Archive for 'audio/video'
The Great HDTV HDMI Cable scam- Chart
Posted on 01. Apr, 2010 by zevmo.
There is a huge scam that every unassuming HDTV buyer is exposed to at retail stores all across the country. It’s the “Do you have a cable?” question. Often it is followed by the sticker shock of a sales associate letting said buyer believe that they need to spend an additional $80-130 on ONE cable. [...]
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Tivo Premiere- Family Movie Night is Back- [DadsonTech]
Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by zevmo.
Tivo released some very exciting information about their upcoming Series 4 set-top box, the Tivo Premiere. In the home media market, bridging the gap between a regular cable box, and a net appliance has always been separated into two or three separate devices. This integration is indeed the next evolution of digital media delivery to [...]
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Logitech Unveils Two Harmony Remotes for under $100 [DadsOnTech]
Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by zevmo.
I can hear the wives applauding now. Logitech just released information about two of their new Harmony Universal Remote Controllers. As an A/V component madman, I can tell you that it is really difficult to get a truly universal, AND usable, remote control for under $200- let alone $100. The new Harmony 600 and 650 [...]
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The future for Blu-Ray, Apple, and Media Devices? [DadsonTech post]
Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.
Your living room TV is under assault! I am not talking about your kids throwing Wii remotes at it, or spouses sabotaging your inputs just in time for Sunday football, or not having any juice left in your rechargeable Logitech Harmony Remote, or even those tiny little fingerprints on the screen that make you go [...]
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Connecting a Mac to your HDTV with a simple HDMI adapter
Posted on 04. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.
For those of you who just can’t wait to grab that new Boxee Box, PopBox, or don’t currently have an AppleTV, and would like to use a single HDMI cable to connect your Mac with a Mini DisplayPort to your shiny HDTV, the people over at Monoprice have just the device for you. The Mini [...]

