GeekBrief TV Demos PogoPlug

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwUBYyj8ww4] I was browsing some of my YouTube subscriptions and I stumbled on an episode of Geekbrief TV from July (#590) that I thought you folks might like (I know I did). Cali Lewis goes through the process of unboxing a PogoPlug and then configuring it in real-time. Cali also demos the remote media streaming functionality [...]

Sneak Peek: My Movies 3

My Movies 3 Cover and Movie DetailsIan Dixon has posted some early screenshots of Brian Binnerup's My Movies 3 that will available for Windows Vista and Windows 7 on September 1st as a pre-release and then as a full release on October 22nd to coincide with the official launch of Windows 7. Additional details on how you can get your hands [...]

Rhapsody Coming to iPhone / iPod Touch (Maybe)

Real Networks is getting set to submit their iPhone app for approval so users can tap into their $14.99/mo Rhapsody To Go unlimited music service on the device via Wi-Fi, 3G, or EDGE. Obviously, Rhapsody is a direct competitor to the iTunes empire so it will be interesting to see how Apple reacts — especially [...]

PlayOn Adds Beta Support for Nintendo Wii

MediaMall PlayOn Product DiagramNintendo Wii owners will be happy to learn that they can now watch Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and other premium online content through their game console with the help of Mediamall's PlayOn Windows PC software and a LAN connection. If this sounds like something you'd like to do, take it for a free spin for 14 [...]

MKV, TS, M2TS Container Efficiency Battle

Clown BD ScreenshotDamian from A Digital Home Blog has contributed a post to MediaSmartServer.net comparing the efficiency of the mkv, ts, m2ts containers for HD video — specifically for a Blu-ray movie. In short, his results found that with a 38.4GB disc converted to mkv (using MakeMKV) yielded a 27.GB file, ts (using Clown_BD) yielded a 27.8GB [...]

XBMC ‘Surface’ Skin Impresses

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG2HudEpBGk] While it's posted as a teaser on the XBMC developer blog, Surface is a skin designed by phyek and minimalko that has currently been shelved. However, I think you'll agree that it needs to be brought back out and made public. The whole design aesthetic is outstanding. Below are some project background details from phyek: Originally [...]

WD TV Mini Media Player

WD TV Mini Media PlayerThe guys at Western Digital thought it would be a good idea to release a smaller, cheaper version of the popular WD TV HD Media Player without HDMI. While the WD TV Mini Media Player can connect to your HDTV to playback media stored on your USB drive, it's only is capable of outputting 1080i [...]

Lenovo Unveils the Trifecta of Digital Home PC Products

Lenovo Q700 Q100 D400We got an early glimpse of the Lenovo IdeaCentre Q700 Home Theater PC ($499 - Intel 2.5Ghz dual-core processor / Intel X4500 graphics), now the company is officially announcing that product along side their new IdeaCentre Q100 Nettop ($299 - Intel Atom N230 / NVIDIA ION), and the IdeaCentre D400 Home Server ($499 - 4-bay [...]