AV&Home Theatre
Dolby Labs Release Dolby Mobile
Today in Barcelona at the 2008 Mobile World Congress, Dolby Laboratories released Dolby Mobile, that promised to bring rich, vibrant surround sound to mobile phones and portable media players. At the same time Dolby also showed aacPlus, a high-quality, highly efficient audio compression format designed for download, streaming, and broadcast applications on mobile phones.
“Entertainment [...]
XBMC Coming On OS X And Linux. Plus, I Need Advice With New PC Spec
I’m a big fan of XMBC, the great open source media center for Xboxs. But, I stopped using it over the last 12 months because my needs had out-stripped the capabilities of the Xbox, which can’t support native HD content. Because of this, I now use PCs running Windows Vista Media Center [...]
11Feb2008 | Everton | 1 comment | Continued
Windows Home Server Deleted My Files!
The worst thing that could ever have happened to my Windows Home Server occurred yesterday - my personal files were deleted! I have no idea how this could have happened. I’m sure it wasn’t human error as I can’t see how I could have done it, as one file was left and [...]
2Feb2008 | Everton | 8 comments | Continued
WebGuide Addon Available For Windows Home Server
I’ve had my Windows Home Server for around a month now, and although I’ve been very impressed with it, there are two areas where it could be better.
The first is that it can’t act as a Media Center to record TV, so that Media Extenders can be connected to it. I’m in the process [...]
Acoustic Energy AE-26-06B - Amazing PC Speakers
I decided to buy a new set of speakers for my bedroom t go with my laptop Media Center, as my bedroom is actually the biggest room in my house, so I needed something with more power than my TV speakers.
I plumped for some some small PC speakers to plug into my laptop that wouldn’t [...]
