http://www.krunkerhome.com Your Home to Home Theater PCs Sat, 13 Jan 2007 19:42:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the booths that I really wanted to check out at CES 2007 was the RICAVISION booth where they were showing off a full lineup of Windows Vista enabled remote controls. RICAVISION Windows Vista SideShow Media Center Remote Control Of course the main attraction was the ... http://www.krunkerhome.com/2007/01/13/ricavision-windows-vista-remote-controls/ I was checking to see if ATI released updated drivers for their graphics hardware when I came across this announcement about their new ATI TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner device. This is the long awaited CableCARD supporting tuner for Windows Vista.. However, there appears to be one catch ... http://www.krunkerhome.com/2007/01/12/ati-tv-wonder-digital-cable-tuner/ Looking for a portable TV tuner product? Consider the new Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950 Hybrid TV Receiver which was announced earlier this week. This TV tuner on a "stick" allows you to watch and record analog cable TV or ATSC HD digital TV whether at home or on the road. You ... http://www.krunkerhome.com/2007/01/07/hauppauge-introduces-wintv-hvr-950-hybrid-tv-receiver/ Those of you looking for a Windows Media Center capable laptop may want to consider the Dell Inspiron E1405. Sure it's boring looking but you get a good feature set for an inexpensive price. Features include: Intel Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processors Windows XP ... http://www.krunkerhome.com/2007/01/05/dell-inspiron-e1405-review/ Here's an interesting piece of news for Windows Vista owners - SHOWTIME Networks and ExtendMedia will be showing off a new consumer video download to own service designed exclusively for Windows Vista systems at CES 2007 next week.  The new service will launch in late January and will allow ... http://www.krunkerhome.com/2007/01/03/showtime-and-extendmedia-to-preview-video-download-to-own-service-for-windows-vista/ Leadtek Research has announced a new TV tuner solution called the WinFast PVR3000 Deluxe. The PVR3000 Deluxe is compatible with Windows Media Center Edition and features: 10bit ADCs and New 3D Y/C Separator for NTSC/PAL 3D Noise Reduction for NTSC (except for using the PAL 3D Y/C) ... http://www.krunkerhome.com/2006/12/26/leadtek-introduces-winfast-pvr3000-deluxe/ Hauppauge Digital in the UK has announced the new WinTV HVR-3000 hybrid video recorder. The WinTV HVR-3000 is billed as an all-in-one tri-mode TV tuner offering DVB-S digital satellite, DVB-T digital terrestrial, and analog cable TV support. You'll also be able to tune into FM Radio via the ... http://www.krunkerhome.com/2006/12/19/hauppauge-introduces-tri-mode-tv-tuner-with-wintv-hvr-3000-hybrid-video-recorder/ Leadtek Research has announced a new hybrid TV tuner card called the WinFast DTV1800 H which includes support for DVB-T, analog TV, and FM Radio. The WinFast DTV1800 H is a low profile expansion card equipped with the Xceive tuner chipset with version 2.0 firmware. Leadtek also packages ... http://www.krunkerhome.com/2006/12/16/leadtek-introduces-winfast-dtv1800-h-hybrid-tv-tuner-card/ NXP Semiconductors announced the introduction of two new PC TV processors - the SAA7164E  and the SAA7163E. The SAA7164E features dual channel TV processors, radio capture, and streaming capabilities coupled with hardware based audio/video compression. All of these features are rolled up into a 90nm device - NICE. The SAA7163E ... http://www.krunkerhome.com/2006/12/16/nxp-introduces-two-new-tv-tuner-chipsets/ An Israeli company called Siano Mobile Silicon announced the launch of the SuwonExpress on Monday - an ExpressCard accessory designed to bring mobile digital television (MDTV) to notebook systems. The SuwonExpress card was developed in combination with Samsung and Cyberlink and will feature reception for global digital television standards including: DVB-H, ... http://www.krunkerhome.com/2006/12/13/siano-announces-the-suwonexpress/