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Amazon HD DVD Buy One, Get One Free Sale

Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 by MegaZone

It isn’t just Blu-ray Disc getting the BOGO love, Amazon is also running a buy one, get one free sale on HD DVD. There are 58 titles to select from. Hat tip to Gizmodo.

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SageTV 6.3 Released

Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 by MegaZone

SageTV, a media center software suite for Windows, Mac, and Linux, has officially released their version 6.3 update. Well, the release is for Windows and Linux, the Mac version is still in beta.

Updates over V6.2 include:
-animated user interface
-support for the SageTV STX-HD100 High Definition Media Extender
-added 125 new online content sources
-expanded hardware support on Macintosh (HDHomeRun, HVR-950, ElGato EyeTV Hybrid)
-DXVA capable MPEG2 decoder on Windows
-various bug fixes & performance enhancements
-MKV & DVR-MS file format support

For the full release notes for 6.3, see the SageTV Community Forums. Picked up from PVR Wire @ TV Squad.

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Sling Media and Micro Center Team Up To Offer In-Store Slingbox Demos

Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 by MegaZone

Sling Community has an interesting article on a new partnership between Sling Media and Micro Center to offer Slingbox demonstrations in the stores, to help educate consumers on the product. The good news is every Micro Center will have a demo and the store’s staff will be trained to explain the Slingbox to customers. The bad news is there are only 21 Micro Center retail locations nationwide, across 15 states. This is a great concept, hopefully Sling will be able to extend it to some of the larger chains with more coverage.

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AT&T Palm Treo 680 Update Released

Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 by MegaZone

If you, like myself, own an AT&T Palm Treo 680, you’d be interested to know that Palm has released a firmware update. The full details on the features added by the update are in The Official Palm Blog. As an overview, the update adds Push To Talk functionality, support for Microsoft Direct Push Technology, Instant Messaging for AIM, YIM, and MSN, support for 4GB SD/SDHC cards, enhanced ringtone support (use any MP3, AAC, AAC+, MIDI, WAV, or AMR file), and enhancements to power saving to prolong battery life. The update also refreshes the branding to reflect the change to AT&T from Cingular, and makes it easy to add additional services such as TeleNav GPS Navigator and MobiTV. It roll-up update, incorporating the past three AT&T 680 updates.

A version for unlocked Treo 680s will be available soon. You can sign up for notificationp of the release.