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Enjoy Watching Online Movies on TV Screen Earlier than Disney

Drop ship blog | November 10th 2009 by poul

When Disney is dedicating to the system that would let people watch on anything from a TV to an iPhone, a host of computer manufacturers has let people watch everything online from a computer to a TV visa HTPC or home theatre personal computer. read more

aparichit

Zino HD : Nettop from Dell looks like Apple Mac mini

Blog Solute | November 9th 2009 by Rohit

Dell is about to sell its nettop / HTPC, the closest thing you will find the Apple Mac mini from which it is clearly inspired. Prices for the economic base model will be $249 and a package that would include a high-end HD Zino will be marketed for $ read more

slashgear

Envive ships TheaterStation Multi-Zone digital media management s…

SlashGear | November 9th 2009 by Ewdison Then

I have talked about the cool Envive TheaterStation multi-zone content management system before. The system debuted at CEDIA back in September. Envive has announced that it is now shipping the TheaterStation multi-zone system with central storage. T read more

SmidgenPC

Lenovo Q110 Unboxing

Smidgen PC | November 7th 2009 by Matthew Smith

I just received a Lenovo Q110 into the Smidgen PC, uh, lab yesterday.The Lenovo Q110 is the new nettop from Lenovo, providing competition for the ASUS Eee Box and Acer AspireRevo. My unit arrived with a Intel Atom 230 processor, a 250GB Hard Drive, read more

SmidgenPC

HTPC Case Buyer’s Guide

Smidgen PC | November 7th 2009 by Matthew Smith

When normally building a PC, one would pick the components first and then find a case which properly fits them. This approach is typically fine, as there usually aren’t major size constraints on a desktop PC. But the HTPC is a different beast read more

MolsonFL

Entertainment 2.0-Episode 52: Stop Yer Whinin’!

Entertainment 2.0 | November 6th 2009 by Adam

Oh do we have fun this week!  After moving through a ton of reader email and comments (THANK YOU!), Josh and Adam get into the question of fair use and recorded TV.  How long should you be allowed to keep your recordings?  Can you archive them fo read more

easyhtpc

Building an AMD HTPC – Capable of Blu-ray HD Audio Playback

Easy HTPC | November 6th 2009 by Maximum0077

Building an AMD HTPC – Capable of Blu-ray HD – Audio Playback Introduction It has been quite a while since I last went under the hood of my current Home Theater PC (HTPC), but judging by the gradual degrading performance that I was beginn read more

SmidgenPC

The Best HTPC Motherboards for AMD and Intel processors

Smidgen PC | October 31st 2009 by Matthew Smith

Choosing the right motherboard for an HTPC build is an important decision. In a gaming PC or normal desktop the motherboard, while still important, isn’t critical. If the integrated graphics isn’t what you wanted, or you need some extra read more

MolsonFL

Entertainment 2.0: Episode 51-Happy All Hallows’ Eve!

Entertainment 2.0 | October 30th 2009 by Adam

It’s the week of ghosts and goblins and while you and your kids are pigging out on candy this weekend, take a listen to the latest Entertainment 2.0.  If nothing else, hearing our voices should be enough to scare kids away from your house tom read more

jerm

LUXA2 PC Case LM300 Touch Pro Available In Japan

TechFresh | October 30th 2009 by Jeremiah

You are lucky if you are living in Japan, because LUXA2 will launch their latest LUXA2 PC Case LM300 Touch Pro in that country under the LVA20052N1Z code name. This aluminum HTPC case features a 7-inch touchscreen LCD with a 1024×768 resolution read more

rssoo

MSI, 가격대 성능비가 뛰어난 “V Magic” 시리즈 VGA…

JJeBa's PC HardWare | October 29th 2009 by JJeba

PC 하드웨어 전문 블로그입니다. ㈜웨이코스, MSI “V Magic” 시리즈 VN210-MD512 출시   - MSI, 최고의 가격대 성능비를 보여줄 “V Magic” 시리즈 발표 - 첫 제품으로 최신 GeForce 210 장착한, MSI V read more

rssoo

리모콘의 영역을 넘보는 초미니 키보드 GP-R4000

JJeBa's PC HardWare | October 29th 2009 by JJeba

PC 하드웨어 전문 블로그입니다. 현재의 PC는 정말 다양하게 변화하고 있다는 생각을 할수 있습니다. 대표적인것이 홈시어터에 사용하는 HTPC이고 그외에도 차량에 사용하고 있는 CarPC등 read more

lionc

Haleron H Box Ion Nettop

iTech News Net | October 26th 2009

Haleron Technologies, the company who made Swordfish dual Atom netbook, introduces the new H Box nettop PC powered by Atom 330 1.66 dual core processor and NVIDIA ION graphics. The H Box has 2GB of memory and a 320GB hard drive. The nettop supports read more

jeremywjones

GlideTV HTPC Remote Gets Reviewed

Multimedia-PCs | October 26th 2009 by jeremywjones

ZatzNotFunny got the chance to play around with the new GlideTV HTPC remote. I wasn’t that thrilled with the remote when it was first announced which was apparent by my blog post. After reading over Dave’s hands on, who was also skepti read more

lionc

Onkyo P305A3 Ion Nettop with Removable DVD Burner

iTech News Net | October 26th 2009

Alongside the E705A7B all-in-one, Onkyo brings also the P305A3, a nettop PC with Ion and a removable DVD burner. Onkyo’s nettop is boosted by an Intel Atom 230 1.6GHz processor, 2GB of RAM and NVIDIA ION graphics chip. It has a 160GB hard dri read more

