All Posts Tagged With: "HD"
HD TV In The UK - No Real Progress In 2 Years
I’m starting to get excited about watching the 2008 European Championships on TV. I’m due to have an operation on my back over the summer which is going to keep me housebound, so I’ll be able to watch a lot of the games.
The focus on the impending games has made me realise that HD [...]
5GHz 802.11n - Has Wifi Finally Come Of Age?
I’m in the middle of a house move that is taking forever to finalise. At the new pad I was intending to install network cabling and ethernet ports in each room, as in the past I’ve found that WiFi connections just aren’t good enough to stream HD video.
However, I’ve been reading up on new [...]
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
The Shot That Ended The Format War
I wrote a three part series on the Format War when I first started writing for Connected Internet, describing what the two formats were about, and what I thought were hits and misses by both sides. My ending verdict was for HD DVD, and I still feel that it has more to offer than the [...]
5Jan2008 | Michael Lankton | 11 comments | Continued
Building A Home Server Part II
I was bored yesterday, so I spent some time buying components for my Home Server. I set myself a budget of £250 for the system and I ended up spending just over £130 which I’m very happy with. Here are the components I purchased:
12Nov2007 | Everton | 59 comments | Continued
