January 24, 2011
Another option for cable-cutters emerges
Does the cable-cutter movement have a name yet? Yes, it’s called, “I’m cheap as hell, and I don’t want to pay for your 250 channels of garbage anymore!”
For those cable TV and satellite abandoners, we …
Tags: 2011, February 2011, From the Magazine, hardware, Home, home theater pc, media center, Media Players, Media Streaming, reviews
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January 19, 2011
Cirago’s device fills plenty of media roles, but it doesn’t excel at any
The Cirago TV Platinum CMC3000 is a small, network-connected box with HDMI output and an internal hard drive. This box can play back all manner of content, record TV from y…
Tags: codec, hardware, HDMI, Home, lan, maximum tech, Media Streamer, Media Streaming, reviews, usb
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January 17, 2011
In the world of A/V receivers, there’s usually a long wait before new or advanced features trickle down to models for those of us in the sub-$250,000 tax brackets. Six months ago, you would’ve paid at least $2,000 for a receiver with an Ethernet po…
Tags: A/V receiver, hardware, Home Theater, maximum tech, Media Streaming, onkyo, reviews
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December 22, 2010
The little box with big (but yet unrealized) dreams
People who enjoy building their own computing hardware will be familiar with the Boxee name. But if you don’t fall into that camp, you’re probably wondering what the heck this weird-looking, not-e…
Tags: boxee box, Hulu, maximum tech, Media Streamer, Media Streaming, reviews
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November 8, 2010
A slightly imperfect mega music machine
It wasn’t long ago that we turned our critical eye on another recently released Grace Digital Internet radio, the diminutive Solo Wi-Fi Receiver. Although we liked it in a general sense, we found its connectivi…
Tags: audio streamer, DAC, Grace Tuner, hardware, maximum tech, Media Player, Media Players, Media Streaming, network, reviews
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November 5, 2010
Wow, what a great keyboard!
Hat’s off to Logitech: They really know how to design a keyboard. Our opinion of the rest of the Revue—Logitch’s first Google TV product—isn’t nearly as lofty. The Revue’s utility in no way justifies its $300 pri…
Tags: audio, Dish Network, Google TV, hardware, Home, maximum tech, Media Streamer, Media Streaming, reviews, Video
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September 17, 2010
A mom-friendly digital entertainment system
Ripping CDs and DVDs is second nature to a Maximum PC reader. Your entire audio and video library is stored on a server, so you can access it from any of the several PCs in your home. You’ve assembled every…
Tags: 2010, Cirgon, Encore, From the Magazine, hardware, maximum tech, Media Players, Media Streaming, multimedia, October 2010, reviews, server
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September 14, 2010
Wireless, whole-house audio for the most upper of crusts
It would be easy to dismiss Olive’s networked music systems as being designed for audiophiles with too much money, but Olive’s 4HD Server and Olive 2 Hi-Fi Player really are something special…
Tags: 2 Hi-Fi Player, 4HD Server, audio, hardware, maximum tech, Media Streaming, Olive, reviews, wireless
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