Windows 7 in an HTPC, Part One

From yourgreenfriend.com The home theater PC, or “HTPC” as it is often called, has never really gained a lot of traction – it seems doomed to forever remain a niche product, especially as home video game consoles like Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s Playstation step up and become high-definition media devices. Still, with streaming video Web sites like Hulu confined to PCs, the HTPC can still have a place under many TVs, and the low cost of decent computing equipment these days makes it mor

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Seeing the Future in 3-D Television

The amazing innovations in television screens have increased the competition between companies to add more features in order to attract customers. But the problem is that flat-panel television screens can’t get much flatter and consumers don’t want the screens to get much wider. The Japanese television makers have found a solution to this problem and are banking on a whole new dimension to buttress their lineups. The future belongs to the high-definition three-dimensional TV, as hoped by P

Watch Blu Ray And High Definition With Multimedia Projectors

There are many innovations in the world of home theater projectors. With LCoS technology, the pixels have been virtually eliminated from your screen, giving you a smooth-as-ice picture! Laser and LED technology have enabled some projector lamps to last more than 60,000 hours, rather than the usual 2,000. New projector models are coming out with more ports for connecting to your speakers, your computer, your video game consoles, your iPod and more. Better color controls let you customize the p

Xbox backpedals on HD requirement, further validates Wii relevance

When the Xbox 360 launched four years ago, developers were required to make high-definition games. Not any more, says Split/Second developer David Jefferies, in a guest column for Develop Magazine. “Now we are free to make the trade-off between resolution and image quality as we see fit,” he said.The news comes after a report revealed that less than half of Xbox 360 owners own an HDTV, validating Nintendo’s position to exclude HD when releasing the Wii in 2006. “The irony of all this makes me la

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