home entertainment

Acoustic Energy Wi-Fi Radio

Who needs to pay for MP3s, CDs and satellite radio when there is a massive amount of free radio stations on the internet. Untether yourself from that whore of a computer and get all of the radio goodness with a Wi-Fi radio. This radio supports any station that is connected to the Reciva online radio…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jun 5

Viewsonic Rolls Out ‘Future-Proof’ LCD TVs

Viewsonic has announced two LCD TVs that are being labeled as future-proof, but they seem to lack the key ingredient of the future of home entertainment: 1080p. They will be offering up the 27-inch N2751w and the 32-inch N3251w in their future-proof line. They have an HDMI connection, 16:9 aspect ratios and support HDCP copy…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jun 5

Matsushita Looking Closely at JVC

This is a little egg-headed, but it looks like Matsushita is having some trouble with its JVC and cellphone units. JVC, the venerable TV and camcorder maker, is actually part of Matsushita and it seems that the smaller company is actually competing directly with some of the umbrella company’s other units, especially in TVs. Unfortunately,…

Tech News John Biggs Jun 5

Tuning Fork

The Truth Behind Media Center By Brian L. Clark Each week, I’m “blessed” with numerous research reports, all touting some newly-discovered nugget of information bound to have an impact on the long-term market for hardware or technology services. Generally speaking, these things are nothing more than educated speculation. But every once in a while, one…

Tech News Johnb Jun 5

SlingPlayer for Mac Delayed Until September, Dozens Upset

Announced back in January at CES, the Mac version of the SlingPlayer software has been delayed by some 90 days until September. Originally scheduled to come out sometime in the second quarter of this year, Sling Media says that, since Mac users are used to software that meets their high standards, the company decided to…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jun 5

Divita BDM-100s Disc Tower

DVD collecting has become this year’s latest trend. Even if you rarely watch any of the DVDs that you own, it is still important to have them organized. The Divita disc tower will do that, as long as you have the patience to input the titles of all 100 discs into the machine via the…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Jun 5

Top 10 Strangest Console Mods

TechEBlog has compiled a list of the top 10 strangest things people have done to their consoles to make it better, cooler, or more portable. Among them, the Dreamcast portable, the PS2 portable, and the Atari Jaguar Portable. Our favorite, the NES+Sega abomination that nature never intended. It’s like watching someone force a panda and…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 2

Comcast To Start Testing HD TiVo?

Nothing officially confirmed, but a thread on AVsforum says they’re going to start testing new HD DVRs based on TiVo software soon. Looks like their Partnership is finally bearing some fruit. Some nice, high definition fruit. https://gizmodo.com/tivo-lives-comcast-partnership-officially-announced-36080 AVS Forum [via TiVo Blog]

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 2

Philips’ 42-inch TV, Now Featuring Even More Glow!

Philips has decided to upgrade their ambilight technology by making it glow, even more. The 42PF9831D HD Ready LCD TV will be the first Philips TV to use the “Ambilight Full Surround” lighting. Basically it is the same as before, but now light will be projected from all four sides of the television. This is…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jun 2

MovieBeam Reviewed (Verdict: A-OK from Zatz)

Dave Zatz, king of all things home entertainment-y, gave the MovieBeam a hands-on review and he has been relatively pleased with the service. MovieBeam is a pay-per-view movie rental device that works in a set-top box. The MovieBeam box has a 160GB hard drive that can hold upwards of 100 movies that are distributed by…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jun 2

CinemaNow: Disney and Porn

Looks like Goofy might be giving Mickey more than a headache. Most of the headlines regarding this move discuss just the Disney partnership, but it seems Vivid is now letting you download PR()N and burn it onto a disk for later perusal. Hollywood has been tiptoeing its way toward letting consumers buy a movie online,…

Tech News John Biggs Jun 2

Belkin PureAV HDMI Switch

Belkin has released the PureAV HDMI Interfact 3-to-1 Video Switch. That describes it pretty well, it is a hub that allows up to three HDMI devices to be plugged in and connected to your single HDMI port. The PureAV box supports HD resolutions up to 1080p. It also includes a remote control and a 6-foot…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jun 2

