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198 - HDTV reception and network streaming in a sub-$200 Linux box 
The $169 HDHomeRun is a standalone, dual-tuner HDTV receiver that streams video over the network, & supports Linux right out of the box. A slim 4×7x1 box with just 4 connectors on it: 2 coaxial, 100Base-TX Ethernet, & power supply. It accepts over-the-air antenna or cable HDTV input in numerous formats. It also has a LIRC compatible infrared sensor
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197 - Hands On: Epson PowerLite, the Least-Expensive 1080p Projector Ever
When we first received an Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 1080 projector, we were eager to take it into our test theater for a look-see, wondering just how much projector you can get for your $3000 these days. Surely there must be a catch to a 1080p projector that’s this cheap. How did it perform in our rigorous tests on a variety of HD sources?
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196 - Milestone: One Million Blu-Ray Discs Sold
“The Blu-ray vs HD DVD format war reaches another milestone, with sales of Blu-ray Discs reaching more than one million sold since the format launched less than a year ago. According to Home Media Research, Blu-ray locked up 70% of high-definition movies sales in the first quarter of 2007…”
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195 - The Wal-Mart $299 HD DVD player on the way
Get ready to get your cheap HD on kids. Wal-Mart just threw down some serious green for a batch of Chinese-made HD DVD players. Just as they brought DVD players down to near-disposable status, their deal for 2 million HD DVD players produced by China’s Great Wall corporation will ultimately do the same for hi-def optical.
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194 - Samsung BD-UP5000 - Duo Hd Player
Samsung’s Duo HD player (BD-UP5000) will fully support both HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats and their interactive technologies, HDi and BD-Java. With the Duo HD consumers can enjoy additional studio content such as trailers, director
’s comments, more elaborate interactive menus and behind the scene footage. The new Duo HD joins Samsung’s next gener
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193 - Blu-ray/HD-DVD combo player on the way
Samsung says another Duo HD BD-UP5000 dual-format Blu-ray/HD-DVD combo player on the way.
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192 - First Hands-on With a CableCARD Enabled Vista PC
If you’re not familiar with these media centers, they’re essentially Windows Vista machines with an external receiver that handle high-def feeds from your cable provider. This Niveus PC can do whatever you normally do on Vista, such as watch downloaded movies, and it can also do what the TiVo Series 3 does.
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191 - Kiss DVI and VGA ports goodbye, VESA approves DisplayPort 1.1
The new VESA-approved digital interface standard is meant to replace DVI and VGA ports while co-existing with HDMI for HDTV connectivity. As you can see in the picture above, it’s about the size of a USB connector yet offers 2x the performance of DVI in a much smaller package.
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