ChrisTV v4.6 has been released with the following additions:
- added support for FFDShow DirectShow postprocessing filter to improve image quality and more. You can apply this feature in preview mode and live preview mode.
- You can customize MPEG Hardware Encoder settings ( like : Stream type, Video Bitrate, Audio Bitrate, Video Frame Size etc.) for […]

he HomePlug Powerline Alliance today announced that its specification for HomePlug AV, the highly-anticipated, easy-to-use global powerline communications technology for creating an instant connected home ecosystem, has been finalized and approved unanimously by the Board of Directors of the Alliance.
HomePlug AV technology will revolutionize the way that consumers and service providers think about distributing multimedia […]

I just had to share this review I just found of the Panasonic DMREH50 over at Crave because I just love the language:
While older boxes had menu systems that made a Commodore 64 seem sophisticated, the DMREH50 has an interface that’s smoother than a PSP covered in baby oil. It fires up in under a […]

Humax has clinched a contract with Premiere Fernsehen of Germany to supply $47 million, or 38.5 million euros, worth of PVR mounted digital set-top boxes.
The South Korean company said that it will begin shipping the cable-and-satellite-receiver- in-one set-top boxes to Germany’s largest digital TV network operator and biggest national pay-TV broadcaster, Premiere, next month.
Lucky Germans […]

AVerMedia Technologies, Inc., has announced the release of its Dual Tuner driver for the AVerTV HD MCE A180 Hi-Definition TV Tuner and Windows XP standard certified A180
Hi-Definition solution.
The AverTV HD MCE A180 is a certified PCI ATSC (Free-to-air) Hi-Definition TV Tuner card. The new MCE certified driver will allow MCE 2005 users to watch […]

OpenTV Corp has announced that StarHub, Singapore’s integrated info-communications provider, has selected OpenTV as a key technology partner for the development of its advanced digital set-top box platform on which StarHub will offer expanded iTV services featuring a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) offering. StarHub expects to launch this DVR offering within the next six […]

SnapStream Media will stated that they will be releasing Beyond TV 4 in the coming months.
Beta users have already started seeing some of the upcoming features under the codename “Retro”. The big ticket items slated for Beyond TV 4 are FM Radio support, DivX support, and HDTV!
(via the Snapstream Blog)

Video Without Boundaries, Inc. and SageTV, LLC, have announced their collaboration to release the MediaREADY 5000 Advanced Digital Media Center to the market powered by the Linux-based SageTV Media Center software. The SageTV software running on the MediaREADY 5000 will enable complete Media Center capabilities, including PVR, DVD/CD burning, music and photo management, Web browsing, […]

TiVo has struck a deal with the Independent Film Channel to transmit several of the cable channel’s shows through a broadband connection as part of a trial program. Participating customers will begin receiving the shows next week. More at Yahoo.

Hauppauge Digital is booming according to its latest profit results.
Net sales were $19.4 million for the third quarter compared to $13.8 million for the previous year’s third quarter, an increase of approximately 40%. Increases in sales of WinTV-PVR personal video recorder products, personal video recorder products for Windows XP Media Center sold to the […]