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I see stuff in the tech world that drives me crazy.  From products that should never have left the bar napkin to marketing schemes that should have stayed in the men’s room, here is what caught my eye this week: Video Eyewear- more than just a geek look Roku leaves… Continue Reading »

Much like when the original Western Digital WD TV Media Player was released last November, the new and updated version has also quietly slipped into Best Buy.  The updated model has been dubbed the WD TV Live Media Player and is now priced 10 bucks less than the original at… Continue Reading »

Yamaha has announced a new range of devices, including a line of Blu-ray disc players, channel network AV receiver and five disc CD changer.  You can find these products currently on sale at major electronics retailers. First up is the RX-V2065, a 7.1 channel AV receiver with five 1080p-upscaling HDMI… Continue Reading »

Logitech has just unveiled two new Wi-Fi equipped music players—the Squeezebox Radio and the Squeezebox Touch.  As for features, both models have built-in Wi-Fi which will allow you to set up your radio without having to worry about a wired connection being available and has integration with sites such as… Continue Reading »

S1Digital introduced what it calls the “Digital Entertainment Platform.”  This system uses three parts: “an Entertainment Server, Media Center clients and a control solution.”  You load all your content on the Entertainment Server which can support up to 32TB of hard drive space.  The server also has a Blu-ray player… Continue Reading »

Not satisfied with its recent launch of its Pandora, Sirius and Rhapsody capable AV receivers, Onkyo has announced yet more tuners.  The new tuners, the TX-NR1007, TX-NR3007, TX-NR5007, each have the same Internet capabilities of the recently announced models, but include other top of the line features as well.  The… Continue Reading »

Fall is the best time of year: the bugs are gone, it is warm, but not hot (in New England at least), and gadgets are all pimping to get you to buy them as holiday presents.  This year’s announcements are different though.  The big question this year is, “Has convergence… Continue Reading »

With the allure of Internet music services like Pandora and Rhapsody setting up a home theater system that incorporate them can be a bit difficult without having to put a whole computer in the system.  Sure, having a computer in the setup would be cool, but when’s the last time… Continue Reading »

Why bother tuning in your local radio stations when you can listen to Internet radio from around the world?  However, some spots don’t exactly lend themselves to having a full fledged computer to act as an Internet radio.  Vtech aimed to solve that problem with the Vtech IS9181, their Wi-Fi… Continue Reading »

Atlona Technologies has recently come out with a pretty interesting, although I am not sure how practical it is.  Atlona Technologies is known for their products pertaining to audio and video, and the AT-HD530 is no different. Basically, it receives the HDMI signal or DVI signal from computers, GPS, Apple… Continue Reading »