GlideTV Navigator Wireless Palm Touchpad For HTPCs Announced

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GlideTV announced today the release of its first product, the GlideTV Navigator.
The GlideTV is shaped like a palm-sized bowl with a touchpad on top.

The GlideTV Navigator includes a remote, charging station, USB wireless receiver and is compatible with Windows PC, Apple Mac, Sony PS3 or any set-top box that supports standard mouse and keyboard HID devices. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

EFO Wireless Keyboard And Touchpad For HTPCs And Game Consoles

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The EFO Wireless Handheld Keyboard and Touchpad is an interesting input device for HTPCs and game consoles. The EFO keyboard fits in one hand offering a QWERTY keypad similar to a message pad or smartphone device.
On top of the QWERTY keypad a touchpad is located to control mouse cursor or for handwriting recognition software.
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Posted on Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:49:19 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

VidaBox Wireless HTPC Keyboard with Laser Trackball Review

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A good wireless keyboard is essential for a Home Theater PC. Tweaktown tested the VidaBox Premium Wireless Keyboard with Laser Trackball and published this review.
Quote from the review: "Today on the slab we have a treat from a HTPC and Media Centre specialist company called VidaBox. Quite often is the case that you have spent a large sum on that shiny new HTPC sitting under your TV or in your HI-FI rack, but neglect it as more than a music and movie playback means because you lack that bridge between your grubby mits and the desktop. Read more

Posted on Thu, 1 Oct 2009 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Bristol TV Doubles as HTPC

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Many PCs today have TV tuners built in to allow users to watch TV on the go. A few TVs also have Internet capabilities built-in, but very few TVs actually have a full PC inside. The Bristol TV/PC is set to debut this October and crams a full HTPC machine for surfing the net and doing basic computing inside the standard TV chassis.

The TV will come with 22-inch or 32-inch screens and will be Freeview TV compatible. The PC portion of the set is a netbook at its core with an Intel Atom CPU, Windows XP, 160GB HDD, 1GB of RAM, Ethernet connection, a wireless keyboard, and a round air mouse. Read more

Posted on Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Lian-Li PC-C33 and PC-C34F HTPC Chassis launched

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Lian-Li has launched the PC-C33 and PC-C34F HTPC chassis.
Both HTPC cases have slender profile form factors to blend in with audio and DVD equipment.
Feature highlights include 2.4G wireless remote sensor, HDD access and options as well as quiet cooling capabilities.

The PC-C33 stands at 425 x 168 x 460mm (W, H, D), while the slightly larger PC-C34F stands at 432mm x 168mm x427mm (W,H,D).
These classic chassis have the traditional Lian Li brushed black anodized aluminum appearance, with the PC-C34F having a front mounted lockable HDD cage with a hot swap HDD capability with support for up to 4x 3.5 inch HDD’s.
While both have space for 4x 3.5 inch HDD’s. In addition, there are two ODD bays and support for seven expansion slots. Read more

Posted on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Five hot HTPC Cases get reviewed

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You cannot just have any HTPC case mess up your stylish living room interior. Techspot has recognized this and published a review of 5 what they call beautiful HTPC cases. The HTPC cases reviewed include the Antec MicroFusion Remote 350, Silverstone LC13B-E, Lian-Li PC-C37, Thermaltake DH104, and GlacialTech Altair A381.

Quote from the review: "The HTPC came about to combine many or all components of a home theater setup into a single box. As a convergence device, the HTPC combines the functions of a personal computer and a digital video recorder. Effectively a HTPC can replace DVD/Blu-ray players, CD players, recording devices and various other multimedia entertainment devices. Read more

Posted on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:47:15 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Building an AMD HTPC that does HD and Blu-ray

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Tweaktown shows you how to build a Home Theater PC (HTPC) based on AMD that can handle HD video and Blu-ray.
Quote from the guide: "It has been quite a while since I last went under the hood of my current Home Theater PC (HTPC), but judging by the gradual degrading performance that I was beginning to see when watching the latest movies, it was pretty clear that an upgrade was in order. Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Guide to build your own HTPC

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MissingRemote published a guide to help you build your own HTPC.

Quote from the guide: "As I eluded to above, a couple of ways around a high price tag is to use what you already have. Did you recently upgrade to a quad core CPU and have a perfectly good older dual core CPU and motherboard now just lying around? Read more

Posted on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Using AMD Athlon 4850e and 780G as HTPC Platform

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Tweaktown takes a look at using the AMD Athlon 4850e and 780G as HTPC Platform.

Quote from the review: "AMD has for quite some time provided the most power efficient processors on the market. In fact, the ULV versions of the Athlon 64 X2 processors have been able to draw as little as 45watts, and at speeds of above 2GHz. Now, that’s something even the laptops would love to have running in them, yet they are desktop processors. How’s that for efficiency? Read more

Posted on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ATI Radeon HD 3450 HTPC Video Card Review

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Today we are looking at a new video card form ATI called the Radeon HD 3450. This card is the perfect card for a HTPC machine.

The MSRP is under $50 and the card offloads all the video rendering from the CPU allowing you to use a processor with less power and less heat output. If you are looking to build a HTPC system this card may be just what you need. Read more

Posted on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:45:33 CST | by Shane McGlaun

AMEX Blu-ray Recorder HTPC A/V Center Computer

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AMEX announces the HTPC A/V Center Computer MPC-505 with Blu-ray disc recorder and Intel Viiv.

The AMEX MPC-505 features 1TB hard-drive storage, analog and digital tuners, HDMI and DVI outputs and 2GB RAM.
It is good to see that smaller companies start to dive into the HD disc market. This is necessary to drive the prices down and the quality up. Read more

Posted on Wed, 17 May 2006 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

DVRs, PVRs and HTPCs: The Battle For Your Living Room

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ReplayTV Deals! DesignTechnica takes a look at DVRs, PVRs and HTPCs.

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"If you’re still using a traditional VCR, now might be the time to step out of the 20th century. PVRs, DVRs and HTPCs are the new VCR, and if you aren’t currently using one, chances are you will very soon.

PVRs (Personal Video Recorders) and DVRs (Digital Video Recorders) are essentially the same thing – a hard-drive based set-top unit designed to record television shows digitally. HTPCs (Home Theater PCs) are computers designed to interface with your television and stereo, allowing access to all of your media files – and the ability to digitally record TV as well – in the comfort of your favorite viewing area..."
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Posted on Fri, 20 Aug 2004 03:14:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr