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PC Magazine
May 18, 2004
Bill Howard |
Entertainment Central Reviews of 10 media hubs will point you to the right device for enjoying your multimedia anywhere in the house.   |
PC Magazine
July 1, 2003
Bill Howard |
Home Entertainment Hubs How many gigs of music, photo, and video files are you storing on your PC's hard drive? That's why home entertainment hubs make so much sense. This new type of gadget serves as a bridge between your PC and your AV equipment, allowing you to experience your digital media in a rich, full way. |
PC Magazine
June 30, 2005
Bill Howard |
Slingbox Watch live or recorded TV and video coming from your house on your computer or laptop -- anywhere in the world with Slingbox... SoundBridge M1000 plays virtually all music formats... The Sonos ZonePlayer ZP100 is the iPod of digital audio hubs... |
PC Magazine
January 11, 2006
Kaplan & Howard |
Anywhere Anytime TV Watch what you want, where you want, in the kitchen or in a hotel across the globe... D-Link DSM-320... |
Fast Company
September 2003
Alison Overholt |
Media Convergence Convergence, the long-promised Holy Grail of consumer electronics, has arrived. At least, that's what the industry is telling us. |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2004
Davis D. Janowski |
Tying It All Together If adding multimedia to your home network seems daunting, read on. |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2004
Emile Menasche |
Your Music The emergence of legal download services, dedicated network audio receivers and obscenely inexpensive hard drives have made a computer the next must-have component for your home entertainment system. |
PC World
October 2005
Anne Kandrta |
How to Beat the Music Download Blues Incompatible formats and players can make getting music online a headache. Here's some advice to help you pick up your favorite tunes online without hassles. |
PC World
March 2004
Josh Taylor |
Digital Audio Hi-Fi These devices let you play digital audio through your stereo system, and the only finger you have to lift is the one on your remote control. |
PC Magazine
October 29, 2003 |
Online Music Stores: Music to Your Ears? As Apple iTunes Music Store for the Mac showed, users wanted to download as much or as little as they liked and pay only for what they bought. Now that the winning formula has been hit upon, it's rapidly being improved. |
PC World
January 7, 2001
Cameron Crouch |
Digital Music Streams Beyond the PC CES's selection of stereo products and portable devices play Web-based tunes where you want to hear them (for a price)... |
PC Magazine
January 20, 2004
Bill Howard |
HD Media Hub Shows Promise The Roku HD1000 isn't just another digital media hub. Sure, it can play your PC-resident multimedia files on your TV and stereo, but it displays digital photos and videos in true HD resolution. |
PC Magazine
September 2, 2003
Loyd Case |
Combo DVD/Digital Media Player The Gateway Connected DVD Player adds wireless network connectivity to your home entertainment system. |
Home Toys
August 2005
Richard Elen |
Serve Yourself When it comes to serving music across your home network, you can buy a proprietary server/client system. Or, you can serve yourself--free... Audio File Formats -- an overview... |
PC World
March 8, 2004
Melissa Perenson |
DVD Players Anchor Home Nets New, smarter DVD players make moving and enjoying your digital media easier. |
AskMen.com
Rob Lester |
Setting Up A Digital Audio Center There are three ways to optimize the vast music library that many people now boast, each with their own pros and cons. Take a look as I lay out these options and provide examples of the top products in each category. |
BusinessWeek
March 29, 2004
Larry Armstrong |
E-Tune Shopping With downloading now legit, online music stores have similar catalogs. It's the extras that set them apart. |
BusinessWeek
November 15, 2004
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
The Music Mess: Advantage, Microsoft Microsoft focuses on compatibility, which is what music lovers want. |
PC Magazine
July 1, 2003
Bill Howard |
Build a Home Entertainment PC You don't have to spend a fortune to create a home entertainment PC. A few basic enhancements are all you need. |
PC Magazine
September 20, 2004
Bill Howard |
Roku SoundBridge M1000 and M2000 The software schizophrenia and the inability to address network hard drives directly keep the Roku from being the best music player yet for PC users. |
PC World
November 20, 2000
Linda L. Grubbs |
Top 5 MP3 Players Download one of these MP3 players and get your groove on. |
PC World
June 25, 2007
Spector & Stafford |
Best Products for Streaming Audio and Video With Ease Want to watch your movies in the bedroom or listen to your albums in the kitchen? These devices do the best job of streaming PC-based video and audio all over your home. |
BusinessWeek
February 2, 2004
Heather Green |
Which Format Will Win? A pitched battle for control of the music-downloading business is raging among Apple, Microsoft, RealNetworks, and Sony. Their weapons: software used to buy and listen to music downloads on computers and portable devices. |
InternetNews
June 2, 2004
Ryan Naraine |
Media Player on The Fly with 'Janus' DRM Microsoft's two-headed Janus DRM technology gets prime placement in the revamped Windows Media Player 10. |
| AskMen.com |
