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SlingPlayer coming to Pre "at or near launch"? {Engadget}
May 23rd 2009 2:43PM That's the understatement of the year. "All you need is a cable card in your PC." Really? Those are not available, Orb is a hack, Sling works with any video equipment - from cameras to STB's, to TiVo's with cable cards.
I've tried Orb with ATSC boards, clear QAM HD Homerun, etc. It's no more than a file transcoder that hogs CPU cycles on a "tower PC" that you've gotten rid of 5 years ago when you got your notebook. You're not going to get encrypted cable content via Orb.
This is good news to see Sling on a new platform, but we've all moved onto Boxee now haven't we.
Shinoda's giant curved plasma weighs less than your father's first laptop {Engadget}
May 7th 2009 5:44AM I did a little write-up a handful of years ago paying respects to the Osborne, my first computer. Take a look at the 4.77MHz CPU, 83k floppy (upgradable!) and the other specs like the 4" black and white CRT.
http://davemathews.com/fun/osborne.html
Engadget's recession antidote: win a KORG KAOSSILATOR and a copy of Matt & Kim's album "Grand" {Engadget}
May 4th 2009 6:24PM I want to run the output from the Grand CD into a kaossilator then through through an autotuner. Done and done!
The 2008 Engadget Awards: Nominate the Storage Device or Technology of the Year {Engadget}
Mar 2nd 2009 7:32PM Pogoplug.com from Cloud Engines - your files anyware. It's like the Slingbox for USB drives!
The 2008 Engadget Awards: Nominate the Home Entertainment Device of the Year {Engadget}
Mar 2nd 2009 7:30PM Boxee on ANY platform FTW!
Engadget HD Holiday Giveaway (part I): Sling Media's Slingbox PRO-HD {Engadget HD}
Dec 27th 2008 10:38PM Sling light, Sling bright. Please send those media bits to me tonight.
ASUS Eee Box B204 / B206 grows an HDMI port, handles high-def material {Engadget}
Dec 3rd 2008 11:46AM This is just what I need with Ubuntu and boxee.tv to replace the 1GHz Mac Mini at the HDTV!
Boxee / XBMC now available on Apple TV {Engadget}
Oct 1st 2008 4:14PM This does not "hack or disrupt your existing Apple TV experience, or the purchased media. You boot up in Apple TV mode, same features as before, but you get a couple new options. XBMC or Boxee that you can download and install as "extra" menu options.
Best thing is that the two other new options play formats outside of the iTunes world, attach to NAS boxes (that can be SMB or UPnP, etc) that are not required to run the iTunes server protocol that Apple TV on its own requires...
It's classy! :) And you don't need to take it apart...
Boxee / XBMC now available on Apple TV {Engadget HD}
Oct 1st 2008 4:13PM This does not "hack or disrupt your existing Apple TV experience, or the purchased media. You boot up in Apple TV mode, same features as before, but you get a couple new options. XBMC or Boxee that you can download and install as "extra" menu options.
Best thing is that the two other new options play formats outside of the iTunes world, attach to NAS boxes (that can be SMB or UPnP, etc) that are not required to run the iTunes server protocol that Apple TV on its own requires...
It's classy! :) And you don't need to take it apart...
Ask Engadget: Which digicam takes the best video? {Engadget}
Sep 11th 2008 9:09PM You just can't take image quality into consideration; but audio too. Many digital cameras have the microphones on the top, or lackluster codec support for audio (sometimes video too) which leads to overall low quality of the media captured.
I shot some video with a Panasonic Lumix FX07 which I LOVE for photos and low light situations, then followed it up with video from a Sanyo Xacti when I was interviewing the guys from team XBMC and you can REALLY tell the difference in audio quality.
Take a look and listen to the difference; http://blip.tv/file/1154606/
My opener and close footage are done with the Panny, the interviews are with the Sanyo...
