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Good news for all how like Popcorn Hour and want to watch TV on it. Using the latest version of VDR plugin streamdev-server the dream comes true . The previous version was needed a patch to bring the stream in the format understandable for the networked media tank.

You can stream to Popcorn Hour not only standard definition signal but HD as well (you should have VDR with HD support). To switch channels and retrieve channel info and EPG can be used a simple web interface – vdr-ui. It doesn’t offer a full set of streamdev-client features but at least makes process of managing of the stream much easily. Hope it’ll be extended soon.

Kaleidescape, a proprietary multi-room audio/video system, has announced a release of its OS – KEAOS. New features of the version 3.5 include the ability to automatically synchronize music from a Kaleidescape System to iTunes on a PC, an iPod or other digital music player, new classical music interface that lets users personalize their classical music listening experience, greater data safety in the event of disk drive failure, and new options for sharing personalized movie scripts and favorite scenes with other Kaleidescape users.

Kaleidescape system may contain 1U or 3U Server, Movie Player 2, Music Player and Speed Reader to import large numbers of DVDs and CDs. It looks attractive but I didn’t any information about the price except that:

As the old sayings go, you get what you pay for, and quality is remembered long after price is forgotten.

Agree but it’d be nice to know how much is each main component.

HDHomeRun is a Networked Digital HDTV Tuner which allows to watch over-the-air digital TV from all computers in your home network. It’s compatible with VLC (Windows, Linux, Mac), MythTV (PVR for Linux and Mac), Windows Media Center (coming soon) and SnapStream BeyondTV (coming soon).

Detailed Specifications:

• 8-VSB (ATSC over-the-air digital HDTV)

• Dual HDTV Tuners

• IR Receiver (38kHz)

• 100baseTX high speed network

• Open source drivers/support

The HDHomeRun will be available 22 September at the price $169.95.

[via eHomeUpgrade]