If you didn’t get an invitation to Apple’s September 1st music themed event, worry not because you can still watch it live streamed. According to the Apple’s officials the press conference will be released live streamed at 10AM PT, pretty cool and innovative. You can log on to live video from Apple.com, but there are some [...]
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Interestingly enough, the official Samsung firmware for several different models is based off the Linux kernel. This opens up a whole world of possibilities, particularly since many users feel that the current firmware is broken. The major problem is that the media player functionality is very basic, and missing key file types needed to make it useful. The obvious question is why do this. Apparently the Samsung TVs have the capability to work as a media player, but from the factory it doesn’t work very well. Luckily the homebrew community has stepped in, and made strides recently in working though some of the encryption related issues. There’s quite a comprehensive list of media types and compatible televisions , but luckily the site is well done and the community is thriving. [via Hackaday ]
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Interestingly enough, the official Samsung firmware for several different models is based off the Linux kernel. This opens up a whole world of possibilities, particularly since many users feel that the current firmware is broken. The major problem is that the media player functionality is very basic, and missing key file types needed to make it useful. The obvious question is why do this. Apparently the Samsung TVs have the capability to work as a media player, but from the factory it doesn’t work very well. Luckily the homebrew community has stepped in, and made strides recently in working though some of the encryption related issues. There’s quite a comprehensive list of media types and compatible televisions , but luckily the site is well done and the community is thriving. [via Hackaday ]
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These stand-alone media streamers… Why wouldn’t you buy a PS3 or Xbox 360 , then have a video game system in addition to a cheap-ish way to stream all those scene releases of “The Pacific” you downloaded? (That, or put together a full PC if you’re feeling adventurous.) Be that as it may, let’s just quickly highlight another option that’s out there, the Nationite HDVP-2 . Not the snappiest name in the world, no. MP4Nation sells it (well, will sell it: can’t find it on their Web site just yet), and it should stream pretty much anything you throw at it, at resolutions all the way up to 1080p. You connect the device to your TV, then stream over Wi-Fi your media. But then you already knew that. $100, or 100 wing-wangs as they say in Futurama, whenever it comes out. That I don’t know.
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Last month, we reported that according to some rumors in the industry, Sony is seriously considering relaunching their portable gaming device, the PSP Go, with a price cut and marketing campaign. And today, Tokyo-based research firm Media Create released [JP] the latest hardware sales numbers for Japan, one of the biggest video game markets in the world. And these numbers indicate that sales-wise, the PSP Go is poised to go down as the biggest failure in recent video gaming history: According to Media Create, a mere 1,275 units were sold all over Japan between March 1 and 7. By way of comparison: The Nintendo DS Lite (not the DSi or the XL) found 4,316 buyers in the same time frame. The regular PSP (the best portable gaming device ever in my opinion), on the other hand, was the No. 1 console, selling 64,808 units in that week. Sony was able to sell just 17,618 PSP GO [GER] in the ten weeks between December 28, 2009 and March 7, 2010 - an almost unbelievably low number. Good for Sony that in the same time frame, 667,961 of the regular PSPs were sold, making that device the best-selling game system in Japan in 2010 (if you ignore the three-way split of the DS systems). In Japan, the PSP Go currently goes for 26,800 Yen , a more than steep price when compared to the 16,800 to 19,800 Yen buyers have to pay for a PSP-300o or the 29,980 Yen a PS3 costs (10,000 Yen=$110). It looks like the rumored price cuts, marketing campaigns and hardware changes don’t come out of nowhere.
