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Read moreMonth: February 2007
Spyn Doctor’s Add-Ins for Vista – Timeshift-Buffer Backup and others…
Here's a thread from TheGreenButton about Spyn Doctor's plugins that now work for Vista. Pretty cool stuff, including the oft-requested record your tv buffer. Basically, if you're watching a show, and then decide you want to record it, MCE can't. Don't ask why….it just can't. So this plugin should let you. The add-in contains the following sub-features: Timeshift-Buffer Backup MCE-Message […]
Read moreAntec Giveaway Contest
The Antec giveaway contest is now closed. Thank you for participating and stay tuned for the results.
Read moreSkins Gone Wild
Does anyone else think the Media Portal community has great skinners? Here are a few examples :). After the break there are a couple of more examples:) Media Portal MediaPortal is an Open Source application ideal for turning your PC / TV into a very advanced Media Center. MediaPortal allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch […]
Read moreThe Daily Button – Feb. 23rd, 2007
The Daily Button Console News: Power Consumption if today's consoles at Hardcoreware Case News: Silverstone LC14M review at ThinkComputers Case News: SoundGraph iMON Ultra Bay review at techPowerUp.com Geek News: Star Trek Voice Operated Dimmer at i4U Geek News: Cisco and Appl settle trademark dispute at DailyTech High Def DVD News: Blu-ray vs. HD DVD, Formats Not Equal article at […]
Read moreQAM in MCE
SiliconDust has finally released beta drivers for the HDHomeRun to get QAM working in MCE. It is a bit of a cludge right now because MCE does not support QAM EPG. You have to map the OTA channels you get in the area to the QAM tuner channels so you can get the EPG information needed. There is a lot […]
Read moreAdding MR.com Feed To Your Vista Sidebar
The RSS feed gadget from Microsoft for the Vista Sidebar isn't as straight forward as I thought it was to add different feeds. However, it was pretty easy. In lieu of creating my own gadget, I thought I would post a set of simple instructions to get the default one working. 1. Subscribe to a feed using IE7. This is […]
Read moreTablet and In-wall Touchscreen Extender Concepts
Chris hit the nail on the head with his latest posts. He has voiced my frustrations very well with his thoughts on in-wall extenders. I was planning a post along these lines because I just can't fit MCE into my connected house plans. No matter how I hard I try, lack of touchscreens and extenders simply are too much of […]
Read moreJVC LT-46FN97 46 inch 1080p LCD HDTV Review
I4U, a pretty good CE news source, breaks out of their news reporting ways and gives us a review of JVC's 46" 1080P LCD. LCD's have someone anemic blacks, and this set isn't out to break that barrier with a contrast ration of 1200:1. It has a healthy amount of connections with dual HDMI connections, dual firewire, and a couple […]
Read moreSilverstone GD01 HTPC case
Over the last couple of years, there has been nice strides made in the looks and functionality of cases. Listening to the masses of HTPC enthusiasts, Silverstone started to develop cases with dual 80mm fans and other advances that helped keep our cases cool and quiet. This particular case is an offshoot of the old LC-03, which was one of […]
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