NewsWindows 7 Feature Focus: Windows Media Center
Posted 06/22/09 at 11:00:00 AM by Mark Edward Soper
In Windows 7, Windows Media Center is a more useful tool than ever before for working with audio and visual media. While at first glance, Windows 7's version of WMC doesn't look a whole lot different than its predecessor, it includes many improvements. In this article, we'll focus on improvements in WMC's TV setup process, support for digital broadcast TV, the program guide, Internet TV, WMC access from the desktop, RAW file support for photos, picture and music playback and sports.
ReviewsWestern Digital TV HD Media Player
Posted 03/27/09 at 01:00:00 PM by Michael Brown
Western Digital’s WD TV HD Media Player is missing two components commonly found in digital media players: a display and storage. What the device does have is two USB ports, HDMI and composite video outputs, digital and analog audio outputs, and the ability to play almost any digital media.
Since you provide the storage media, you can never fill up the WD TV. You plug the player into your TV and connect your USB drive or digital camera to the player; it then creates thumbnails for all the digital movies, photographs, and music it finds stored there. If you connect storage devices to both USB ports, the WD TV will index the contents of both drives as if they were one.
The device delivers much higher video resolution than most media players, all the way from 480i using the composite video port to 1080p using HDMI (576p, 720i, 720p, and 1080i are also supported via HDMI). The WD TV supports a host of video formats, codecs, and containers, including AVI, H.264, QuickTime, VOB, and Matroska. It does not, however, support DivX.
Read on for the rest of the review.
NewsWestern Digital Introduces Sneakernet Home-Media Device
Posted 11/03/08 at 08:00:00 AM by Nathan Edwards
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes speeding down the highway." - Andrew Tanenbaum
Western Digital's bringing back the sneakernet with a media player that displays video, audio, and photos from your USB devices on your TV - no networking required.
In fact, the WD TV HD Media Player doesn't have any networking capabilities at all. Instead, this little device plays files from your WD Passport (or other USB devices, although WD would love it if you used their portable hard drives) on your TV screen, in glorious 1080p resolution.
More info after the jump.
ReviewsSlacker G2 Personal Radio 
Posted 09/16/08 at 05:24:25 PM by Michael Brown
The second-generation Slacker personal radio player is smaller, slimmer, and even better than the first. There may be no better way to listen to free music. Slacker announced a new version of its portable radio today, and we’re happy to say the Slacker G2 kicks just as much ass as the original product we reviewed last April.
Here’s Slacker in a nutshell, if you don’t want to re-read our previous review: Slacker radio is much like Pandora or Last.FM in that you can listen to music on the Internet for free (along with an occasional advertisement) while the service analyzes your expressed taste in music and recommends new artists it thinks you’ll enjoy.
The trade-offs are that you can't always choose which songs you want to hear, and you can skip only a limited number of tracks. Slacker also a subscription plan ($7.50 per month if you pay for a year at a time) that eliminates the ads, enables you to call up saved tracks at will (as long as you maintain your subscription), and allows you skip an unlimited number of tracks.
The second-generation Slacker personal radio player is smaller, slimmer, and even better than the first. There may be no better way to listen to free music. Read on for our full review.
NewsAdobe Media Player 1.1 Brings Sony Movies and Much More TV to the Desktop
Posted 07/23/08 at 10:09:38 AM by Mark Edward Soper
CNet reports that Adobe has rolled out a new version of Adobe Media Player. Despite the modest .1 increment in the version number (Adobe Media Player 1.0 users are offered the update the next time they start the player), Adobe Media Player 1.1 has undergone substantial changes in this new release, with improvements in speed, user interface, and content.
To learn (and see) how Adobe has made it easier and faster to watch your favorite TV shows and movies on your PC, and to find out how much TV AMP 1.1 provides, join us after the jump.
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.
FROM THE ARCHIVELogitech Wireless DJ
Posted 12/15/06 at 12:44:30 PM by Michael Brown
The Logitech Wireless DJ corrects nearly every deficiency we identified with Logitech's Wireless Music System for PC (reviewed July 2006), thanks to much-improved software and a slick remote control.
FROM THE ARCHIVEKlipsch iGroove HG
Posted 12/01/06 at 02:15:42 AM by Michael Brown
With its flexible docking port, Klipsch brings your mobile tunes to your home system, no matter the device.
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