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Sony VAIO GX-XL2 Media Center PC

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Sony VAIO GX-XL2 Media Center PC

Next up in our Computers and Accessories department, is a Media Center PC. Media Center PCs have become hot commodities as audio/video enthusiasts have made an effort to integrate their content into 1 location and with their television and audio systems. While there are many quality Media Center PCs, we chose to feature the Sony VAIO GX-XL2 Digital Living System which features a dual-core Intel CPU, an NVIDIA graphics card, 320GB of storage, and Windows XP Media Center edition. You can control the XL2 either via the remote control or the included wireless keyboard. Adding media, like your music, to the system is pretty easy – just stick your CDs in and hit a few buttons. With a Media Center PC, you can also forgo having a TiVo or other DVR. And for you folks who have already jumped on the High Def bus, the XL2 comes with an HDMI connector and also offers the added benefit of being able to capture and edit your 1080i HD Camcorder content. Also included is Sony’s DVgate Plus software which allows you to import video footage from several sources and edit it.

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Pinnacle PCTV To Go Announced

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hava.jpgBy Chief Gizmateer, Gizmos for Geeks
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

As mentioned in DVRPG’s Wireless HAVA Technology Review, Monsoon Multimedia has branded their HAVA product line for Pinnacle Systems.

Avid Technology, Inc., today announced that its consumer division, Pinnacle Systems, Inc., is expanding its popular Pinnacle PCTVâ„¢ product family with the addition of Pinnacle PCTV To Go. This new product gives customers the ability to enjoy their home entertainment systems from any location in the home or around the world. Easy wireless setup, integrated Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) support and comprehensive digital video recorder (DVR) capabilities make Pinnacle PCTV To Go a must-have for anyone interested in watching high quality TV shows, sporting events, movies or news on a PC, anytime, anywhere.

Zatznotfunny has a picture of the Wireless HAVA and Pinnacle PCTV To Go next to each other. The placeshifting arena is starting to heat up with yet another player besides SlingMedia and Sony.

Source: DVR Playground

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Review: Neuros MPEG-4 Recorder 2

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Review: Neuros MPEG-4 Recorder 2

Do you have an underutilitzed portable video device because of the hassle involved to convert your video from your DVR or other video feeds? Do you still watch the same three overpriced movies you bought on UMD in your PSP wishing that you could easily transfer other video content to use on its gorgeous display? Neuros believes they have the solution for you with their MPEG4 Recorder 2. Read on to see if we agree.

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TiVo Changes Political Advertising

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Politicians are struggling to get the word out about their campaigns with TiVo and other DVRs becoming more and more prevalent in households. Because of DVRs, political advertising has attempted to use new media as well with video ads on Goog-tube, Podcasts and Vodcasts. According to StarTribune:

Special interests tossed $2 billion at politicians this election cycle. But technology such as TiVo, the Internet, satellite radio, DVDs and the like make it more difficult to reach potential voters with TV ads, which account for the largest chunk of campaign expenses in major races.

“Certainly it makes it more difficult to get your message out because people now have the option of viewing commercials,” said Mark Drake, communications director for the Republican Party of Minnesota.

The article goes on to mention that young people, who are being targeted with the new media ads, simply are not “rocking the vote” and do not turn out at the polls. Therefore, political advertisers are really having issues finding the proper channel to advertise and get their message out to the voters. Perhaps TiVo will kill the political star.

All I know is that happiness is another political season with a TiVo.

Source: DVR Playground

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TiVo Raises Rates and Asks for Suggestions

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TiVo has updated their suggestion form to include a couple of open-ended questions at the top and the ability to vote for up to ten features such as a “30-second skip feature”, “skip commercials automatically”, “save recordings to an external hard drive” and “TiVoToGo for the Mac”.

Perhaps TiVo should have reconsidered raising their rates. Besides having just the new TiVo boxes being too expensive, TiVo’s new price plan now makes the service too expensive as well! Most people can pay anywhere from $4.95 to $10 a month to get DVR service from their current provider, but Tivo has risen rates to $19.95/month. While the pricing gets much better for multiple TiVos ($6.95/month for three years for the second unit) and multi-year plans ($12.95/month for three years), who really wants to sign up for a three year deal with a Series 2 unit when HDTV is becoming more commonplace?

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Technology Review: HAVA Product Line

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Technology Review: HAVA Product Line

Imagine a teaching auditorium full of students, each with their own laptop, able to watch whatever is taking place on stage through their laptop and a wireless connection. Not only is the lesson being wirelessly multicasted to all of the student’s laptops, but each individual student has the control to pause, rewind and even record directly to their laptop. Seems futurist right? Well, Monsoon Multimedia has created the “special sauce” to do just that today!

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Tivoserver: Watch Videos That Reside on a PC

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Have you ever wished you could watch videos (such as those "20-second clips") that reside on your PC, via your TiVo? With Tivoserver (and MRV), you can! The following instructions (for Windows XP) assume you have a Series 2 DirecTivo running 6.2 and hacked with the SuperPatch to disable encryption and enable MRV. One method of accomplishing this can be found here.

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Make the TiVo S3 Remote Work Around Plasma TVs

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TiVo Series3 Remote Fix Reprinted Courtesy of DVR Playground

Lightrunner came up with a better alternative to the “onion paper” hood as it just wasn’t aesthetically pleasing.

I figured the IR sensor had to be right behind the face plate as with most A/V components, so I decided to take my S3 apart and see if I could shield it somehow without completely blocking it. Taking apart the S3 was very easy and the inside was very easy to work in.

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