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HDHomeRun Prime: Now Available for Pre-order

By on May 14, 2011 in Digital Media Receivers, Hardware, News

SiliconeDust has announced that their long awaited CableCard tuners are *finally* available for pre-order.

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Popcorn Hour Adds BBC iPlayer App

By on March 29, 2011 in Digital Media Receivers, News

BBC TV and Radio Streaming hits the Popcorn Hour, courtesy of a new app available for UK users.

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Iomega Brings New ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player to Market

By on March 23, 2011 in Digital Media Receivers, News

Iomega today announced a refresh of its ScreenPlay media player line, introducing a range of new products offering 1080P high definition media streaming, onboard storage options and connection to a range of online media services.

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Popcorn Hour Goes 3D With Matroska Support

By on March 18, 2011 in Digital Media Receivers, News

Your media receiver just got a lot smarter. Syabas Technology, manufacturers of the Popcorn Hour and PopBox range of digital media receivers this week announced support for the new Matroska 3D file format (MKV3D) across multiple devices, bringing 3D, high definition movies to both platforms.

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On Demand Streaming Music Comes to WDTV Live Series With Two New Services

By on March 11, 2011 in Digital Media Receivers, News

Western Digital yesterday announced two new streaming music services that are being made available for the WD TV Live, WD TV Live Plus and WD TV Live Hub media players that further extend the range of content available to users.

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Eminent’s All New EM7195 Media Player Boasts Twin DVB-T Tuners, USB 3.0

By on January 14, 2011 in Digital Media Receivers, News

If it’s 2011, then it must be time for your digital media player to pack a TV tuner alongside all that network media streaming goodness. Eminent’s New EM7195 is the first UK media receiver to be based on Realtek’s next generation RT1183 DD C+ chipset, which includes support for twin Freeview (DVB-T) TV tuners and USB 3.0. That means you can watch one TV channel whilst recording  a second, or record two TV programmes whilst streaming media from your home server or NAS.

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Tranquil PC Ready to Ship Sandy Bridge Powered ixLS Media PCs

By on January 13, 2011 in Digital Media Receivers, Hardware, News

Tranquil PC is getting back to their roots in the media center arena.  The all new Sandy Bridge powered ixLS PC is an awesome looking example of their current media center push.

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Syabas Announces Partnership With Intel to Bring the Atom CE4100 to Future Products

By on January 8, 2011 in Digital Media Receivers, News

Syabas, the manufacturer of the Popcorn Hour and Popbox digital media jukeboxes today announced a strategic partnership with Intel to introduce the Atom CE4100 processor to future products. The Atom CE4100 is the same chip that powers the competing Boxee Box and TV solutions from D-Link, Iomega and Viewsonic.

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Combined Blu-ray & Hard Drive Caddy On the Way for Popcorn Hour

By on January 7, 2011 in Digital Media Receivers, News

Yesterday I met with the team from Syabas Technology to hear their 2011 plans for the Popcorn Hour and Popbox. We discussed a wide range of initiatives that the company will be announcing very soon (and I won’t steal their thunder), but one very cool product I did spot is a brand new slim-line Blu-ray player from LG that the company will be selling soon for the Popcorn Hour C-200.

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Western Digital Takes a Leap Forward With the WD TV Live Hub

By on January 7, 2011 in Digital Media Receivers, Hardware, News

One of the more impressive devices I’ve seen here at CES this week is Western Digital’s WD TV Live Hub. Launched back in October, Western Digital’s next generation media player streams media across the network and includes local storage for holding downloaded content from top-tier content providers including Netflix and Blockbuster on Demand. Other services available include YouTube, Pandora, Live365 and more.

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