Zotac has this media-friendly SFF computer thing pretty much nailed. For years the company has been churning out ever smaller machines purpose built for living rooms and media servers. The StreamBox and RAIDbox aren't standalone computers, but accessories that build on the home theater capabilities of their ZBOX PCs. The StreamBox pushes content to your TV from a laptop, Android smartphone or … [Read more...]
madVR v0.86.0 Frees HTPC Users from 3:2 Pulldown Judder
February 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Using a HTPC isn't always the easiest way to watch content, but nothing combines the flexibility, capability and potential into a single consumption point like it does. Those that demand the highest quality often rail against the complexity required, and to be fair they have a point, but it's there and few products demonstrate this like the high quality video renderer madVR. As an HTPC advocate, I … [Read more...]
Eyes-on Brytewerks Model One high-def projector and HTPC combo
April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Back in January, we got our first glimpse of BryteWerks' Model One projector, albeit in render form only. Well, today at DEMO, we finally saw the thing in person and uncovered a bit more info about its innards. It still pumps out 11,000 lumens and throws images on the wall in 1920 x 1200 resolution, but it turns out to have a range of Intel silicon at its disposal: everything from a humble 1.6GHz … [Read more...]
Kinect for Media Center released, why not wave and shout at your HTPC?
February 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kinect hacks previously brought gesture and voice control to Boxee and XBMC, and now that the Kinect for Windows hardware has been released we've got a solution for Windows Media Center. The aptly named Kinect for Media Center brings all the normal playback controls (for WMC and add-ins like Netflix) to your fingertips and lips, at the cost of $ 6.99. While its control scheme seems to be fully … [Read more...]
Acer’s HTPC the Revo RL100
September 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Revo RL100 by Acer is a unique take on the home theater PC. It is a highly stylized design closer to a DVD player than a computer. It has a slide out touch-based keyboard and mouse, a blu-ray DVD option and a powerful AMD Athlon II neo- Dual Core processor to boot. It won Best Choice and Design & Innovation awards at Computex 2011. That is pretty impressive, but so is the price tag … [Read more...]
Getting to know the Home Theater PC
August 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
There are a ton of “media center” applications out there. Most are of quality with plenty of options and merit. The first thing you need to know when making your decision: don’t pay for anything, at least not yet. There is plenty of hardware out there to enhance your TV watching experience but let’s see what we can do with the PC you already own first by getting a feel for … [Read more...]
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