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Home Theater PC NewsNoctua NH-C12P CPU CoolerLink: driverheaven.net The design of the Noctua NH-C12P I am going to present in this review is very special and it is perfect for HTPC systems. The NH-C12P has 6 heat pipes, excellently soldered joints and widely-spaced cooling fins guarantee optimal heat dissipation even at low fan speeds. _______________ Source: MikhailtechBeyond TV Beta, Get New Features NowLink: zatznotfunny.com Snapstream, makers of the excellent Beyond TV PC-based software PVR application have been busier than ever with their latest public beta. Join the fun with this release of Beyond TV, version 4.8.2, if you’re on the cutting edge and if the new features and improvements interest you: Much faster library and scheduler Ajax-style, scrollable Couchville-style program guide in the web interface (see screenshot above for an example). Note that Couchville was a very popular stand-alone television guCannon PC to offer up dual / quad-CableCARD Media Center rigsLink: engadget.com Cannon PC to offer up dual / quad-CableCARD Media Center rigs by Darren Murph, posted May 29th 2008 at 12:08PM Your options are fairly limited when scouring the market for a twin-CableCARD HTPC, but thanks to a new partnership between Cannon PC and Microsoft, yet another rival will be jousting for your business. Here soon, the outfit will be offering its Home and Pro A/V series Media Center PCs with dual CableCARDs pre-installed, and if you're willing to wait a touch longer, a quad-CableCARD moAnswers to Your Hauppauge HD-PVR Questions - Shipping TodayLink: brentevans.blogspot.com It's official (based on e-mails and credit card charges) - the Hauppauge HD-PVR's are finally shipping with the first 500 or so heading out Hauppauge's doors this week. The buzz on the HTPC forums continues to build around the Hauppauge HD-PVR - the first consumer-based product for HTPCs to record HD content (encrypted and otherwise) through the "analog hole". I've been scouring the web, contacting Hauppauge, and corresponding with the leading HTPC software companies to get the scoop on thASUS Eee Box: Initial Impressions and DissectionLink: driverheaven.net I've been working on a few major projects lately and each time I'm nearing completion of one, something even more tempting comes my way. I've got part 2 of the HTPC build process coming along, despite serious advances in hardware acceleration and mature platforms like AMD's 780G there's unfortunately no perfect HTPC setup at this point. I'll explain more in the article. ___________ Source: Anandtech[H]ardware Round-UpLink: hardocp.com [H]ardware Round-Up Cases & Modding Glacialtech Altair A380 HTPC Case @ techPowerUP! ETC. Cooler Master M850 PSU @ Tech Reviews QNAP Turbo TS-409 NAS @ Techware Labs Mitron Drive Selector @ Fusion Mods Motherboards Asus P5Q Deluxe @ Bit-Tech Posted by SteveTechconnect Review Round-up 28/5/08Link: tcmagazine.com CPU & Motherboard - Asus P5Q Deluxe @ bit-tech @ Bjorn3d - Biostar TPower N750 @ OC Online - ASUS P5N-T Deluxe @ [H] Enthusiast Memory - OCZ PC2-8500 Reaper HPC DDR2-1066 4GB Edition @ 3DXtreme Storage - Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 4GB USB Stick Review @ Madshrimps - Kingston DataTraveler Micro Reader @ BIOS - Corsair Flash Voyager GT 16GB Review @ Rbmods - QNAP Turbo NAS 409 Pro @ Techware Labs Graphics cards - MSI Radeon HD 3650 Graphics Card Review @ X-biASRock A780FullDisplayPort MotherboardLink: driverheaven.net "As you can see the performance of the ASRock A780FullDisplayPort was on par, and most of the time exceeded the performance of the two other 780G boards. It would make a great workstation or HTPC board." ____________ Source: CPU3DBeyond TV Beta - Get The Next Release Features NowLink: brentevans.blogspot.com Snapstream, makers of the excellent Beyond TV Software-Based PVR application have been busier than ever with their latest consumer PVR beta. You can join in the fun with the next release of Beyond TV, version 4.8.2 if you like to be on the cutting edge or if any of the included new features/improvements interest you: Much faster library and scheduler Ajax-style, scrollable Couchville-style program guide in the web interface (see screenshot above for an example). Note that Couchville wasCinemaNow offers movies through Vista's built in Media CenterLink: afterdawn.com If you have a computer running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate you may already be using the included Media Center software to make it an HTPC. If so you'll be getting access to a new Online Media channel from CinemaNow that will offer the same selection of movies, TV shows, and music videos already available through the company's website. CinemaNow's content is available on a download-to-own basis for prices ranging from $9.99 to $19.99 for movies, or as little as $1.99 fWatch Netflix’s Watch Now on Unlimited MachinesLink: ehomeupgrade.com Watch Netflix’s Watch Now on Unlimited Machines By Norm Dashwood | May 27th, 2008 Comments (0) There has been a lot of buzz lately surrounding the streaming of Netflix’s Watch Now movies to your HTPC and Xbox 360Watch Netflix's Watch Now on Unlimited Machines [Hack]Link: gizmodo.com Not only can you watch Netflix's Watch Now streaming movies on your HTPC and Xbox 360, you can now watch them on unlimited PCs just with a quick registry trick. The "trick", which is just copying the registry entry from a working machine onto a new one, can only be done with XP->XP or Vista->Vista, but you have three licenses to watch so that shouldn't be a problem. Now all that's left is finding something worth watching in the gimped catalog of movies Netflix offers for streaming. [TecX-Spice Kira CS 630 Watt PSULink: driverheaven.net "The KIRA series of PSU’s from X-Spice features a small form factor that makes it ideal for HTPC’s or other such confined system spaces. One large 120mm LED fan cools the PSU. Beyond all this they factor in Active PFC, four 12V rails and also configuration for SLI operation. " _____________ Review: CPU3DTechconnect Review Round-up 26/5/08Link: tcmagazine.com CPU & Motherboard - AMD Phenom X3 @ Madshrimps - Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 Review @ Overclockers Club Storage - Western Digital 750 GB Caviar SE16 Serial ATA Hard Drive Review @ Tech ARP Graphics cards - PNY Verto GeForce 9600GT Graphics Card @ TweakTown - Diamond 3650PEG1 Radeon HD 3650 Graphics card @ OCWorkbench Enclosures & PSUs - OCZ EliteXstream OCZ800EXS 800 Watt Power Supply @ OCIA - Glacialtech Altair A380 HTPC Case Review @ Tweaknews - BGears Tarantula 650W PSUComputer System Review Round UpLink: megatechnews.com Missing Remote - HTPC Build Guide Bit-Tech - First Look: Acer Aspire Predator Gaming PCs ThinkComputers - Alienware Hangar18 HD Entertainment Center Review Build a SilentPC - Build a Silent PC Guide updated for 2008 Digital Trends - HP Pavilion Elite m9200t PC Review and Maingear Dash PC Review Legit Reviews - Alienware High Definition Media Server Review Hot Hardware - Dell XPS 730 H2C Unboxing and Preview Guru3D - Hiper Media Center HTPC Slimline barebone review Legion Hardware - BuilEnergy Efficient Computing with IntelLink: dvhardware.net Energy Efficient Computing with Intel Posted on Monday, May 26 2008 @ 08:20:31 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck As of recently the market focus has moved away from high powered, ultra fast gaming rigs that spare no thought to the wallet or the environment. As of now, ?Green? is the ?IT? thing; and no, we aren?t talking about the colour green, we are talking about environmentally friendly computing. Over the last two years we have seen some major strides from the computer industry in orGlacialtech Altair A380 HTPC Case ReviewLink: driverheaven.net "This case works well for a basic HTPC build and supports both Micro ATX and full ATX motherboards, but unfortunately there are a few shortcomings that keep it from being a fierce competitor in the case market. The inclusion of a remote, internal card reader and PSU add a lot of convenience but with only 220W of power, hardware must be planned out accordingly." ______________ Review: Tweaknews.netGalaxy makes low-profile GeForce 9600 GTLink: dvhardware.net Galaxy makes low-profile GeForce 9600 GT Posted on Monday, May 26 2008 @ 06:10:21 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck Expreview writes Galaxy has released a new low-profile GeForce 9600 GT graphics card for HTPC systems. Though the card becomes smaller but its spec did not change a lot: G94, 8 16×32 Samsung DDR3 memory module on board, providing 256bit 512MB memory, 8 layer PCB for stability, and one HDTV and one HDMI connectors. because of the tight area, the card did not provide MIO connecHow to play HDTV content on your PCLink: k-rad.hk This article was another victim of The Great Crash of 2008. It has a lot of sites linking to it, so I am reposting it from a copy on Archive.org. Note that I don’t really write about tech related stuff on this blog anymore. For that, go to my main site hardCOREware.net. As I mentioned in my How to Download HDTV post, downloadable HDTV programming comes in a variety of types. Because of this, building an HTPC (Home Theatre PC) can be a daunting task for the first time. I’ll try to make things aSony - VAIO Laptop with Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor T2330 - Granite - VGN-NR220E/S $328.99 Best Buy B and amp;M YMMV Reg.699.99Link: dealighted.com Discuss | Save | Email | More Deals Like This 3.1 hours old 6 replies 600 views Zalman HD160XT - Black HTPC Case $199, Fry's B&M only YMMV deal or coupon code by kittunniat FatWallet Hot Deals |
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