Video Games in the Olympics

Geek extraordinaire and video game nut, Ted Owen, is hoping to get video games into the 2008 summer Olympics as a demonstration sport. Owen is the head of the Global Gaming League. There isn’t much to worry about fellow Olympics lovers. Owen has yet to even contact the International Olympic Committee, he is just claiming…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jun 2

Exstreamer 100 Wireless Wired MP3 Streamer

Way back in 2003 we brought you news of the Exstreamer, a wireless MP3 streamer that looked a bit like it was designed by Industrial Light & Magic. Today brings us an updated version of said streamer and it no longer looks like a child’s box of crayons. https://gizmodo.com/the-wireless-exstreamer-6074 The Exstreamer 100 really excels at…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Jun 2

Evesham Budget 20.1 HDTV

Folks on a budget, or families who need an extra TV, will appreciate this Evesham 20.1 HD-ready LCD TV. It’s got an HDTV capable resolution of 1680×1050 and S-video/composite connectors. No HDMI though, since this is relatively cheap. With the Xbox 360 already on the market for half a year and the Playstation 3 coming…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 1

Seura Televisions in the Wild

We love TV. We love Katie Couric. We love mirrors. How could things get much better than this amazing combo at the Charles hotel? We don’t know. The Charles Hotel is in Harvard Square and apparently installed these special in-mirror televisions for their esteemed guests. This means you can watch Katie while washing, brushing your…

Tech News Johnb Jun 1

Acer Aspire IDEA 500 Low Profile Media Center PC

Our ears are extremely sensitive to computer fan noise—freak clapping accident, don’t ask— so Acer’s new living room friendly Aspire Idea 500 makes PC specs available without all the PC noise. Inside, there’s an Intel Core DUO T2300, which will handle all your recording and encoding needs with power left to spare. Then there’s the…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 1

S1Digital Media Center Mini Edition

Either the S1Digital Media Center Mini Edition uses AOpen’s Mini PC as an OEM, or some lawyer is going to have his golf game interrupted pretty soon. https://gizmodo.com/aopen-mp945-vxr-mini-pc-177183 Nevertheless, the MCME runs Windows XP MCE 2005 comes in a tiny case, perfect for living rooms, kitchens, or people in Tokyo. Inside the small shell is…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 1

IOData LCD-TV241XBR 24-Inch LCD TV

We’ve never known IOData for making TVs—mostly peripherals such as the USB USB and the EasyDisk. But the their new LCD-TV241XBR has full HD resolution at 1920×1200, so who are we to say what they can’t do? https://gizmodo.com/iodata-usb-usb-18932 The specs: 1000:1 contrast ratio, 500 cd/m2 brightness, 16ms response time, 2.5W + 2.5W speakers, 178 degree…

Television Jason Chen May 31

Reviewed: Belkin Tunesync (Verdict: Good All Around)

Apple charges $40 for an iPod dock, using up a precious USB port on your computer in the process. Belkin’s Tunesync iPod USB hub aims to tackle the tasks of being an iPod dock and a USB hub (go figure). The chaps at Everything USB gave it a thorough overview and came away, for the…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon May 31

Acoustic Energy Wi-Fi Radio

Viewsonic Rolls Out ‘Future-Proof’ LCD TVs

Matsushita Looking Closely at JVC

Tuning Fork

SlingPlayer for Mac Delayed Until September, Dozens Upset

Divita BDM-100s Disc Tower

Top 10 Strangest Console Mods

Comcast To Start Testing HD TiVo?

Philips’ 42-inch TV, Now Featuring Even More Glow!

MovieBeam Reviewed (Verdict: A-OK from Zatz)

CinemaNow: Disney and Porn

Belkin PureAV HDMI Switch

Video Games in the Olympics

Exstreamer 100 Wireless Wired MP3 Streamer

Evesham Budget 20.1 HDTV

Seura Televisions in the Wild

Acer Aspire IDEA 500 Low Profile Media Center PC

S1Digital Media Center Mini Edition

IOData LCD-TV241XBR 24-Inch LCD TV

Reviewed: Belkin Tunesync (Verdict: Good All Around)

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