hardware
Video: IoSafe Solo SSD Tortured
The IoSafe Solo SSD was tortured by being burned, soaked in water and run over by a backhoe. It survived all of it. The SSD option is going to be a little pricey, starting at $499 for the 64GB version, but you know your data will be safe.
(via CrunchGear)
Popcorn Hour A-200 Released
Popcorn Hour quietly released the A-200 media player. It goes on sale on January 18th and I’m sure there will be some wait time with that like when I ordered my A-100. It is $179 but features a new design and faster processor for handling all the HD content you have ripped. [...]
Thermaltake Level 10 Review
The Thermaltake Level 10 computer case is completely different but is completely awesome. Gizmodo has a review of the case and it doesn’t disappoint, unless price is a factor. The case is $850 which is way above most big cases on the market. What you get is a unique case that was [...]
Boxee Box Announced
The Boxee Box was unveiled tonight. When they said box they were right. It’s unique shape looks really cool but isn’t going to stack well in your equipment rack. With a price tag of $200 it is being built by D-Link. It is the D-Link DSM-380.
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HD Media Player Battle
With all the HD media players on the market it is tough to decide which one is best. Gizmodo has a great article comparing five of the best out there. If you don’t want to read through it look at the chart breakdowns to see how they compare. They tested the WD [...]
Dell Zino HD Now Available
Dell has released the Inspiron Zino HD. I posted about it awhile back and how it would be a great HTPC computer. I think it might be even better now because it starts at $229 and is expandable to Dual Core processor, 8GB of memory and 512MB graphics card. With the HDMI [...]
A Boxee Box is Coming
Boxee said today that it will have a Boxee Box coming. There aren’t any details now but we will find out at the event on December 7th. This is great for Boxee and if the price is right will be great for consumers. Maybe they will just build it into [...]
Review: Popcorn Hour C-200
I have been a fan of the Popcorn Hour media streamers since they first announced the A-100. I was on a two month waiting list to get mine. I haven’t updated to the C-200 yet mostly because my A-100 still fits my needs as most of my content is still in SD and [...]
WD TV Live HD Now Available
The WD TV Live HD media player is now available in several online and big box stores. The product page is now live too. The price isn’t bad either at $119.
File Formats Supported
Video – AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1), MP4/MOV [...]
Video: Microsoft’s New Multi-Touch Mice
Microsoft is doing some really cool things lately. The video above shows five different multi-touch mice. Mice probably don’t seem that impressive but the way that we interact with a computer is changing. It’s cool to see some different prototypes of what Microsoft thinks the next input device will be. It’s [...]
