SanDisk, who’s currently publicizing and taking entries (until Nov. 10th) for their SanDisk Point & Shoot Film Festival, has been kind enough to provide us with a generous number of Ultra II SDHC 4GB Cards to give away at random. We will announce the winners on December 1, 2008. In order to be considered for our giveaway, one has to submit their name for consideration in the comments section below AND have a minimum of 3 posted comments between January 1, 2008 – October 31, 2008 to their name*. As you can see we want to reward past reader activity and encourage others to participate more frequently going forward so they can be considered for future giveaways. Good luck!

* Note: We’ll verify your status once you submit your name for consideration. If things don’t check out, the comment post will be deleted.

eHomeUpgrade is currently seeking competent writers (preferably in the USA) to blog in a compelling/authoritative manner on all the latest trends and happenings in the “Digital Home” space. Ideally, we are looking for someone who can submit two to five 100+ word posts (Engadget/Gizmodo style) every morning-afternoon (Eastern/Pacific time zone), Monday-Friday, and has personal experience using some of the many products and services covered on our site. No newbies to the niche please (we’re trying to keep on the job training to a minimum). MORE »

I was a pleasantly surprised this morning when I was tipped off by Jason Unger, Lead Editor and Publisher for CEPro.com, that eHomeUpgrade was mentioned, and that I was personally complimented for my writing style and news coverage, in episode #331 on GeekBrief.TV. That’s soooo cool. I’m very flattered.

I previously met Cali and Neal at Monster Cable’s “Get Connected Beyond High Definition” party in San Francisco. All I can say is that I was a little star struck when I met Cali in person for the first time (her personality is just as bubbly and magnetizing off camera as it is on) and Neal was very humble regarding the success of the show and offered plenty of great video production tips without hesitation. I wish them both the best and highly recommend everyone jump over to GeekBrief.TV and catch up on their latest tech focused vodcasts.

Boy, do we have a fantastic little giveaway for all our Windows Vista Media Center users! BigScreenGlobal.com has hooked us up with four full licenses of its newly finalized Big Screen Photos 2 and Big Screen Weather 2. So what we are going to do is give away a set of both products to two lucky winners on January 31st. MORE »

In recognition of their ingenuity and inventiveness for creating an uber-connected DIY Digital Home like no other, we are awarding Steve Lindsay, Simon Smith, and Paul Webber with our first annual “Digital Home to the Max” award. Let their projects be inspiration on what you can accomplish with some planning and little hard work. The following projects showcase systems that playback and record A/V content throughout the home, manage home automation tasks, and offer remote access on portable devices and computers. MORE »

It was about three months ago when we first announced the readership survey on eHomeUpgrade. I’m happy to say the results have been both eye-opening and unexpected. Highlights: The average reader has three PCs connected to their home network, their primary OS is Windows (but they’re also interested in learning more about the other platforms), has almost two streaming media devices in use, is definitely considering a central home media server solution, is mildly interested in portable media players/internet tablets, and is extremely uncomfortable (a whopping 80%) with buying DRM-encumbered digital media, though subscriptions services did pique some respondents interest. MORE »

Hey gang! We’re interested in getting a better grasp on our readership for future site changes, content additions, and just all around curiosity. If you have a moment, please submit your details [Survey ended - see results]. Also, if any of the data collected over the next several months really stands out (or takes us by surprise), we’ll post the results. Note: all the data collected will be used for internal purposes and will be taken anonymously.

In the spirit of starting the new year with a bang, we are happy to announce that we will be giving away a Sonos Digital Music System – Introductory Bundle to one lucky person. The bundle will include (2) ZonePlayers and (1) Wireless Controller, for a total combined value of $1199.00! The prize will be given away on March 10th and is open to the general public – though we would prefer for it to be given to one of our regular readers or forum members (wink, wink). MORE »

With so many great options introduced in the portable media player space for Q4, which device do you think will take the crown in sales for 2005? Also, which feature(s) do you think set them apart from the competition. Note: Polls are open to the public – VOTE NOW.

Well, we did it! We managed to squeeze in one more giveaway for the year, and it’s a good one. SnapStream and DVICO have graciously donated 6 product bundles consisting of their latest and greatest Beyond TV 4 PVR software and DVICO FusionHDTV Gold tuner card (Note: winners will be able to pick between the USB or PCI version). One winner will be chosen at random each week until the last bundle is given away on Monday, December 26th, 2005. MORE »