Archive for August, 2010

Onkyo Intros the PA-MC5500 Flagship Amplifier

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Onkyo's PA-MC5500 is a nine channel THX Ultra2 Plus certified amplifier that packs plenty of power. Inside the monolithic chassis you'll find an analog power amplifier rated to 150 watts
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Schneider Kreuznach Debuts a Pair of Anamorphic Lenses

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Schneider Kreuznach may not be a household name, but the longstanding company is the maker of the most widely used anamorphic lenses in the world. If you've been to the
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Onkyo Announces Flagship PR-SC5508 Preamp/Processor

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Onkyo has been working with THX for a long time, and was the first company to launch a THX certified A/V receiver back in 1994. Since that initial launch, Onkyo
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Philips GoGear Connect Android-powered PMP to Debut at IFA 2010

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Looks like Philips has an iPod touch competitor of their own coming out (Samsung may as well). The company has just confirmed that they will be introducing the Philips GoGear Connect at IFA next week. The portable media player (PMP) will offer a 3.2-inch touchscreen (480×320), access to Android Market, surround sound audio provided by Philips’ [...]

Sony Intros Its 3D/Internet-ready BRAVIA NX810 HDTV Line

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One of the great things of holding off on buying a high-end HDTV is that something inevitably better and often times cheaper comes along. This time it’s Sony’s new 3D BRAVIA NX810 Line of TV sets that offers buyers 3D video in HD for movies and gaming, built-in Wi-Fi for network connectivity and BRAVIA Internet [...]

Mvix to Sell J&W’s HTPC/NAS-ready MINIX 890GX Mini-ITX Motherboard

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Gotta give credit to Mvix for discovering and locking down a deal to sell Hong Kong based J&W’s super MINIX 890GX Mini-ITX motherboard in the US, Canada, and South America. Why super? Check out the following spec. highlights for this 9 board below — in particular the USB 3.0 ports, dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, and [...]

Pogoplug Now Functions As a Print Server

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Pogoplug keeps getting more and more useful by the day. The company is announcing that they are now shipping their Pogoplug Wireless Extender we told you about recently and are including a new feature to the firmware that will enable the device to function as a print server. According to the press release, Pogoplug will [...]

The first beta of the next XBMC version is released!

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Yesterday the first beta of the next XBMC version Dharma was released. The biggest new feature there is the Add-ons system. Now all functionality that doesn’t belong the core of XBMC will be an addon. As result, it’ll be much easier extend base functionality.
Dharma Beta1 builds are available now for all OS. Just visit the [...]

Plex iOS App Video Walk Through

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You asked for more info - you got it. Check out our 3 minute video walk through of the brand new Plex streaming media centre app on the iPad and and iPhone…gs0VRz-cNHw

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Plex Reveal Awesome iPhone iPad iOS Streaming Media Centre App

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So you've just read our article on the release of Plex 9 (if not make sure to check it out here). Around the time the devs were bringing Plex 9 to life, Apple announced the iPad. The chat in the Plex inter-sanctum was feverish as people imagined how great it would be [...]