Sony VAIO L Touch AIO HTPC

Krunker | October 26th 2009

The folks at Sony Insider have published some awesome pics as well as a hands-on video of the new Sony VAIO L Touch HD PC/TV system here on their website. For those of you not familiar with the new VAIO L Touch, it’s essentially an All-in-One (AI read more

Zath

Windows 7 Review – Part 6: Included Applications

Zath Games Tech | October 24th 2009 by Simon Barker

When you use Windows 7, you may notice the lack of included applications compared to previous versions of Windows. You won’t find a messenger application or a movie maker without downloading them from Microsoft, but don’t worry! You still have Pa read more

MolsonFL

Entertainment 2.0: Episode 50-Windows 7 Launch Party

Entertainment 2.0 | October 23rd 2009 by Adam

After almost ten months of testing, reinstallations and general playing around, it’s finally time to get that retail version of Windows 7 installed and start enjoying everything that Microsoft has brought to the table in 7MC.  We’ve already read more

lionc

ViewSonic VOT132 Ion-boosted Nettop gets Windows 7

iTech News Net | October 21st 2009

ViewSonic launches the VOT132 Ion-powered nettop with Windows 7 pre-loaded. As previously mentioned, the VOT132 is boosted by Intel Atom 330 1.6GHz dual core processor and NVIDIA ION graphics chipset. It has 2GB of memory and a 160GB hard drive. Vie read more

nelsontaxi

Acer AspireRevo R3610-U9012 con el Atom 330 y Windows 7

lotecnologico | October 18th 2009 by nelson villavicencio

  Acer pone al día su línea del nettop de AspireRevo con el nuevo modelo de AspireRevo R3610-U9012. El nuevo R3610 substituye el Atom original 230 por el procesador dual de Atom 330 de Intel y... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we read more

The Best Nettops Around Right Now

gHacks.net - Search Engine Secrets Revealed | October 18th 2009

Nettops are all the rage right now, and with good reason too! For around $330-$400 you can get desktops that will do all the basic things you want to do and they will playback HD videos for you. Here’s news of the latest in nettops plus a roundup o read more

MolsonFL

Entertainment 2.0 Windows 7 Launch Party!

Entertainment 2.0 | October 18th 2009 by Adam

With the launch of Windows 7 on Oct. 22nd, we’ve decided to celebrate and we want to include our listeners!  First of all, on Wednesday Oct 21st, Josh and I will start broadcasting live again.  You can join us starting on the 21st every Wednesda read more

lionc

Acer AspireRevo R3610-U9012 gets Atom 330 and Windows 7

iTech News Net | October 18th 2009

Acer updates its AspireRevo nettop line with the new AspireRevo R3610-U9012 model. The new R3610 replaces the original Atom 230 with the dual core Intel Atom 330 processor and is pre-loaded with Windows 7 Home Premium OS, may be the first in the indu read more

lionc

MSI Wind Box DE200 and DC200 Nettops

iTech News Net | October 16th 2009

MSI officially announced two new nettop PCs, the Wind Box DE200 and the Wind Box DC200. Both of them are powered by Intel’s Atom 230 processor, like Acer’s AspireRevo R3600, and 1GB of memory. The Wind Box DE200 gets an ATI Radeon HD 4350 read more

MolsonFL

Entertainment 2.0-Episode 49: Rippin’ It Up!

Entertainment 2.0 | October 16th 2009 by Adam

We’re finally back after a one week hiatus and hopefully it’ll be the last one we take for awhile.  We hope no one missed us too much.  This week we start off by running through the comments, questions and emails from the last show. read more

cfaslave

MythTV 0.22 Release Candidate 1 Arrives

BrentEvans | October 15th 2009 by Brent

Users of MythTV, the most popular linux-based HTPC software (open source and free of course) have been waiting for the 0.22 release for quite a while now and it finally is here as Release Candidate 1! This 0.22 RC1 arrives with some long awaited read more

perseffer

Telecomando GlideTV Navigator

Perseffer's gadget - La Vostra Dimensione | October 15th 2009

Per quelli che hanno un PC HTPC (Home Theater PC), sanno che non è facile navigare tra i files multimediali direttamente dal vostro divano. A parte che il problema potrebbe essere risolto con un semplice telecomando wireless, però vi consiglio ques read more

cfaslave

SageTV HD Theater Beta Update

BrentEvans | October 15th 2009 by Brent

The SageTV team has now released two new beta firmware updates for their popular HD Theater (HD200) Player/Extender.  Nothing Earth-shattering, but a few nice improvements/updates were included.  The most recent version adds support for N read more

cfaslave

Boxee App Makes Media Watching Even More Social

BrentEvans | October 14th 2009 by Brent

If you’ve ever had the urge to chat with others via the web while watching TV, you’ll be interested in this one.  A new social content-sharing startup company, Cliqset brings a pretty unique app to the Boxee HTPC world.  Share your B read more

kreci

OrigenAE M10 Mini-ITX HTPC enclosure hits first stores!

Mini Motherboard | October 14th 2009 by Chris K. (KreCi)

New beautiful enclosure made especially for Mini-ITX htpc system hits first stores. It can be bought online and ordered in wholesale from first retailers. OrigenAE M10 mini itx chassis based on the ITX mini motherboard form factor have been announced read more