It’s here folks. The Boxee Box by D-Link is available for pre-order on Amazon for the introductory price of $199. At the last minute, its NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor has been swapped for the 1080p h.264 decoding capabilities of Intel’s Atom CE4100. It’s a welcome change that should keep the Boxee Box’ hardware relevant to the [...]
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3 Comments »With all the feverish design by companies like Google and Apple to create a product that merges Internet and traditional TV viewing, it’s easy to loose sight of the small product details that don’t drive headlines. While each company is proposing various versions of TV’s “next generation” interface, it’s important not to forget the importance [...]
Given the wide array of devices incorporated into the modern home theater, the need for a universal remote is greater than ever. And just as the number of remote controlled devices has grown, so has the breadth of functionality any particular device’s remote may employ. From textual searches to gesture based input, the way we [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Home Automation, Home Theater, TV and Video Tags: GenosTV, GenosTV Cyclops, remote, remote control No Comments »Got a burgeoning Blu-ray collection but no way to backup all those discs? Since Blu-ray burners and media are still relatively expensive, direct-copy methods don’t make a lot of financial sense. Fortunately there’s the free x264 software library which now can compile Blu-ray compatible h.264 encoded content to subsequently be recorded on standard single and [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Home Theater, Optical Storage, PCs and Laptops, Storage, TV and Video Tags: Blu-ray, dvd, h.264, x264 No Comments »