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Final Scene of Battlestar Galactica! La-Me
Now that the final episode has aired, we know how close the rumors came to the final scene. This ending was blatantly obvious. It was OVER a year ago on this site that this prediction was made: See the article HERE. Also, a prediction for the very final scene was posted here weeks ago. You [...]
Major Spoiler – Battlestar Galactica Final Scene Revealed?
Major spoiler – Don’t read further if you don’t want to know. Two websites (SyFy Portal and io9) are reporting that the final scene of Battlestar Galactica may have already been revealed. Of course, both sites are reporting on rumors and rely upon the reporting of the other (in a sort of circular way), but [...]
IFOEdit – How to Change Aspect Ratio Without Re-rendering
When recording from a HD receiver, the standard definition channels will sometimes appear stretched when recorded because the software and hardware does not recognize the 4:3 aspect ratio of the standard def programming. Some DVD authoring software will not offer a function to revise the 16:9 aspect to 4:3. Worse yet, who would want to [...]
Latest HD-PVR Drivers are Released
Hauppauge has released the 1.1 version of the HD-PVR drivers. You can find them here.
HD-PVR – Now has Dolby 5.1
Hauppauge has posted beta drivers for Dolby 5.1 audio through the SPDIF port. The SP/DIF port is an optical port for those who may not know. The drivers were installed on a computer running XP and BeyondTV. When the SP/DIF connection was previously used only static would be heard. Now, the sound is crystal clear! [...]
Nero Announces LiquidTV with Tivo software on the PC
Nero has partnered with Tivo to bring time-shifting to the PC. According to Nero’s press release “Nero LiquidTV™ | TiVo® PC: Working in close partnership with TiVo®, Nero has merged the TV and PC to give consumers the same TV experience on their PCs and portable devices that they enjoy in their living rooms. Nero [...]
In Depth Review: Roxio 2009
Roxio has released the latest version of its media recording and management suite. The Roxio suite offers pretty much the same features and programs that were included in previous versions, but the tools are offered in a much simplified and user-friendly manner. Rather than placing the start menu entries in nested folders for audio, video, [...]
HD-PVR – An In-Depth Review
It has been several weeks since the release of the Hauppauge HD-PVR. A quick review was posted here – and several websites have provided their insights. To begin, and to outline the limitations of this review, the software that accompanies the HD-PVR is absolute garbage. If you intend to use the HD-PVR out of the [...]
Snapstream is hard at work on HD-PVR and BeyondTV Compatibility
An e-mail was accidentally sent to the public beta group for BeyondTV. The interesting part of the e-mail dealt with the work Snapstream is putting into ensuring the HD-PVR is compatible with BeyondTV. Here are the basics – “Lots of work done on various portions of the code to further improve compatibility with the Hauppauge [...]
Revelations – Planet of the Battlestar Galactica
Spoilers for those who have not viewed the latest episode. Well, here we go again. There seems to be very little originality in any of the “twists” introduced by the writers of Battlestar Galactica. The original aspect I suppose is limited to the series’ soap opera qualities – which I can’t appreciate. OK – for [...]
