NewsS1Digital Launches New Media Center
Posted 02/05/09 at 02:57:00 PM by Andy Salisbury
S1Digital announced recently that they’ve completely redesigned a Media Center HTPC, starting from square one.
The new Media Center features a custom designed, “living room friendly” case primarily cooled by heat pipes. But, more importantly there’s some impressive hardware under the hood. It’ll feature up to four CableCARD HDTV or two ATSC/QAM and NTSC tuners, 3TB of RAID-5 storage (standard), a Blu-ray drive (profile 2.0), Gigabit Ethernet, 4GB of memory, an Intel E8500 Core 2 Duo, an ATI All-In-Wonder 3650 (sporting HDMI, DVI, component and VGA outputs), a Logitech DiNovo Mini Bluetooth keyboard and a media center remote. It will also support “up to three zones of audio and video streaming (via Extenders or other Media Centers).”
So how much does something with that much hardware run the average consumer? Why $5,999 of course! And that’s standard (though, to be fair, the standard load out is mighty impressive).
FeaturesIn the Lab: Will Smith Gets Burned by the Apple TV
Posted 04/29/08 at 03:38:06 PM by Will Smith
As part of my testing for this month’s cover feature, I spent a few quality days watching movies from the iTunes Store on my PC and in my living room. By necessity, I had to integrate a newly updated Apple TV into my entertainment center, which is a fairly common closed cabinet with a few air vents in the back. All of my other electronics devices—my receiver, my TiVo, my Xbox 360—live happily in this environment (although I do open the cabinet door when I fire up the 360).
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NewsFirst Look: The Phantom Lapboard
Posted 04/25/08 at 02:00:04 PM by Will Smith
It's real, but is it fabulous? The controversial Phantom console is confirmed vaporware, but the sofa-friendly keyboard/mouse is coming soon. We've got an exclusive hands-on!
NewsInternet TV the Adobe Way with Adobe Media Player
Posted 04/11/08 at 11:54:32 PM by Mark Soper
You don't need a TV tuner to bring a wide variety of TV programs to your desktop - just add the new Adobe Media Player and click away. Find out what's on.
ReviewsLinksys DMA2200 Media Center Extender
Posted 03/07/08 at 07:59:09 PM by Michael Brown
We’ve been waiting for media-streaming devices to catch up to 802.11n, and the Linksys DMA2200 does it in style—geek style, that is. The box isn’t particularly attractive, but we dig the dual-band Wi-Fi radio inside that’s capable of operating on either the 2.4GHz or 5GHz frequency bands.
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NewsWhy Wait for SP1? Improve Windows Vista Now!
Posted 10/05/07 at 09:43:38 PM by Mark Soper
While some Vista improvements won't arrive until SP1, Microsoft rolls out some fixes early - get them today!
FROM THE ARCHIVENext-gen Media Center Extenders to use 802.11n
Posted 09/26/07 at 05:54:19 PM by Michael Brown
New media-streaming devices from D-Link, Linksys, and Niveus make some mighty big promises.
PDF ArchivesOctober 2006 - Build the Ultimate Media Center PC!
Posted 08/24/07 at 08:10:01 AM by The Maximum PC Staff
The complete PDF archive of the October 2006 edition of Maximum PC, every article included, every page posted! Download it now!
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