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ATI Theater 750 HD chip can bring OTA HD to PCs around the world

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the June 9th, 2009

No matter what country one finds themselves in, a PC equipped with a TV tuner powered by one of ATI's new Theater HD 750 chips should be able to tune into any over the air TV broadcasts available. These give a step up over the hardware in the company's old TV Wonder 650 line by adding PAL, SECAM and ……

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Shuttle's Mini H7 4500H media PC joins Blu-ray, DVB-S tuner in matrimony

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the May 21st, 2009

Shuttle’s back with another mini HTPC, the H7 4500H, only this time you can swap out that DVB-T tuner with a DVB-S for satellite TV. The cost of going for the latter means you have to settle onboard graphics only, but either way you’re still getting DVR capabilities and Windows Media Center. Max conf……

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VuNow 3.0 update: Now with AC-3, NTFS, PAL & more

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the May 11th, 2009

Found the Verismo VuNow’s previous iterations lacking? Take another look, because the company says it’s gotten all more and better on us, with even more live TV channels, websites, and now Shoutcast Internet radio bringing additional content to the box. On the hardware side it can finally read NTFS f……

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Momitsu BDP-899 promises out of the box region free Blu-ray for cheap

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the May 5th, 2009

Looking for region-free Blu-ray and DVD support? The Momitsu BDP-899 fits the bill, including BD-Live and Dolby TrueHD output. It's not clear whether multi region support is included by default or only due to retailer mods, but the BDP-899 can be manually changed between DVD & Blu-ray regions when th……

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RED blows away small room of videophiles with 4k RED RAY footage at half the bitrate of MiniDV

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the April 29th, 2009

While RED has been pretty tight-lipped about its planned RED RAY product, some footage shown off at RED’s NAB party gave a sizable hint that RED RAY could be much more than meets the eye — specifically a $1,000 device that can play cinema-quality 4k video off of standard DVDs. At the party they played a……

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AgfaPhoto debuts seven new cameras of varying compactness

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the April 27th, 2009

Not to be outdone by GE and its onslaught of ordinariness, AgfaPhoto has now rolled out seven new compact cameras of its own on the eve of PMA, which range from the most basic of point-and-shoots to a ruggedized, underwater cam. Arguably the most interesting of the lot are the OPTIMA 1438m (pictured above), ……

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AEE boasts that its new “Mini DV” camera is the “world's smallest”

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the April 27th, 2009

AEE Wireless’ new “Mini DV” camera may or may not actually be the “world’s smallest” video camera (alright, it’s probably not), but it certainly has a strong claim to the title of least imaginatively-named, and it is, in fact, pretty darn small. What’s more, unlike some other world’s smal……

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Bluetooth 3.0 + HS gets official, adds speed with 802.11

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the April 27th, 2009

The rumors were true, and today’s the day that the Bluetooth SIG gets official with the latest, greatest version of Bluetooth. Bluetooth 3.0 + HS, as it’ll be called, promises to be markedly faster than prior iterations thanks to the reliance on 802.11, which is the same protocol used by WiFi modules……

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Pioneer debuts $249.99 8x BDR-2203 internal Blu-ray burner

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the April 22nd, 2009

Slowly but surely, these internal Blu-ray drive prices are sinking down to levels we’d consider to be “halfway reasonable.” For instance, have a look at Pioneer’s latest, the BDR-2203. An 8x BD writer that’s totally capable of toasting DVDs and CDs when the BD-R spindle runs dry and very eager to……

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Epson trots out tiny ST120 HTPC, finds room for Blu-ray / TV tuner

Posted in Articles by Nicr on the March 18th, 2009

Man, talk about a much needed refreshing. Last we recall, Epson was eliciting “awws” from window shoppers who just couldn’t get over how delightfully cute its Endeavor ST100 micro PC was. Fast forward two years, and here we have the equally tiny (albeit entirely more useful) ST120. The all-black box come……

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