New Media Centre From Claritas The latest media centre from Claritas claims to have noteworthy specifications for a media centre and sports a price tag of less than $3000.
Mother Hubbard TiVo And Free Foxtel Slammed In a war of words over TiVo Vs Foxtel the CEO of Foxtel Kim Williams has described the new Seven Media TiVo PVR as being “A bit like Mother Hubbard..a PVR that when you look on the inside is pretty bare”. He has also slammed Today Tonight after they revealed out to to get Foxtel services for free.
New PVR Takes On TiVo And Foxtel iQ HD A new personal video recorder (PVR) that allows users to record both free to air TV and Foxtel in high definition has been launched by the Digital Products Group the maker of the Beyonwiz PVR.
New HD TiVo Offically Launched Seven Media has officially rolled out a dual tuner HD TiVo in Australia in an effort to take on the Foxtel pay TV subscription service. The new TiVo PVR will be available for a one off fee of $699. No installation fees or monthly fees are charged and all a consumer has to do claim Seven executives is plug the device into a broadband connection.
Foxtel Slammed At Offical TiVo Launch Seven Media have taken a massive swipe at Foxtel claiming their pay TV is expensive and “8 year old technology”. The claims were made at the offical launch of the new HD TiVo PVR which comes with no subscription fee and superior software for the recording of free to air TV.
Digital Media Player and TV Recorder From Dvico Dvico and Lako Pacific has launched the TViX HD 5130, a digital media player and TV recording unit that claims to bring TV viewing and recording together in one single package.
Dvico Releases High Definition Multimedia Player Dvico and Lako Pacific has unveiled the TViX HD 4130, an multimedia player that the company claims to integrates multiple digital home media functions in a user-friendly way.
Apple TV Brings iTunes To Your TV Apple TV is scheduled to launch in Australia at the end of the month and it’s one of the best (and most cost-effective) media centre products around.
Apple TV Delayed The Apple TV device has been delayed in the USA but may not be delayed in Australia. Scheduled to launch in February in the USA, Apple has announced that it will not hit shelves till at least mid March 07.
Set Top Box Distributor Fined For Price Fixing Digital Products Group the national distributor of Topfield branded digital set top boxes has been fined a massive $238,000 for price fixing in contravention of section 48* of the Trade Practices Act 1974. Sole Director Jai Kemp has also been fined $42,000.
USB Tuners Get Even Smaller Tuner card manufacturer AVerMedia has announced what it claims is the smallest and lightest USB tuner, the AVerTV DVB-T Volar.
Portable DVD Library on a Hard Drive Dvico today announced the imminent release of the TViX M-3100U, a standalone, hard disk player that plays digital media and DVD files to a home entertainment system.
Pinnacle TV Hang Ten Pinnacle Systems and Lako Pacific have announced they’re bundling surfing lessons with their Pinnacle TV products.
Set Top Boxes A Waste Of Time. Analyst. Telecommunications analyst Paul Budde has said that if consumers are thinking about buying a digital set-top box for their living room TV? That they should forget it. He says it very likely prove to be a waste of money.
Future Of Set Top Boxes Questioned The future of the seperate set top box is now being questioned as vendors start bundling features normally found in a STB into large display screens.
One Box To Rule Digital Home According to IDC's latest Digital Home research, "Australian Digital Home Convergence: One Box to Rule All", the proliferation of digital media is changing the way entertainment reaches consumers.
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