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HDMI Switcher with Front Display

B.Greenway — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:51:05 +0000

The other day while cruising through Best Buy for a video card, I noticed a HDMI switcher from “Psyclone” with a front display. I kept on going then I thought to myself, hey a HDMI switcher with a front display, neat. Now I know in a perfect A/V world you wouldn’t even need a HDMI [...]

HDMI Switcher with Front Display

HD VMD – It’s Not Always About Winning

B.Greenway — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:52:50 +0000

Sometimes just running the race is a win, some consider being seen at the finish line a victory, while others bet the marketplace is mature enough to win on merit, or price… Toshiba placed and lost that bet but not without making their fair share of noise during the two years or so of the [...]

HD VMD – It’s Not Always About Winning

Honeywell Introduces HDMI over CAT5 Solution

B.Greenway — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:29:37 +0000

The idea of HDMI over CAT5 cable isn’t exactly new but glitch-free, economical* CAT5 HDMI transmission solutions are a rarity. Honeywell

Honeywell Introduces HDMI over CAT5 Solution

Review: Aluratek 4-Port HDMI Video Switcher

B.Greenway — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:56:02 +0000

They say the first step to recovery is to admit you have a problem. Well I have too many HDMI devices in my system but I’m not sure an intervention or 12 step program is going to help here, I just need a few more HDMI inputs, really I can stop anytime I want to… [...]

Review: Aluratek 4-Port HDMI Video Switcher

FX, USA, Sci-Fi, TBS, Cartoon Network and CNN in HD

B.Greenway — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:46:24 +0000

Forget pre-packaged HD media for a bit, USA Network, Sci Fi Channel, TBS, Cartoon Network, FX and CNN will should make their HDTV debuts sometime in 2007, according to this TV Week article. CNN HD is currently slated to launch in September, launch dates for the other networks including FX weren’t available but all seemed [...]

FX, USA, Sci-Fi, TBS, Cartoon Network and CNN in HD

Apple TV

B.Greenway — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:46:54 +0000

So Apple revealed the final details for iTV AppleTV yesterday and it occurred to me, this would make one heck of a little HD movie trailer box. No, I can’t see myself paying $5.99 to $9.99 for the “privilege” of watching 640×480 movies from iTunes but a never-ending stream of hi-def trailers would make for [...]

Apple TV

HDMI 1.3 specification approved

B.Greenway — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:10:38 +0000

ExtremeTech is reporting that the licensing agency responsible for the HDMI specification (HDMI Licensing, LLC) has upgraded the HDMI spec to support 36-bit RGB color as well as Dolby Digital + and DTS-HD decoding over HDMI. Personally I feel this is a major step forward in the often overlooked area of multi-channel audio. It’s about [...]

HDMI 1.3 specification approved

Component, DVI and HDMI connections

B.Greenway — Sun, 07 May 2006 15:47:35 +0000

Component, DVI and HDMI connections

Just because its says presented in HDTV

B.Greenway — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:57:25 +0000

Ok 99.9% of you already know this, but we don’t want that guy in Hoboken missing out. To view HDTV your display has to be able to render at least 720p line of resolution (The CEA defines HDTV as an image with 720 progressive or 1080 interlaced scan lines) and your source Cable/Off-Air/Satellite has to [...]

Just because its says presented in HDTV

Samsung’s Universal Media Station

B.Greenway — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:11:22 +0000

The little box to your left (or something very much like it) might just revolutionize home theater. The Samsung Universal Media Station with its 300GB hard drive, Ethernet, USB, digital and analog A/V outputs, could theoretically deliver first run, high-definition Hollywood movies to your home on release night, not four months later. Unveiled at Samsung [...]

Samsung’s Universal Media Station

Comcast DCT6412 DVR mutes on record

B.Greenway — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:59:24 +0000

The Motorola DCT6412 hi-def DVR is overall a really nice piece of equipment, as I’m sure many Comcast subscribers have already noticed. The

Comcast DCT6412 DVR mutes on record

DVI & HDMI input switching options

B.Greenway — Mon, 23 May 2005 16:23:29 +0000

DVI & HDMI input switching options