January 21, 2004
DISCover PC Console wins!
The new DISCover Console from ApexTreme has won Best of CES 2004 Winner: Home Audio and Video.
The baby takes your PC games to your TV or big screen with a 40GB hard drive, six USB ports, Ethernet, and a 56Kbps modem. The ApeXtreme could be just another media center PC for the living room. But this revolutionary box brings game console functionality to PC games.
The ApeXtreme uses Digital Interactive Systems's DISCover Drop and Play engine that allows gamers to insert a PC game and play it almost immediately. The engine installs patches and "major mods" for more than 2,000 games automatically, "like TiVo or ReplayTV," says Digital Interactive Systems' Loren Kaiser. "We're trying to take some of the pains out of playing PC games."
In addition to transforming PC gaming from a sit-forward to a sit-back experience, the ApeXtreme features a progressive-scan DVD player and supports DVD+/-R/RW discs, DVI, RCA and S-video inputs, and HDTV-compatible component video.
Price: $399 ( Hey, that's what I paid for my XBox the first week it was out!)
January 14, 2004
Gerbil Liberation Front
You must check out the latest music video from the newest rage to hit the charts "Gerbil Liberation Front". These guys are a group of militant fun-loving gerbils who have banded together in the aftermath of an unusual scientific experiment at the University of Chicago. The sound is generally heavy, with human-style rhythms and electric guitars, but with "higher-pitched" vocals.
Gerbil Liberation Front Web Site!
See the video by clicking on the picture below:
( you will need Real Player to view the video, click here to get it!)
This IS NOT a gerbil! This is Cheeks McNut, a hamster who was the former lead singer. Our condolences to the band, and remember....please don't eat sunflower seeds and drive.
January 09, 2004
Xbox Media Center Extender Kit
Well, it looks like Uncle Bill has announced some new functionality for his (future?) XBox offering. The Xbox Media Center Extender will become the center of family entertainment if Ole Bill gets his way. When combined with a Media Center enabled PC and a wireless connection, the Extender Kit lets Xbox owners easily transmit and access entertainment data stored on their PCs on the console. Users can browse, find, and listen to digital music (thanks to built-in Napster support), look at photos, watch TV and shows recorded on the PC, and access DVDs, utilizing the standard Windows Media Center user interface. In practice, this means one user can watch TV on the Media Center PC in the living room, while another watches a recorded movie using the Xbox Media Center Extender Kit in another room. Up to five different instances of the Media Center interface can run simultaneously.
Sounds cool Billy, hope it works!
Bandit
January 02, 2004
Clemson defeats Tennessee!
Well, it's official! Clemson just beat the No. 6 team 27-14. This should make for interesting discussion at the office on Monday!
Go Vols;)~