Review of Three Hardware MPEG-2 TV Tuner Cards
The Tech Reprt has published a comparison and review of three popular TV tuner cards supporting hardware MPEG-2 encoding. These cards are a critical component of any quality home theater PC (HTPC). For...
View ArticleReview of Four HDTV Projectors
Tom's Hardware has published a review of four moderately priced 16:9 HDTV capable projectors, including the BenQ PE 5120, the Sanyo PLV-Z3, the Epson EMP-TW200H, and the NEC HT410. The Benq PE 5120 and...
View ArticleHappenings at NAB 2005
Tom's Hardware has published a multi-part article covering the happenings at National Association of Broadcasters 2005 Conference (NAB 2005). The focus of NAB 2005 this year was high definition (HD)....
View ArticleSearch Engines Moving Toward Video
According to a Wired article, the major search engines like Google, Yahoo, and MSN are moving quickly toward indexing and aggregating video content. Initially much of the content will be from existing...
View ArticleOpen Media Network Launched By Former Netscape Execs
Two former Netscape executives have launched the Open Media Network, a non-profit P2P media distribution startup. Combining the functionality of TiVo with peer-to-peer distribution, the service lets...
View ArticleBuilding a Home Television Server
ExtremeTech has an article showing you how to build your own home television server, which lets you centralize recording, storage, and distribution of video over your home network. With a home...
View ArticleA Closer Look at QuickTime 7
MacDevCenter has published an in-depth look at the recently released QuickTime 7 media framework, which is built into Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, available as an update in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, and will soon...
View ArticleHow To Watch Live Television On Your Wireless Laptop
An article over at Informit.com shows you how to set up a video broadcast server to transmit live television to any device on your network, including wireless laptops. All you really need is a TV tuner...
View ArticleIntroduction to Broadcasting Video Over the Web
Informit.com has published a very useful introduction to broadcasting video over the web. The article looks at various requirements and methods for successful web broadcasting. Among the different...
View Article$29.95 One Time Use Digital Video Camera Hits CVS Store Shelves
CVS stores in the Northeastern U.S. have started selling a $29.95 one-time-use digital video camera. The device from Pure Digital Technologies records 20 minutes of video at 15 frames per second with a...
View ArticleSecret TiVo Tips and Tricks
PC World has published an article containing dozens of TiVo tips and tricks, some well known, others not so well known. These include a number of navigation shortcuts, advanced commercial skipping,...
View ArticleJVC Releases Everio G Camcorders with Internal Hard Drives
JVC announced the launch of new Everio G camcorders featuring 20 GB and 30 GB internal hard disks. The new Everio GZ-MG20 and Everio GZ-MG50 camcorders are able to record up to 7 or 10.5 hours of...
View ArticleDivX Releases DivX 6 Video Encoding Format
DivX Networks today released the DivX 6 video encoding format, featuring enhanced performance, video quality, and editing capabilities. DivX was originally designed for computer video but is now being...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Video Blogging (Vlogging)
O'Reilly Digital Media has published an informative article explaining how to get started with Vlogging, or video blogging. The article goes over the basic steps, including creating a video, posting a...
View ArticleBuilding a MythTV DVR
O'Reilly Digital Media has published a instructional guide on building a MythTV digital video recorder system using off-the-shelf PC parts, Linux, and the MythTV open source software...
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