A recent article from The Verge states that Microsoft has development well under way for a gaming-focused tablet under the branding of Xbox Surface. The question I have is: Are we talking about a Microsoft Xbox 360 product, or a Microsoft Zune product?
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In an act of stunning contradiction and irrationality, the Library of Congress ruled last week that, while it’s acceptable for iPhone or smartphone owners to “jailbreak” (to crack hardware limitations in order to install software not authorized by the device manufacturer) their phones, it is illegal to do so to an iPad, tablet computer or gaming console. Why one and not the other? Well, because they said so. So there. Also, if you’ve ever ripped a DVD or Blu-ray you’ve purchased to store on a media server, you’re also breaking the law, even if you only intend to keep those files for personal use while you still own the hard copy. The last vestiges of “Fair Use” have been tossed to the wayside.
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In the market for a new videogame console this holiday period? Not sure if you want something for the living room or something portable? Only have around $200 to spend? Allow nostalgia to play a large factor in your purchasing decisions? The Neo Geo X Gold may be perfect for you!
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Just this week, Valve rolled out a Public Beta for Steam’s “Big Picture Mode,” which is an alternative interface designed to stream videogames to big screens in living rooms. It also allows for navigation with just a controller if need be. Having spent some time with the Beta, it’s obvious that Valve is on the right track.
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At a time when so many Wiis are carefully stacked at the bottom of families’ junk closets (leaky batteries and all), PS3s are used mainly as Netflix players, and many people have watched their Xbox 360s melt through the floor and return to the molten fires of the Earth’s core, pricing details for the new Wii U have at last been presented by Nintendo.
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The DarbeeVision Darblet, which I reviewed a couple months ago, may be the home theater product of the year. This clever little gizmo improves the picture quality of pretty much anything you throw at it on any display, and does so at a very reasonable price point. It’s not a perfect device, however. It’s rather cheaply made, comes in an awkward form factor with limited connectivity, and has to be shipped back to the manufacturer if you need a firmware update. To rectify these complaints, Darbee Visual Presence announced a second-generation product called the Fidelio at CEDIA last week, but in doing so may have way overshot the needs of its users.
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We home theater fans have a habit of constantly replacing our upgrading our electronic equipment with the latest and greatest new models, always in the hopes of eking out some small bit of performance improvement. On the other hand, some pieces of gear tend to hang around longer than others. For this week’s Roundtable, we take a look at the oldest equipment in our home theaters that we either haven’t gotten around to replacing, or don’t feel the need to.
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It was time to get organized. My movie collection had gotten far too large for me to remember everything I owned, and I’d already lost at least one title [so long, '(500) Days of Summer'] when I let someone borrow it and couldn’t remember whom I lent it to. I needed a cataloging program. After weighing the options, I decided to go with Movie Collector from Collectorz.com.
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In the 14 months that I’ve been contributing to The Bonus View, I should have made my personal opinion about cinematic 3D more than clear: I don’t like it. It adds nothing to a movie. It’s inconsistent. It’s a gimmick just to help crappy movies (like ‘Clash of the Titans’) become box office successes. Yet if you read my Blu-ray reviews, you may have noticed that my opinion about 3D is starting to sway. Let me explain why.
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Comic-Con has just wrapped up, which means that a ton of new posters and advertising were released for movies upcoming in 2012 and 2013. Here’s a peak at a few of the posters that made the rounds as Comic-Con exclusives. (Plus one poster that insists Dominic Monaghan looks tough with a gun. When will they learn?)
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