eHomeUpgradeConnected Home & Digital Lifestyle NewsSony Really Hearts DivX- June 24, 2008 It was just a few months back that Sony certified their PlayStation 3 console to support DivX video playback. And in January Sony gave approval to port their entire Sony Pictures Television catalog to the DivX DRM-protected format for distribution to consumers. Now, the company is announcing they will begin porting its Sony Pictures Television ...http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2008/06/24/sony-really-hearts-divx/ Savant Systems, LLC Integrates Icrons ExtremeUSB Technology into Home Entertainment Platform- June 24, 2008 Icron Technologies Corporation, the developers of ExtremeUSB, announced today Savant Systems, LLC. have integrated ExtremeUSB technology into Savant&8217;s next generation ROSIE Multimedia AV control platform. &8220;Icron is very excited to work with Savant to integrate the ExtremeUSB platform into their powerful and innovative home connectivity solutions&8221; stated Robert Eisses, President and CEO of Icron Technologies. &8220;This ...http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2008/06/23/savant-systems-llc-integrates-icrons-extremeusb-tec... Beyond TV 4.8.2 Released- June 23, 2008 SnapStream Blog has some great screenshots and details of some of the new improvements to the popular PVR application, Beyond TV 4. In release candidate 4.8.2, Beyond TV has been given: Overlap Detection, Library Folder Permissions, Web Admin Program Guide, and ShowSqueeze in HD. In summary&8230; Overlap Detection is a function that identifies when a ...http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2008/06/23/beyond-tv-482-released/ mControl Adds Support for CentraLites JetStream Lighting Controls- June 23, 2008 Embedded Automation, via their user forum, has announced that mControl, the company&8217;s home automation software for Windows XPVista and Windows Home Server, will now support CentraLite&8217;s (ZigBee based) JetStream lighting control products. It&8217;s not clear from the announcement if all ZigBee based products will now be supported using the new drivers, but it seems ...http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2008/06/23/mcontrol-adds-support-for-centralites-jetstream-lig... CyberLink PowerDVD Receives Certification for Both Blu-ray BD Profile 2.0 (BD-Live) and AVCREC Logos- June 23, 2008 CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), innovative solutions provider for the connected digital lifestyle, today announced that CyberLink PowerDVD has received certification for two advanced features of the Blu-ray Disc format&8211;BD-Profile 2.0 (BD-Live) and AVCREC&8211;confirming PowerDVD&8217;s support for the playback of interactive BD-Live movie content and high-definition MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) content stored on DVDs. PowerDVD supporting BD Profile 2.0 ...http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2008/06/23/cyberlink-powerdvd-receives-certification-for-both-... D-Link Launches New 802.11n Dual Band Router- June 23, 2008 D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumer and business, today introduced the newest product in its award-winning RangeBooster N line of 11n Wi-Fi solutions, the DIR-628, a competitively priced solution for creating a powerful home network optimized for high-definition (HD) video streaming, file sharing, VoIP calls, gaming and Web surfing. The affordable DIR-628 launched with ...http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2008/06/23/d-link-launches-new-80211n-dual-band-router/ Amarok Gets MP3Tunes Locker Upload and Playback Capabilities for Instant Access from the Cloud- June 20, 2008 I just got tipped off by reader John Ryding that a developer by the name of Casey Link has just submitted code to Amarok one of the most popular music players on Linux that will allow users to upload their stored music collection to MP3Tunes&8217; online Music Locker and then be able to ...http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2008/06/20/amarok-gets-mp3tunes-locker-upload-and-playback-cap... Avid Technology Consumers: Ahead of the Curve- June 20, 2008 Mindset Media, an online ad network that enables brand advertisers to reach millions of people with the personality traits that fit their brands, released today a Mindset Profile(TM) of avid technology consumers, which the company generated from a recent study conducted using Nielsen&8217;s Online panel. How does a technology gadget get picked up by the masses ...http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2008/06/20/avid-technology-consumers-ahead-of-the-curve/ Cannon PC Demos Media Center with 6 Cable Cards- June 20, 2008 Cannon PC, the award winning Media Center specialty company, demonstrated to a select group of people the capability of their Media Centers to manage 6 Digital Card Cards. They have also posted a video on YouTube and on their web site demonstrating this capability. The video shows the actual ATI Digital tuners, the Recorded TV ...http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2008/06/20/cannon-pc-demos-media-center-with-6-cable-cards/ WDs New My Book Mirror Edition External Hard Drive Provides the Safest Place for Valuable Personal Content- June 20, 2008 WD today introduced its new My Book Mirror Edition dual-drive storage systems, which can automatically store valuable personal content not once, but twice, to maximize data safety. This RAID-based continuous data protection feature, called mirroring, makes WD&8217;s My Book Mirror Edition storage systems the safest place for storing irreplaceable data. Personal collections of digital content, such ...http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2008/06/19/wds-new-my-book-mirror-edition-external-hard-drive-... |