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Linksys Media Extenders Won’t Boot Up – Is Cisco To Blame?

November 6, 2010
Linksys Media Extenders Won’t Boot Up – Is Cisco To Blame?

Logitech has all but given up on the plain vanilla set-top box war in favor of Google TV powered devices, but owners of the previous generation DMA2100 and DMA2200 Media Center Extenders woke up to a nasty surprise yesterday, their devices had been br…

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Asus Begins Shipping GeForce GT 430-based Graphics Card

October 12, 2010
Asus Begins Shipping GeForce GT 430-based Graphics Card

Asus has added a new member to its family of Fermi DirectX 11 graphics cards. Based on the recently launched NVIDIA GeForce GT430 graphics processor, the ENGT430/DI/1GD3 (LP) is a low-profile card ideal for home theater buffs and casual gamers.
Its …

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Video How To: Build a Home Theater PC

September 28, 2010

In this video (originally presented as part of the inaugural Maximum Tech CD insert) George and Gordon guide you step-by-step in building the ultimate home theater PC, with support for TrueHD sound, Blu-ray 3D, four-channel simultaneous HD cable record…

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Habey Rolls Out Palm-sized Mini PC

September 21, 2010
Habey Rolls Out Palm-sized Mini PC

Habey is not really a household name and the only time it invites some attention is whenever it announces a new HTPC or mini PC. This time Habey has defied obscurity to announce the launch of  a palm-sized mini PC that is based on Intel’s new At…

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Can a Media Player Replace a Home Theater PC?

September 17, 2010
Can a Media Player Replace a Home Theater PC?

Find out which of these tiny boxes comes closest
Home theater PCs are the ultimate digital entertainment systems, capable of delivering everything from movies, games, YouTube videos, and more. Connect one to your home network and you can access all you…

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Old School Monday: TV and the PC

September 7, 2010
Old School Monday: TV and the PC

 
For this week’s installment of Old School Monday (but actually a Tuesday because of Labor Day) we’ve got a little HTPC Before-and-After. The After, of course, is our recent feature on how to build the ultimate 3D home theater PC. You should …

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New Zotac Zboxes Allow you to Build Your Own CULV Nettop’s

August 28, 2010
New Zotac Zboxes Allow you to Build Your Own CULV Nettop’s

Zotac has always had an impressive lineup of barebones Atom based Nettops, but even with the added power of the Ion 2 chipset behind it, 1080p streaming in flash could be hit or miss making them difficult to recommend for anything other than basic sta…

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Lian Li’s Latest HTPC Chassis Sports Modular Drive Cages

August 18, 2010
Lian Li’s Latest HTPC Chassis Sports Modular Drive Cages

Lian Li, maker of high-end cases often constructed in brushed aluminum, looks to add to its legacy with the PC-C50 multimedia HTPC enclosure.
Like so many cases before this one, the PC-C50 is made from the aforementioned brushed aluminum and is availab…

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