Review of Three Hardware MPEG-2 TV Tuner Cards
The Tech Reprt has published a comparison and review of three popular TV tuner cards supporting hardware MPEG-2 encoding. These cards are a critical component of any quality home theater PC (HTPC). For...
View ArticleReview of Four HDTV Projectors
Tom's Hardware has published a review of four moderately priced 16:9 HDTV capable projectors, including the BenQ PE 5120, the Sanyo PLV-Z3, the Epson EMP-TW200H, and the NEC HT410. The Benq PE 5120 and...
View ArticleReview of the ATI All-In-Wonder X800 XT
Beyond3D and Tom's Hardware have published reviews of the ATI All-In-Wonder X800 XT, a board designed for high powered 3D graphics and for high-end PC multimedia and video capture. The product is based...
View ArticleHappenings at NAB 2005
Tom's Hardware has published a multi-part article covering the happenings at National Association of Broadcasters 2005 Conference (NAB 2005). The focus of NAB 2005 this year was high definition (HD)....
View ArticleDirecTV Satellite Launched, Capacity of 1,600 HDTV Channels Soon
DirecTV has launched their new Spaceway F1 satellite. With the launch of an additional satellite in June, DirecTV will have capability offer 1,500 local HD channels and 100 national HD channels....
View ArticleCoverage of the Home Entertainment 2005 Conference
Ultimate AV magazine has coverage from all three days of the Home Entertainment 2005 conference. See what's new in high-end LCD and plasma displays, projectors, HDTV hardware, sound systems, home...
View ArticleCourt Tosses Out Broadcast Flag Regulation
In a major blow to the MPAA, a federal appeals court has thrown out FCC rules that required digital television equipment to enforce copy protection through the use of what is known as the "broadcast...
View ArticleBuilding a Home Television Server
ExtremeTech has an article showing you how to build your own home television server, which lets you centralize recording, storage, and distribution of video over your home network. With a home...
View ArticleReview of the ATI X600 All-in-Wonder Pro
The Register has published a review of the ATI X600 All-in-Wonder Pro, a 3D graphics card designed for multimedia and home theater applications. Features include an ATI RV380 GPU running at 400 MHz, an...
View ArticleATI R520 Features Hardware Accelerated H.264 HD Content Decoding
ATI Technologies has announced that their new Radeon R520 graphics processor features hardware accelerated H.264 Advanced Video Codec (AVC) decoding. The H.264 compression format is used on forthcoming...
View ArticleSharp Starts Selling the Aquos LC-65GE1, a 65-Inch LCD TV
Sharp Corp. has said that it will begin selling the world's largest liquid crystal display television set, containing a 65-inch LCD screen. The Aquos LC-65GE1 is full-spec high definition LCD panel...
View ArticleSecret TiVo Tips and Tricks
PC World has published an article containing dozens of TiVo tips and tricks, some well known, others not so well known. These include a number of navigation shortcuts, advanced commercial skipping,...
View ArticleReview of Three Home Theater Projectors
Tom's Hardware has reviewed three moderately priced home theater projectors. They are the Mitsubishi HC2000, the Optoma H79, and the Sony VPL-H51. These projectors have native 1280 x 720 resolution and...
View ArticleDivX Releases DivX 6 Video Encoding Format
DivX Networks today released the DivX 6 video encoding format, featuring enhanced performance, video quality, and editing capabilities. DivX was originally designed for computer video but is now being...
View ArticleBuilding a MythTV DVR
O'Reilly Digital Media has published a instructional guide on building a MythTV digital video recorder system using off-the-shelf PC parts, Linux, and the MythTV open source software...
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