Items Tagged With media player

The Ricavision VAVE100 is a new $300 Windows Media centre remote that's due in early 2008.  Of particular interest to home automators will be the Vista SideShow "Gadget" capability of this remote, potentially allowing Smart Home information to be fed back to the device and appear in your hand.  With a 2.4" QVGA screen this is a backlit remote too and features bluetooth...

Here's an interesting sleek black box that streams rented movies into your home over broadband (well it does if you're in the USA).  The Vudu has the all important HDMI socket, although some of the content appears to be in 480p rather than HD...

With christmas just 6 weeks away many of us are scrambling for that perfect gift.  Philips have a potential winner with their new £100 bedside clock radio with its 7" screen and digital photo frame capabilities, which wouldn't look out of place any any "digital home".  The unit has a SD/MMC card slot and USB flash drive option to play your Videos (DivX, MPEG4), Photos (jpg), and audio (MP3's and WMA's)...

Amazon.com are now listing the HP MediaSmart Windows Home Server as "In stock soon" and taking pre-orders for the much anticipated 1 terabyte machine...