Tag Archive for 'home-entertainment'
Usually when a product is approaching its launch date, you’ll hear a bunch of information about it. That is, a slurry of marketing info and such will leak out and the hype process begins. But that hasn’t been the case with the TouchDiva.
This device features a 15.4-inch touchscreen and it is intended to be installed [...]
Online video aggregator Veoh and Flash memory maker SanDisk launched the Veoh Web Player for ScanDisk. The application was released for ScanDisk Cruzer USB drives to allow users to browse and download content from Veoh.
Someone at Sling Media have been playing peek-a-boo with the company’s much-anticipated SlingLink Wireless adapter, the WiFi dongle that would let users cut the cord between their SlingCatcher and their router. The USB stick appeared overnight on Sling’s UK website but, when contacted for details, the company themselves claimed ignorance and promptly pulled the page; [...]
Sonos have released their first official app for the iPhone and iPod touch, which adds controller functionality to the touchscreen devices and allows them to manage the company’s networked audio players. The software, which is a free download through the AppStore, brings not only the full functionality from the official Sonos controller but adds touch-control [...]
Crestron have announced the iServer, a home media server that, rather than using its own internal storage, relies on an iPod for content. Compatible with Crestron’s range of distributed audio and video systems, once an iPod is plugged into the front media connection it’s fully controllable from any of the company’s touchscreen and wireless remotes. [...]
Although the original Xbox has superseded by the 360, it’s still in demand for general hacking and media extender duties. Lurking under the TV, though, its ominous black bulk does nothing for your living room aesthetics; that’s why modder Coca627 broke out the Dremel and crafted a far smaller custom case for his Xbox, with [...]
Mitsubishi have been showing off their new HDTV, the LaserVue L65-A90, a 65-inch set with power demands of just 135W - that’s on average one-third the power of an LCD the same size and one-fourth of a plasma. The Tech Lounge pulled up a chair to check out the two sets on offer: one being compared to an [...]
Sling Media’s SlingCatcher has only been officially shipping since this morning, but already Sling Community have their review posted. The SlingCatcher works a little like a SlingBox in reverse, displaying content either from one of the company’s own streamers, from a computer running the supplied SlingProjector software, or from an attached storage device. The review [...]
Sling Media’s SlingCatcher is finally shipping, available from the company’s own online store as well as other retailers. The box connects to a TV and allows streamed content from a SlingBox or SlingProjector-enabled computer to be played; Sling Media also intend to launch a premium content delivery service called Sling.com.
Velocity Micro have announced their latest home media device, the CineMagix FuzeBox Home Media Server, intended as a closed-box solution for all a user’s management, storage and distribution needs. Capable of backing up and distributing DVD and Blu-ray discs, together with receiving and recording Digital CableCard broadcasts, the CineMagix FuzeBox is intended for both professional and [...]
