01 Jan 09 Xbox 360 - Wireless Live Without the $100 Adapter
This 50-foot Ethernet cable snaking all the way through my apartment from the router in the bedroom to my Xbox 360 in the living room? That's how I used to play videogames online.Tags: Apartment, Foot Ethernet Cable, Living Room, Router, Wireless Adapter, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
29 Dec 08 Wii and Other Set-Top Boxes Could Be Much More
Want Internet TV in your living room? You have some options, but nothing perfect just yet. Open distribution of video has already had a profound impact on the entertainment industry, but we’ve yet to see widespread adoption of devices that span the last mile, sending video content distributed over IP directly to the TV. The latest announcement from Nintendo is much too little way too late. As Liz Gannes at NewTeeVee notes, Wii, with its “gesture driven remote,” could be the device of choiceTags: Adoption, Driven, Entertainment Industry, Gesture, Internet Tv, Ip, Living Room, Nintendo, Open Distribution, Profound Impact, Set Top Boxes, Video Content, Wii
20 Sep 08 Powering Up with the Xbox 360 Power Supply
Powering Up with the Xbox 360 Power Supply With great power comes, well, great power. Most gamers probably never think about how much electricity their video game consoles eat up, but on average, some systems require more wattage than any other electronics in the living room. The Xbox 360 especially requires substantial power, more than twice that of the original Xbox and other consoles on the market. In order to fuel such a hunger for electricity, the Xbox 360 power supply is huge, and is theTags: Electricity Supply, Electronics, Gamers, Hunger, Living Room, Power Supply, Substantial Power, Video Game Consoles, Xbox, Xbox 360
