Floppyhead - Digital Media and Home Theater Computers

I was recently contacted by Best Buy’s PR folks to review a webcam under their in-house label, Rocketfish. The Rocketfish Webcam, retailing at $62.99, has all the expected features of a high-end camera, including a built-in microphone. Features include:

* Up to 8.0-megapixel still image capture [...] Continue Reading…

Why is it sooo hard for someone to come up with a way to support lossless high definition audio codecs on a computer? It seems like we have been waiting for years to have someone support Dolby TrueHD. Blu-ray drives are under $100. But you still cannot “hear” HD [...] Continue Reading…

My recent purchase of an iPhone has caused me to restructure my Sonos system, adding a ZoneBridge. Since I now use the free Sonos app for the iPhone, I sold my Sonos controller on Ebay for about $150. I was always hesitant to add more rooms to my Sonos [...] Continue Reading…

Cyberlink and Microsoft have been working closely to integrate Windows 7 and PowerDVD Ultra, which is the most widely used Blu-ray software in Vista. From the press release:

CyberLink has been working closely with Microsoft to support many of the advanced capabilities of Windows 7. PowerDVD Cinema mode has [...] Continue Reading…

I finally bought a HP MediaSmart windows home server. I jumped on the OfficeMax deal two weeks ago. Great machine. I am not sure if it is worth $500 but I think it is worth the $300 I paid.

I have been ripping some of my blu-ray movies I bought [...] Continue Reading…

A purchase of AnyDVD HD, the only viable commercial software to rip and copy Blu-ray movies, has always included lifetime updates, which is essential for keeping up with changes in digital rights management. This is about to change in 2009. From Slysoft’s press release:

Since Slysoft’s beginnings in 2003, all [...] Continue Reading…

Update: The tuners now are no longer available. Canon PC is the only place to get new tuners, besides Ebay

After a brief hiatus, Sony has started Vaio-branded digital cable tuners once again at the price of $299 with free shipping. Sonystyle.com is one of the few places to [...] Continue Reading…

I finally made the leap into the world of Blu-ray last week with an impulse purchase of a Playstation 3. I found a great deal for one using Microsoft’s Live.com cashback on Ebay, netting a PS3 for about $250. I primarily bought it to use as a [...] Continue Reading…

About two months ago, I had Verizon’s Fios service installed at my house, replacing Cox cable with both internet and TV service. I saved myself about $50 a month by making the switch. Not bad for blazing internet speeds and crystal clear HD television channels. Plus, they also [...] Continue Reading…

AnyDVD HD finally has added the ability to rip a movie directly to an ISO image. Before this latest version of the software, you had to use third party tools to make such an image. Adding a feature like ISO ripping to AnyDVD HD without an extra cost is [...] Continue Reading…