HDTV and Home Theater Podcast iPhone/iPod App is here!

We just wanted to let you know that our iPhone/iPod Touch application is now available on the iTunes app store. This is the easiest way to keep in touch with your favorite podcast that covers everything HDTV and Home Theater!  With a connection to the Internet (WiFi, 3G, or Edge connection required) you can listen to the last 30 shows, read the latest news, follow our twitter posts and contact us directly from your iPhone or iPod Touch. 

Cool Features:

• Easy access to each show with background listening
• Easy access to our news postings
• Call the Listener Line directly from the app (iPhone Only)
• Read our latest twitter posts

Help support the show and have fun doing it! The app goes for $4.99 and we thank you for your support!

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The latest PS3 Firmware Update May Damage Older PS3s

We received an email from a listener warning us not to update to the latest version of the PS3 Firmware. Our listener Brain upgraded and had the following to say about it,

"It has totally bricked my unit, i knew the problem right after i updated, ad I could not do anything about it. I could hear the drive being over worked, and when i ejected the disk. It was WAY hot."

As it turns out the issue is affecting older machines. Ones with the original chipsets. The firmware was released to decrease the Blu Ray disc read times. 

If you have an older machine and have firmware 2.8 do not upgrade to 3.0 or 3.0.1. There is a large discussion about this on the PlayStation Discussion Boards (Start reading at about page 20 for discussions pertaining to this issue).

Interview with Plex Lead Developer Elan Feingold

I received an email from a listener named Armando who knows Elan. Armando was kind enough to introduce me to Elan and Elan was nice enough to spend about twenty minutes talking about the Plex Media Center for OS X.

You can find more information about the Plex Media Center at www.plexapp.com

The interview is not part of our main feed so you will have to download it and listen via the web.

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No Nintendo Wii HD Next Year

According to a blog post over at ITProPortal the president of Nintendo America (Reginald "Reggie" Fils-Aimé) told GTTV that there will be no Nintendo Wii HD in 2010. We had reported rumors of the HD upgrade on a recent podcast. 

Apricorn Launches DVR Expander 2TB for DIRECTV® Customers

POWAY, Calif.--(Business Wire)-- Apricorn, (www.apricorn.com/directv) the leader in personal storage, today announced a 2TB* DVR Expander design for DIRECTV DVRs, the largest capacity DVR external hard drive on the market. Apricorn`s DVR Expander can add up to 1124 hours of standard programming or 250 hours of high definition programming to DIRECTV DVRs.

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REVIEW: YMC-500 Yamaha NeoHD Media Controller

YMC-500 Yamaha NeoHD Media Controller (Buy Now $599.95)

Feartures:

• Easy Operation GUI
• Simplified remote control
• 1080p-compatible HDMI (3 in / 1 out)
• Video upconversion to HDMI
• HD audio format decode
• iPod / Bluetooth compatibility via optional accessories
• USB port for music and photo playback
• AIR SURROUND XTREME
• CINEMA DSP
• Adaptive DRC
• Compressed Music Enhancer 

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