Brent Evans Those of you who follow me on GeekTonic know that I spend a lot of time with HTPCs and all manner of media playback gadgets. When Syabas announced the new Popcorn Hour C-200 I was intrigued. From the specs it was clear that this device comes to the party prepared, touting the ability to play … Read more
The new Popcorn Hour C-200 has arrived for review and I have a few quick photos to share while you wait for the complete coverage. This media player looks quite interesting. It’s powerful, supports an extremely large number of video/audio formats and codes, has HDMI 1.3a support, support for an internal drive and a nice … Read more
According to Windows Media Center blogger Chris Lanier, a new OCUR CableCARD firmware update is coming soon that will enable support for cable company switched digital video broadcasts via tuning adapter hardware. There will also be an additional change that allows for “less DRM on non-flagged CableCard recordings.” So expect this to be one of … Read more
Screencap via EngadgetHD Charlie Owen, who previously worked on the Microsoft Windows Media Center team, has been sharing his MC thoughts over the past week or so and it’s definitely been interesting. His latest post asks the following question: Do you think it was the correct decision to keep Windows Media Center as a feature … Read more
Remember that Dish Network satellite tuner everyone was expecting for Windows Media Center? Reports are leaking out that while beta testers loved the tuners and they seemed to work great, the initiave (Project Draco) may have been killed by either Microsoft or Dish Network. An unbelievable result for a lot of reasons – namely it … Read more
News from Dolby Laboratories has arrived, via EngadgetHD, that Microsoft is adding Dolby Digital Plus support within Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions. Great news for those getting Windows 7 when it is released in October and especially good news for Media Center users. Why? Because many content providers and broadcasters use … Read more
Photo via AVS Forum, Flickr Looks like Western Digital is preparing a new version of their WDTV media player. The WDTV has similar innards as the SageTV HD Theater, minus the HTPC extender capabilities among other things. But it comes at a lower price (available under $99) and seems to have a pretty active user … Read more
I’ve been incredibly impressed with the Zune HD UI and the look & feel of the ZuneHD hardware. It’s simply a beautiful device. You can now pre-order one from Amazon for delivery September 15th. I’m on the fence on whether to purchase or not. I definitely don’t need it as I have a perfectly fine … Read more