Archive for January, 2009
DivX 7 with H.264 Video Compression
DivX has announced a new version, DivX 7. The best part is it supports H.264 video compression for HD .mkv files. It’s a free update for the standard version. They do have a pro version that will allow you to create your own files for $19.99. our new software that lets you create and play [...]
Mediacom Cable Fails DTV Test
Mediacom Cable here in central Illinois failed a DTV test yesterday. The test showed a message on the screen providing info about the DTV switch. You only saw the message if you were on analog. The bad news is Mediacom subscribers saw the message and called the number on the screen to get answers. From [...]
Obama Wants to Delay DTV Transition
Obama’s team has asked to delay the DTV transition. They cited reasons that the coupons are out and people are still waiting. They also said people didn’t have all the information they needed about the switch. They bring up some good points as the video above shows. But I’m thinking that delaying it isn’t going [...]
Boxee Opens and Adds More Services
Boxee has opened up it’s alpha to anyone that wants to use it. If you aren’t using it I would recommend it. With opening up they have added additional services. They have added MTV Music, Joost, and BBC iPlayer. If you use Mac, Ubuntu, or AppleTV head on over and try it out. quick intro [...]
Win a Windows Home Server
Why buy a Windows Home Server when you can win one? There are a couple contest going on right now for you to win one for yourself. http://www.homeserverhacks.com/2009/01/win-one-of-10-home-servers.html http://www.homeserverhacks.com/2009/01/another-windows-home-server-giveaway.html Also on either one of those links if you click the top right where it says free stuff you could win a pico home server. That [...]
Toshiba Bringing Media Center TVs and Extenders
Toshiba is going to offer TVs with built-in Media Center extenders in 2009. This will be the first major TV maker to do this. HP offered it up awhile back but I don’t know anyone that buys HP TVs. Toshiba will also be adding a Media Center extender to it’s line up. TOSHIBA INTRODUCES NETWORK [...]
