It seems that one of the biggest struggles we face in the HTPC arena is getting our high definition audio codecs properly passed from our home theater PC to our ears with the absolute best quality possible. Typically this has been done via multi-channel LPCM over an optical connection to an AV receiver. Now that [...]
Tags: ati, audio, bitstream, hdmi, htpc, intel
Posted February 2, 2010 by vidkun under Guides
New Year With a new year comes new projects (and after Christmas specials)! I apologize for the pause in updates. We took a short, unexpected vacation to get all prepared for 2010. Hopefully everyone had a safe and wonderful holiday and took time to be with family and friends. Well, now we are settled back [...]
Tags: hdmi, home theater, htpc, intel, Linux, media, media server, vdpau, XBMC, xvba
Posted January 16, 2010 by vidkun under General, Hardware, Projects
The world of set top devices just took a great leap forward in the evolutionary process! Patriot Memory has released their set top media player they call the “Box Office.” Although it still hasn’t reached the point of being the best all-around device for the home theater, it has taken two giant leaps toward becoming [...]
Tags: 1080p, blu-ray, dvd, hd, hd-dvd, hdmi, media, media player, media server, movie, streaming
Posted December 30, 2009 by vidkun under Hardware