A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: iTunes Now #1 Music Retailer: Brent Evans Geek Tonic Generation Millennium, It’s the Network: Media Experiences 2 Go Cleaning Up After Vista Service Pack 1: The Daleisphere Motorola CDMA Femtocell: Media Experiences 2 Go One Click DVD Rip to HTPC: Brent Evans Geek Tonic IP … Read more
Obviously, the current hot topic in HTPC land is Hauppauge’s upcoming HD PVR… And I just heard back from multi-OS SageTV CEO, Mike Machado regarding their integration plans: We’re working to support the HD PVR as soon as we can. We expect we’ll support it at or near launch. I didn’t probe too deeply (hey, … Read more
Hauppauge has released details and announced timing for their USB HD recording device. The HD PVR records from component and optical inputs at up to 13.5Mbps in H.264. Additionally, AVCHD recordings can be burned to DVD for Blu-ray STB playback (via bundled ArcSoft application suite). Shipping is expected to begin May 1, and a pre-order … Read more
Text of Decision In yet another example of Canada’s broken broadcasting policy, Canada’s national broadcasting regulator, the CRTC, has denied John Bitove’s (XM Canada’s founder) HDTV Network Inc’s application for an eight city Canadian HDTV broadcast network. The network was to be backed by Microsoft founder and Charter Communication’s chairman, Paul Allen. Most Canadian cities … Read more
The Spring edition of CTIA’s biannual wireless convention has just wrapped in Vegas. There were a variety of interesting announcements and new (or upcoming) products, but no larger revolutionary trends. Most chatter seemed to revolve around the health of the US economy (and what it means to the industry) and the lack of concrete WiMax … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… that Dave hasn’t had time to cover while attending CTIA: XM now available on Blackberry: Orbitcast PlayStation Store 2.0 coming soon: PC World HP introduces 500GB $300 Linux NAS: Gizmodo Is Comcast increasing HD video compression: The Consumerist Roxio Toast update fixes TiVoToGo audio/video sync: Mac Observer Nokia N810 … Read more
As the regulars probably recall, I’m pretty lazy when it comes to audio. I love all sorts of music, but I’d rather let someone else acquire and assemble the playlists. Sure, I’ve ripped hundreds of CDs (not to mention those DRM-encumbered purchases), but there’s artists I may not yet know of or haven’t remembered to … Read more
Ed Hardy of Brighthand demos Redfly with AT&T Tilt (4:51) Newer Samsung phones with guest appearances from Laptop Mag and PC Mag (2:32) MagicJack, the $40 VoIP dongle (3:08) Motorola WiMax router and Femtocell (2:22) Motorola’s DVB-H PMP (1:38) Plantronics fashion bluetooth headsets (0:31) Thumbplay allows free video sharing to mobile devices (3:05)