If you are looking to get started on a whole house content distribution system, EH has a good article covering the basics. Its hard to decide which route to take. I would be inclined to distribute content with a server and have independent players for each room. EH's is a centralized storage and players and running the A/V wires to […]
Read moreDolby, the maker of many formats, is making a run at your TV. Their newest technology aims to keep the volume consistent when going from different inputs or even from a commercial to the show. There are other technologies out there that does this, but can introduce distortion and popping to the sound. I am sure this has the potential […]
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This really does deserve an epic theme song. After a long time in the waiting the epic S21T has arrived! This one piece aluminum curved beauty should satisfy your need for storage with support for 10 hard drives. 10 X 750GB is a lot of storage no matter how you look at it. You don't get very far […]
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Chris caught word of an awesome lil MCE plugin which will detect & automatically record TV Shows based on your preferences & ratings. Not sure if it works with Vista, and the style is for XP, but it's awesome if you were looking for something TIVO-like. For the first time, Media Center users can rate their recordings with MyTV Genie, […]
Read moreReporting to you LIVE from Miami, Florida, I just saw this news & had to post it. Bravo for Sage for really jumping on this & making a nice mark. So don't be sad just because WINDOWS VISTA MCE won't work great with WINDOWS Media Server. 😛 "The SageTV Media Server running on the AMD LIVE! Home Media Server platform […]
Read moreI downloaded Real Genius. The 1 hour, 40 minute flick took about 16 minutes to finish on my 6mbit connection, which was being tapped at about 2mbits. And the stream started playing almost immediately. Netflix claims it can scale quality based on your bandwidth, and how hard their servers are being slammed, so quality will vary. Quality was outstanding, with […]
Read moreHere is the press release for Philips' new Vista remote and a link to their product page. Philips today announced the launch of a new range of remote controls specifically designed to manage PCs running the Media Center edition in Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate operating system. Showcased at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the range, comprised […]
Read more"LX.TV 1ST/LOOK: NYC" marks the first time content originally made for the web will be packaged into a regularly scheduled recurring series for broadcast on network television. LX.TV video has been available on WNBC.com since October 2006, through NBBC. The premiere episode of "LX.TV 1ST/LOOK: NYC" will take viewers on a night out in NYC, followed by an introduction of […]
Read moreDuring their TotalHD press conference at CES, Warner announced that New Line was working on the Lord of the Rings trilogy for both HD DVD and Blu-ray. While they did confirm that the titles were in the works, no details were given. A source close to the matter gave us a few details of the upcoming release, these include: […]
Read moreMicrosoft is increasingly serious about the residential hardware and software market. Bill Gates announced in his keynote that the company will be introducing a home server software package later this year that will run HP’s MediaSmart Server. Windows Home Server will automatically backup multiple home PCs and allow remote access to files and applications via a DDNS (dynamic DNS service) […]
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