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Short Version: The AVerMedia MTVHDDVRR is a PCI Express video capture card with HDMI, component, S-Video, and composite inputs. The card retails for around $100 (you can find it for close to $90 online) and is capable of capturing up to 1080i video. Features: PCI Express video capture card HDMI, Component, S-Video, Composite inputs Records up to 1080i resolution in MPEG-2 format, also records H.264 and iPod formats Includes low profile bracket and 10-in-1 input cable, plus on-card HDMI input Pros: Easy installation Good recording quality Relatively inexpensive Cons: Included media center software looks like it’s from 1999 No 1080p recording HDMI connection is wildly unpredictable Review: The AVerMedia AVerTV HD DVR video capture card (model number MTVHDDVRR) is for people who want to digitize footage of some type. Be it old VHS movies or camcorder tapes, video game console gameplay, or grabbing shows off of a DVR, the card handles most recording tasks pretty well. Setup is easy, provided you’ve cracked open a desktop and installed something before. The card face has two slots; one’s an HDMI port and the other is used for the included 10-in-1 AV cable that’s got component, S-video, and composite connectors. You can plug a bunch of different sources in at the same time and then switch between them using AVer MediaCenter. The included AVer MediaCenter looks and feels like very early DVR software. It’s got TV, Video, Audio, and Photo functions but you’ll just use the TV function to record stuff. The video player, audio player, and photo viewer are just fluff. Recording works well over anything but HDMI, which was a total crapshoot depending upon which device was hooked up. My Comcast DVR box caused the software to crash every time without fail (see photo below), my Xbox 360 would sometimes only record the sound but no picture, and a Gateway notebook with HDMI output worked fine every time. For reference, I’m running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, the latest 64-bit Beta drivers for the card, and latest AVer Media Center software. I used the latest stable, non-Beta version of the card’s drivers for a while, too, and experienced similar results. Anything hooked up via component, composite, or S-video recorded just fine without any problems. So it’s likely an issue with HDMI’s digital handshake and could also have something to do with the whole copy protection thing (HDCP). After a while, I just stopped trying to hook things up via HDMI. Here’s a video of HDMI video capture that actually worked—a Gateway notebook playing a 720p video recorded at 720p by the card. Download the full-size original MPEG-2 file… Your format options for capturing HD video are MPEG-2 and… well, that’s it. You’ve also got H.264 and “iPod” settings but they max out at 720
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Yup , 90 million Windows 7 licenses sold. I think that means we can call it a success. Microsoft made the announcement this week at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, & Telecom Conference in San Francisco. The company’s CFO, Peter Klein, said the operating system has “terrific momentum.” What he should have said is that Windows XP came out in 2001, and people were waiting for a functional, new operating system from Microsoft since then. Clearly Vista, released in 2007, was the flop of all flops, even if it wasn’t nearly as bad as you’d be led to believe. Bad, but maybe not that bad , you know? And yes, I was one of those 90 million licenses—Windows 7 Home Premium has served my gaming PC quite well. I’m still a Mac guy at heart (meh, I guess, I’m not a zealot or anything!), but Windows 7 does the job quite nicely.
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The news is a bit aged but Boxee Beta is now on the Apple TV which means folks who updated to the latest ATV firmware can now get their media fix on. How do you get it? Hop over here , make a nice little patchstick, and rock out. Boxee has full instructions right here and here’s our quick how-to. Curious about Boxee Beta ? Jason took a look at it and said: The new version is really a complete overhaul of the app — it’s received a new, sexier UI that makes it easier to browse through the service’s content (and anything you might have saved locally too). Niceties include the ability to filter a show by season and episode and easier sharing using Boxee’s social features. There’s a lot that’s changed in the background too, including a switch from OpenGL to DirectX and support for hardware-accelerated video decoding for Windows users.
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This may very well be the first time I’ve ever seen Brando sell a product from a big name manufacturer. Normally known for whimsical crap gadgets from faraway lands (and I mean that in the best way possible), the web store is now selling the HTPC-friendly Lenovo Mini Wireless Keyboard for $64. As previously reported , the device mixes a thumb keyboard and a trackball into the body of an oversized remote control. It uses a 2.4GHz wireless connection and works up to 30 feet away, making it a good candidate for Windows Media Center, Boxee, or just about any other media center application that runs on a PC. It’s powered by two AAA batteries and the USB receiver fits right inside the battery compartment. If you’d rather order directly from Lenovo, you can get it there for $60 instead. Might be a better idea, no? Lenovo’s always got some coupon codes floating around, too. Lenovo Mini Wireless Keyboard [Brando]
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