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Arctic unveils new MC001-XBMC media center

, Feb 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

Hardware maker Arctic has announced a new media center set top box called the MC001-XBMC. This new set top box runs XBMC 12 Frodo as the operating system and Openelec. The machine promises to come out-of-the-box ready to plug into your TV and it is available for significant discount. The normal price of the device is $459, but it is now available for $229. Read The Full Story

Giada i35v mini PC packs mSATA storage

, Aug 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Giada has added a new mini PC to its lineup called the i35V. This new mini PC comes with solid-state storage inside rather than a hard drive making for quieter and quicker operation. The computer ships with a 32 GB mSATA SSD providing the user with faster boot speeds and lower power consumption. The new computer is aimed at home and small office users looking for a highly compact computer for small spaces. Read The Full Story

Giada i53 aims at HTPCs with Ivy Bridge and USB 3.0

, Jul 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

A manufacturer has finally decided to build a mini PC featuring silicon other than Intel’s Atom or AMD’s various APUs. In this case it's Giada, today announcing its new i53 “book sized” mini PC. The company has managed to cram in Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors into a 26mm thick chassis, saying that the whole package only consumes 35W. The other specs aren’t bad either. Read The Full Story

Intel Next Unit of Computing packs palm-sized power

, Apr 30th 2012 Discuss [6]

Intel could take on Raspberry Pi and compact set-top boxes with a new, budget PC, the NUC or "Next Unit of Computing," set to launch in the second half of 2012. Dressed in a 10 x 10 cm demo box, the NUC is a full Core i3/i5 Sandy Bridge computer complete with Thunderbolt, HDMI and USB connectivity, Sweclockers reports, while inside there's a pair of laptop memory slots and a pair of mini PCIe headers. Read The Full Story

Cheap Raspberry Pi media streamer will run special XBMC software

, Feb 2nd 2012 Discuss [16]

We have talked about the tiny little Raspberry Pi media streamer several times in the past. This is a little mainboard you can buy for about $35 that hooks your TV and allows you to stream all sorts of content to the big-screen. In case you forget, the little board has an ARM processor integrated and ships with no case. It's more like a bare-bones computer than something along the lines of the Boxee Box that is a complete finished product. Read The Full Story

Shuttle XPC SZ68R5 packs super-fast Core i7 into tiny footprint

, Jan 31st 2012 Discuss [4]

Compact PC manufacturer Shuttle has outed its latest barebones computer, the Shuttle XPC SZ68R5, featuring Intel's Z68 high-performance chipset along with SSD caching for super-fast boot times and app loading. The 33 x 21.5 x 19 cm chassis can accommodate up to 32GB of DDR3 memory, Core i3/i5/i7 processors and up to four add-on cards, since it has slots for PCIe-x16-2.0, PCIe-x4-2.0, Mini-PCIe-x1-2.0 and mSATA. HTPC duty is made easier thanks to both HDMI and DVI-I ports. Read The Full Story

Tranquil MMC-12 puts HTPC into 1.5-inch fan-free enclosure

, Jan 2nd 2012 Discuss [2]

PC manufacturer Tranquil has launched its latest HTPC, the super-skinny MMC-12, a mere 1.5-inches high so as to take up minimal space in your kit rack. Fashioned in satin finish aerospace-grade aluminum, the MMC-12 is fanless and packs an Intel Core i3-2100T processor, 4GB of RAM and an 80GB mSATA OS drive, as well as a spare bay for your primary data drive and a DVD burner. Read The Full Story

Apple axes Front Row from OS X Lion

, Jul 22nd 2011 Discuss [12]

Apple has quietly retired Front Row, its media center interface for Macs, which has disappeared as of OS X Lion's release earlier this week. Added back in October 2005, Front Row was arguably Apple's answer to Microsoft's Media Center builds of Windows; today, it seems the Cupertino company would rather you just bought an Apple TV since, as Macworld notes, hitting cmd + esc in Lion no longer brings up the familiar sofa-friendly interface. Read The Full Story

The New Mac Mini is Still Best Choice for the Living Room

, Jul 21st 2011 Discuss [29]

Over the years, I’ve tried to find the best device to connect to my television and enjoy entertainment. I’ve gone with the Apple TV, Roku set-top boxes, the TiVo, and countless other products. But when it was all said and done, I decided that Apple’s Mac mini was the best option for me.

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VIA Nano X2 E-Series dual-cores promise ultra-frugal HTPCs

, May 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

VIA has unveiled its latest Nano X2 E-Series dual-core processors, and they want to make your HTPC and other embedded gadgets faster. The new 64-bit chips run at either 1.2GHz or 1.6GHz, and play nicely with Windows Embedded Standard 7, the platform which could form the basis of Microsoft's upcoming push into Mediaroom-based IPTV. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 4 2011

, Jan 23rd 2011 Discuss [0]

Welcome to another edition of the SlashGear Week in Review. Moneaul Labs pulled a cool new chassis out of the shadows for people that are building up an HTPC for the living room. The chassis has LCD on the front so you can see widgets and other content from the PC called the Dual Screen PC case. We had a lot of news about the iPad two this week with the tidbit surfacing that the new tablet will have a multicore SGX543 GPU. That GPU claims to deliver twice the graphics power that the original iPad GPU has. Read The Full Story

Puget Systems adds new rigs to Serenity Silent PC line

, Jan 19th 2011 Discuss [0]

In June of 2010, I mentioned that Puget Systems had launched a new line of silent computers called the Serenity Silent PCs. The company has now added new rigs and updates to that line of silent computers for shoppers to choose from. Among the new system is the serenity SPCR Edition, the Serenity Home Theater, and the Serenity Mini. Read The Full Story
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