The Sling Media Slingbox Pro ($250, look for discounts) place-shifting video device has been available for more than a month now, but it’s been only recently that its optional $50 HD Connect adapter was released. HD Connect exploits one of the best new features of the Slingbox Pro, its ability to place-shift video from HDTV…

Tech News Charlie White Nov 30

How-To Dump Blu-ray Movies On Your PS3

We know how much you love reading about the PlayStation 3 and potentially illegal things, so let’s combine the two, shall we? It looks like enterprising hackers have figured out a way to dump Blu-ray movies using nothing more than a PS3 and Linux. Now, there’s a whole lot of Linux jargon to comb through,…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Nov 30

Tzero-Analog Devices: Wireless HDMI

Makers of all things switchers and converters, Tzero-Analog Devices has anted up with the announcement of a wireless HDMI technology. All we know now is that it’s HDMI and it’s wireless. What we suspect? Flash drive-esque units that plug into the source output and destination input. What we hope? HDMI 1.3 support so we can…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Nov 30

Silly TiVo Holiday Ad

Dave Zatz snuck into TiVo headquarters over the Thanksgiving holidays, stealing office furniture and cancelling everyone’s recordings of Lost and Heroes. But the best thing he got out of trespassing was this unreleased TiVo holiday video. And when we say “best”, we mean it was better than the TiVo-branded toilet paper. Not much of a…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 29

Runco Plasmas Rev Up SD Broadcasts to “Near HD”

Runco is known for its high end equipment and its latest legion of plasmas are no exception. Ranging from the 42-inch PlasmaWall SP-42DHD to the 60-inch CinemaWall SP-60, the new displays use Runco’s special sauce (aka Vivix II processing) to make standard definition material look like high-def. Those are pretty lofty claims, as few TVs…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Nov 29

The Onion Settles the PS3 vs Wii Battle

While we’ve been busy covering the hell out of the Wii and PS3, The Onion seems to have made it a little simpler. PlayStation 3 vs Nintendo Wii [Via Kotaku] http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/the-onion/the-onions-ps3-wii-chart-217872.php

Tech News Travis Hudson Nov 29

BitTorrent Makes Deal with Devil, Video Downloads to Ensue

Peer-to-peer software developer BitTorrent, Inc. must be getting nervous, going all legal-like on us with a video downloading deal with 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Lionsgate, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, MTV, Palm Pictures, G4, Kadokawa and Stars Media. That’s right, starting in February of next year you’ll be able to download-to-own (DTO) films and TV shows, or…

Tech News Charlie White Nov 29

Netstreams DoorLinX MP3 Doorbell is Your Bell

The humble doorbell has just made the leap into the 21st century. DoorLinX by Netstreams can play an MP3 of your choice whenever someone presses your doorbell button, and that MP3 is easily placed on the slim wall-mounted slab via WiFi. Imagine that, now you can play Captain Picard’s doorbell sound through the DoorLinX’s 4-watt…

Gadgets Charlie White Nov 29

Choose Your Own HDTV Adventure

For those of you still having a hard time deciding which HDTV to buy, Joel’s got a spectacular guide to help you out. And if Joel Johnson’s one thing, it’s hairy. If he’s two things, then he’s hairy and clever. Clever enough to put on his pants in the morning and churn out this brilliant…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 29

MVix Wireless HD Enclosure Now Available

If you ever wanted the coolness of a media center without actually have to buy or build a computer this may be for you. MVix is finally shipping their AV HDD enclosure media center that we first told you about back in May. This $300 enclosure syncs up with your network wirelessly with that big…

Tech News Travis Hudson Nov 29

Dare to Compare: DVD Players, One is $40, the Other, $3486

Looking for Dealzmodos as we always do, we found a Toshiba upconverting DVD player on Woot for $39.99. It’s refurbished, has HDMI out and up-converts to progressive-scan 720p or 1080i. Best of all, it plays DivX and all kinds of CDs, too. But in this corner, we’re enticed with the Arcam FMJ DV139, the highest…

Tech News Charlie White Nov 29

Samsung HP-T5064 Packs Hard Drive and Wireless

Samsung’s forthcoming 50-inch plasma sounds a lot like HP’s MediaSmart LCD line. Not only does it features built-in Wi-Fi for streaming content from your PC, but it’s also been suited with a hard drive for recording shows and saving downloads. The Multi Media Center plasma is expected to make its grand entrance at next year’s…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Nov 29

Philips PET830: Tablet DVD Player

It’s been a while since we’ve been impressed by a portable DVD player…as in forever. But with a slight design alteration, the Philips PET830 gives some hope to a formerly dead end of electronics. Add in DivX, MPEG4, MP3 and WMA support and the PET830 is almost as good at playing media as the laptop…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Nov 29

iHome iH21 Water-Resistant Streaming iPod Dock and Speakers

If streaming your iTunes music via Airport Express isn’t for you, then perhaps the iHome iH21 is more your fancy. Consisting of a dock and matching speakers, the iH21 let’s you beam your tracks to the basement, the kitchen, and even your bedroom. Plus, the speaker is water-resistant and remote control-friendly, meaning your music’s safe…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 29

Philips DVD Micro Theatre MCD908 Rocks a Tube Amp

It’s not your average shelf system stereo because it a) has a DVD player, and B) rocks a tube amp. Beautiful an glowy, and very soulful for a big CE company like Philips. You know all about pretty glowy things, because of those Ambilight HDTVs I love so much, don’t ya? Yes you do! The…

Tech News Brian Lam Nov 29

PS3 Greymarket Watch: Muggers Get Caught

It’s nice to see dudes get what’s coming to them. The 21-year-old man who was shot by two gunmen while waiting in line at Wal-Mart for the PS3 is fine now, but the two idiots who shot him have been caught. Kotaku reports: https://gizmodo.com/playstation-3-melee-watch-guy-gets-capped-edition-215701 William J. Robertson, 20, and Andrew Patnaude, 17, were arrested about…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 28

Monsoon HAVA Reviewed: Not a Slingbox Killer

Stream DivX To Your Xbox 360 Without XP Media Center

High-End Audio Equipment Holiday Wish List

Supernova Projector Screen Tells Sun to STFU

First Look: Slingbox Pro HD Connect

How-To Dump Blu-ray Movies On Your PS3

Tzero-Analog Devices: Wireless HDMI

Silly TiVo Holiday Ad

Runco Plasmas Rev Up SD Broadcasts to “Near HD”

The Onion Settles the PS3 vs Wii Battle

BitTorrent Makes Deal with Devil, Video Downloads to Ensue

Netstreams DoorLinX MP3 Doorbell is Your Bell

Choose Your Own HDTV Adventure

MVix Wireless HD Enclosure Now Available

Dare to Compare: DVD Players, One is $40, the Other, $3486

Samsung HP-T5064 Packs Hard Drive and Wireless

Philips PET830: Tablet DVD Player

iHome iH21 Water-Resistant Streaming iPod Dock and Speakers

Philips DVD Micro Theatre MCD908 Rocks a Tube Amp

PS3 Greymarket Watch: Muggers Get Caught

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