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Until today, the big absentee from Roku's line-up of catch-up services in the UK was ITV and its regional partners STV and UTV in Scotland and Northern Ireland. At #2 in terrestrial broadcasting behind the BBC, it was a fairly glaring omission, especially as Channel 4 and Five have been on-board for ages. Now UK Roku viewers can use ITV Player to
In the final review of this series on Kingston storage solutions for smartphones and tablets, I'll be putting the Wi-Drive portable wireless storage through its paces. We've already seen the DataTraveler microDuo and the MobileLite Wireless so what's the Wi-Drive's niche? It's definitely the most stylish; let's take a look. The Wi-Drive is a slim shiny unit that's very similar
Recently Roku released its Chromecast-like steaming stick. This comes on the heels of a version 3 release last year of the set-top box, an update that came with a remote that has a headphone jack built-in, allowing private watching for those times when the house needs to be quiet. The box retails for $99.99, but if you act today, you can get
Last week I reviewed Kingston's microDuo which is a great solution if your smartphone or tablet supports OTG. Unfortunately, many devices don't and if yours falls into this category, Kingston can still help you with both the MobileLite Wireless and the Wi-Drive. In this review, I'll be checking out the MobileLite Wireless and will follow up with the Wi-Drive later
XBMC began life as Xbox Media Center, but the platform has come a long way since those early days. It's become one of the hottest platform for HTPC enthusiasts, though it is far from the only one. Now XBMC is moving towards its latest release, announcing beta one of the new Gotham release. "After a year of hard work, improvements
Digital video recorders (DVRs) are commonplace but usually they're integrated with a cable decoder. Tablo's offering records OTA (over the air) HD broadcasts that are transmitted from local TV stations, free of charge. Still not excited? The Tablo can stream both live and record programs to any connected device including Android and Apple devices, and set-top boxes like the Roku
If you like to follow the ever-growing integration between computers and home theater, then the recent innovations have been a welcome, and quickly, growing surprise. Boxes like Roku, Apple TV, Google TV and others have made life much easier than the days when I built my first HTPC and looked for the best ways to stream my home media