March 2006 - Posts

• Remote Storage Video Recorder

  It’s a concept that was inevitable given the nosedive prices have been taking on digital storage (hard disk space) and the increase in bandwidth Cable TV providers are able to offer subscribers. Remote Storage Video Recorder is a cross between On Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:44 PM by | 1 Comments Filed under: News

• Xbox 360 Killer App RPG: Elder Scrolls Oblivion

  Xbox360 is rolling with hits this moth with Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and now Elder Scrolls Oblivion. Make no mistake, this is the killer app for Xbox 360 and your home theater system. It’s a new fantasy role playing game that was released Read More... Posted Monday, March 27, 2006 11:33 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• Coming Soon: IPTV vs Cable TV

  Internet Protocol Television or what AT&T calls “infinite channel TV” is high quality (including HDTV) audio / video streamed through a subscriber’s internet line. It’s how the phone company plans on selling you TV in the near Read More... Posted Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:38 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: News

• Xbox 360: Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

  The first Xbox 360 game to inspired me to write about here is GR – Advanced Warfighter. So here I am anxiously waiting for Oblivion to rock my world. Then I see a little blip on the www.metacritic.com radar … a new Ghost Recon game for 360. Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:38 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Product Reviews

• DRM Sucks Battery

  A recent Cnet article reveals just how much extra processing power is used by your MP3 player in decoding DRM (Digital Rights Management). It’s just another reason to rage against the DRM ! It seems that playing back MP3s encoded with a DRM can Read More... Posted Monday, March 20, 2006 3:35 PM by | 1 Comments Filed under: News

• V for Vendetta and History of Violence

  It's comic to film week! This week two graphic novels are being presented to two different film media History of Violence and V for Vendetta. The first one we saw was released Tuesday to DVD. History of Violence stars Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris, it Read More... Posted Friday, March 17, 2006 10:07 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• LG for Nobel Peace prize

  LG should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray, or at least making it irrelevant. Last Tuesday the Korean electronics manufacturer made it official, they will try to begin manufacturing a combination Read More... Posted Thursday, March 16, 2006 3:01 PM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Editorial

• Sony Announces PlayStation3 Delays, Reveals More Specs

  A major paper out of Japan got the scoop first on PS3’s delay until November . Initially the paper said Sony was to release the PS3 in November to Japan which incurred speculation that a North American release would be sometime after, probably in Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:58 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: News

• Toshiba / Canon Announce SED Production Date

  In a joint venture Toshiba and Canon developed the upcoming SED display technology I reported on a little while back. It had been initially presented to the public back in September 2004 at CEATEC which is a Japanese consumer electronics trade show. The Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:47 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: News

• Watch Satellite TV on your Phone

  It’s not really home theater but it’s definitely mobile theater. There is an event going on right now called CeBIT 2006. It’s a digital trade summit being held in Hanover Germany . One of the most interesting stories out of CeBIT so Read More... Posted Thursday, March 09, 2006 4:13 PM by | 1 Comments Filed under: News

• Hollywood Begs For Theater Attendance

  I don’t watch the Oscars. I love movies but I don’t care for the elitism and fanfare so the whole Oscars thing makes me want to gag. I would enjoy movies far less if I fully realized what pompous twits most people involved in movies are, so Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 08, 2006 10:09 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Editorial

• Is LG working on a Blu-Ray / HD DVD combo player?

  A bomb was dropped on the HD optical format war late last week. In a memo to LG dealers from the companies VP of CE Sales, Bob Perry who gave the best evidence yet that the ongoing format war between HD DVD and Blu-Ray is all but over. Apparently, LG Read More... Posted Monday, March 06, 2006 12:17 PM by | 1 Comments Filed under: News

• Olive Opus music server

  Music servers are becoming more popular but still pricey. You could always go the way of the home made PC and just wire it to your audio system, but it sounds like crap. There are budget ways to stream digital media to your HT system that don't include Read More... Posted Friday, March 03, 2006 9:57 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: Previews/Rumors

• Sony sets Blu-Ray release date

  Sony Pictures has put down a release date of May 23 rd for its first Blu-Ray discs . The first cluster of movies will be from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment with one from MGM: 50 First Dates (SPHE) The Fifth Element (SPHE) Hitch (SPHE) House of Flying Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:16 AM by | 1 Comments Filed under: News