Streaming Digital Media If you've got a network connection and one of the latest game consoles, you may not need any new hardware for streaming digital media from your PC to your TV. |
PC World
March 2005
Eric Hellweg |
Music Unlimited Subscription services give you legal access to the largest digital music collections through the Internet. And new options are making them more tempting. |
PC Magazine
August 2, 2006
Kobrin et al. |
Master Your Music Some tips and buying advice for music lovers... Interview with Mark Mothersbaugh of new-wave band Devo... Electronica pioneer Brian "BT" Transeau... Experimental band The Flaming Lips... Thomas Dolby... Konami Karaoke Revolution Party... etc. |
PC Magazine
November 21, 2005
Bill Howard |
Microsoft Xbox 360 Media Center Extender Microsoft is trying to make its new game console a multifunction device, but gaming is still its core. |
PC World
April 2001
Michael Gowan |
Bring MP3s to Your Stereo With Ease Your stereo can become the best MP3 player you've ever heard, thanks to the $300 AudioTron digital music player from Voyetra Turtle Beach... |
PC Magazine
September 30, 2003
Bill Howard |
Second-Generation Media Center Edition: Worth the Wait With more features, easier-to-read screens, and a more intuitive television guide, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 is just plain better. |
PC World
January 1, 2003
Michael Gowan |
Make the Most of Your MP3 Player Follow our tips for easy ripping and keeping your player in shape. Plus: We point you to the best music sites. |
PC World
January 21, 2003
Sean Captain |
Future Gear: PC on the HiFi, and the TV A profusion of little boxes help beam movies, music, and photos from your PC into the living room. |
PC World
March 2004 |
Listen to Digital Music in Your Living Room These devices bring high-quality digital audio to your stereo or home theater. However, we still haven't found one that offers the perfect combination of sound quality, storage, and copy-protection measures that don't assume all music aficionados are pirates. |
PC Magazine
May 28, 2009
Jamie Lendino |
Napster (Spring 2009) Napster's latest redesign is its best one yet, with a compelling unlimited music streaming offer for just $5 per month. |
PC Magazine
June 22, 2004
Sebastian Rupley |
Entertainment Face-Off In a major step in its efforts to deliver subscription-based music and video content for portable and networked devices, Microsoft has unveiled the next version of its Windows Media digital rights management (DRM) software. |
PC Magazine
December 9, 2003 |
Gadget Mania Products the computer geeks you love are likely to have on their wish lists |
PC Magazine
May 4, 2005
Bill Machrone |
Hey, It's Your Music Some people love iTunes; others hate it. They may prefer to manage their music library with Musicmatch or Winamp. |
PC Magazine
October 1, 2003
Bill Howard |
DVD Player/Digital Hub The GoVideo D2730 combo DVD player provides two useful technologies in one home audio component. It's also a digital-media hub that plays MP3 and WMA files, JPEG photo slide shows, and MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 videos from any networked home PC on your TV or stereo. |
PC World
May 2, 2001
Michael S. Lasky |
RioVolt Hits the High Notes Sonicblue's RioVolt player handles MP3 CDs and WMA files as well as standard audio discs... |
PC Magazine
June 22, 2004
Bill Howard |
LAN in a Can With multiple PCs in a home setting, you may want a central repository for music, photos, and even videos. |
PC Magazine
May 4, 2004
Jeremy A. Kaplan |
Play As You Go Picking the right digital music player shouldn't be too much of a challenge once you have the right information. |
Home Toys
August 2003
Luke Hetherington |
Maverick Powerline 4-Port Bridge Hook up of the two hubs was as simple as plugging them into an available wall socket and connecting all the network cables to the hubs. After that was done the two hubs automatically found each other and transferring data through my AC wiring was up and running. |
PC Magazine
February 8, 2005
Troy Dreier |
Do More with Your Music If you've been using only Windows Media Player or iTunes to manage your music, try one of the innovative smaller programs we're reviewing here. |
PC Magazine
September 21, 2004 |
Welcome to the Broadband World This is a great time to have broadband... Dual-connect mobile phones... Life beyond iPod... Cheap backup... etc. |
Home Toys
April 2005 |
Home Entertainment Nets "Work in Progress" A fantastic 12% of the American households are networked. Improving that statistic will require cheaper media PCs that are easier to set up. |
PC Magazine
March 14, 2007
Dan Costa |
DRM Is Dead Sure, the RIAA can sue a handful of students each year and shut down a P2P network every six months, but this is just legal Whac-A-Mole. It doesn't solve the problem. |
Home Toys
February 2006 |
DVD Insider -- Techwatch 2005 Wired and wireless networks are slowly coming home... Tellywood Competitors -- You... Recycling Content... Rethinking DRM... The Long Blue Mile... |
PC Magazine
March 2, 2004
Bill Howard |
MP3 Playback -- No TV Needed The Slim Devices Squeezebox is a digital media receiver that plays your PC's MP3 files on your stereo. |
PC World
November 16, 2006
Dan Tynan |
Gadget Freak: The Wireless Future Is (Almost) Here Seeking relief from cable clutter? Solutions will be coming -- any day now. Belkin's Cable-Free USB Hub connects to your PC sans wires. |
New Architect
March 2002
Margaret Berry |
What I Want Developing user-friendly DRM... |
