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Building an HTPC - AGP, PCI Cards and Connections [0.24] by clint,December 05, 2006 12:09

Panasonic TH-50PF9UK: Input Configuration [0.24] by tom,February 07, 2007 11:31

VidaBox Announces STEALTH Silent Media Center [0.24] by clint,November 21, 2006 20:00

VidaBox LLC announces a new silent media center / HTPC system, dubbed the VidaBox™ STEALTH™. Less than 3.6" tall, the STEALTH is a fully-featured, miniature form factor media center featuring a slot-loading DVD±RW dual-layer burner, dual analog tuners, and massive VidaSafe™-protected storage of up to 1,500GB.

Meedio Essentials HTPC Software only $20! [0.24] by clint,April 13, 2005 20:00

Meedio announced today that its developer community has submitted 200 plugins, themes, and extensions to the Meedio Add-In Directory (MAID). To celebrate, the company is discounting its Meedio Essentials digital media center application to $20.00 until April 30. Meedio Essentials, which recently won a 2005 CES Innovations and Design award, normally retails for $59.95 from the company's website at meedio.com . The application, built on top of Meedio's open platform, is favored by many developers for the ease with which it can be customized and extended.

IOGEAR HDMI Control Center Preview [0.24] by wayde,September 09, 2009 14:35

Listen up control freaks! IOGEAR has your number. As long as that number is no more than four, because that’s the number of ports on IOGEAR’s HDMI Control Center - their latest effort to bring unity to your HDMI based A/V system. It’s an interesting product already dropping out of the CEDIA 2009 Expo: IOGEAR HDMI Control Center, and it looks like the complete solution if you find yourself in need of a few HDMI ports. But be warned, it ain’t your father’s 4-port-HDMI switch.

16:10 Aspect Ratio Goes Mainstream [0.23] by clint,June 01, 2007 13:43

The computer industry and the home theater industries have never really matched up well... Take, for examples, home theater PCs. Great concept - typically awful execution. Even the companies that claim to have very reliable products often fail to execute on there promised visions of seamless integration and ease of use within the home. Here at Audioholics we have yet to experience an HTPC system that has actually worked 100% out of the box and which didn't leave us wanting more when it came time to watch high definition television or discs...

Panasonic TH-50PHD8UK 50" Plasma Display Review [0.23] by tom,June 27, 2006 20:00

Bragging rights. You want them, you know you do. We all do. Some small (or large as the case may be) part of our mind wants people to be impressed with our purchases, abilities, etc. Nothing is more depressing than showing someone something that they should be impressed by just to have them respond, “So, what is that again?” Case in point, reviewing home theater equipment is full of interesting items… to other Audioholics. What does Joe Average say when you tell him you are reviewing a new set of speakers, HTPC, media server, or receiver? “Oh, that’s nice.” What does he say when you tell him you are reviewing a 50” plasma display? “I hate you, man!” Now, THAT is respect!

The New Home Theater PC - Part 2 [0.23] by clint,September 29, 2009 13:10

In our last article The New Home Theater PC – Part 1, we explored the past failures of HTPC to attract consumers en masse, and also discussed the various deficiencies that lead to the decline of the HTPC as a viable consumer product in the CE marketplace. More importantly, however, we touched upon what consumers want and what the NEW Home Theater PC looks like in this day and age of downloadable content. In this final installment, we'll walk through several scenarios and configurations and talk about using the laptop as the New Home Theater PC to enable streaming content and fulfill the promises of the original HTPC – but without the hassle or configuration problems typically associated with the genre.

Connecting Your Home Office to Your Home Theater [0.23] by Joe Cornwall,March 20, 2008 10:12

Thousands of words have been written about, and thousands of hours of labor devoted to, marrying our computers with our home theater and audio installations. On the Audioholics site alone there are 78 results from a search for "HTPC" (home theater personal computer). The problem with the concept of the HTPC is that, at its core, it’s a dedicated computer for multimedia applications. What happens if your computer is in your home office and your theater is elsewhere? What if you don’t want an HTPC? How do you combine your home office with your audio/video installation? It’s a question that’s seldom discussed in this industry.

HDCP-Compliant Video Cards Elude the Market [0.23] by wayde,February 23, 2006 20:00

Published specifications of HDCP compliance in many popular video cards aren't exactly what they appear. Since 2003, about the time HDCP picked up…