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HDHomeRun streams HDTV content to PCs and Macs

Elgato revealed a new product today that will let you stream television content to a PC or Mac over a Wi-Fi connection. The HDHomeRun works with homes that receive television channels through a cable connection or a TV antenna. One end of the HDHomeRun screws into the wall and the other end is plugged into the unit. When that’s done, an Ethernet cable is plugged into the HDHomeRun and a router. That’s all it takes to get free HDTV beamed across your home.

Gadgetell Guide: Non-obvious home theater essentials

A lot of people are putting more money into their living room because they are spending more time at home. So what do you need to put together the best experience in your living room? There’s the obvious stuff like a large screen television and that surround sound system. Then there’s the non-obvious stuff. Keep reading to find out what else you need to pick up.

Replace a light bulb with a network camera

You’ve got to hand it to Intellon. Intellon makes circuitry for HomePlug devices which can network over power lines. Their latest toy is a security camera that gets its power from a light socket. Take a lamp or a lighting fixture, pop out the bulb, and screw in a security camera. The camera is now more »

Kodak’s new all-in-one printers

Kodak has two new All-in-One (AiO) printers, the EasyShare 7 (“ESP7″) and the EasyShare 9 (“ESP9″). The ESP7 and ESP9 showcase Kodak’s promise of the lowest ink replacement cost in the industry. MSRP on black ink is $9.99 and color ink is $14.99. Those prices are pretty reasonable. Other goals for these printers are lab-quality prints and easy to use.

Keep reading for specs on each printer and a SALE!

Ethernet advancements to make your life better

Sit down in front of my computer and you will find upwards of five Internet windows each with at least eight tabs, all open to different sites. Pages just don’t load fast enough for me. The moment it takes a page to load, I feel like I need to be doing something else or it is time wasted.

I am going be in trouble when they make things even faster than the cable Internet I have now. It is in the works to increase Ethernet speed from 10 Gigabit Ethernet (“GbE”) to 40GbE or 100GbE (or 80 GbE,120 or even 160 GbE as the actual number is undetermined at present). From the way it looks, I have about two years to figure out what to do about that and come off my multi-window addiction.

How does this effect you? Keep reading to find out.