My main man Ian Dixon has been nice enough to host a program created by fellow MCE MVP Doug Knox, designed to make your life easier if you have multiple MCE's in your home. Keep in mind, this is completely unsupported by Microsoft, so try at your own risk. To date, this has only been confirmed working in MCE 2005, […]
Read moreAbout.com has a nice Q&A for some speaker setup. So check it out if you're interested in or wanting to improve your current sound setup. To aid in your speaker setup, take advantage of the built-in Test Tone Generator that is available in many Home Theater Receivers to set your sound levels. All Speakers should be able to output at […]
Read moreCan't wait to see more of these OLED screens. Well…I still want to see one in person after all the great stuff I've heard. LG is stepping up its investment in OLED display technology. Currently its Korean rival Samsung is the market leader in OLED screens, with a share of 21 per cent. New data from DisplaySearch reports that LG's […]
Read moreAnd speaking of Doug, who's everywhere in the news these days, as he's already released the Sidebar gadget he mentioned was in testing just last week! He's been super busy, so give him his congrats on another great innovation for MCE users! The WebGuide Gadget allows you to connect to local Media Center or a remote WebGuide server. It allows […]
Read moreI haven't had a time to listen to this week's show, but I can't wait to. I've been a huge fan of Doug Berrett ever since his first Webguide came out. It's an MCE plugin to allow you to remotely control your MCE, and even stream live TV anywhere! Think Slingbox but with your MCE. 00:34 Coming up this week […]
Read moreSome good facts to know, especially with all the television stations trying to convince you that you don't need 1080p. You can try to use some of these to convince your wife you need that new big screen…but try so at your own risk. There are two factors to keep in mind if you want to get the most out […]
Read moreS1Digital Sets a New Reference Standard with ProLine Series Media Centers New York, NY, February 20th, 2007 â€â€ S1Digital, a leading builder of highâ€end Media Centers and Servers, today announced the launch of their ProLine Series which sets a new reference standard for Media Centers based on Microsoft Vista Ultimate. The ProLine Series includes S1Digital’s flagship rack mount Media Server […]
Read moreS1Digital Introduces Home Series Line of Media Centers New York, NY, February 21th, 2007 â€â€ S1Digital, a leading builder of highâ€end Media Centers and Servers today launched the Home Series line of Media Centers that includes the popular Media Center Platinum Edition, Gold Edition and tiny Mini Edition. The premium Media Center Platinum Edition heads up the Home Series by […]
Read moreMike would have never let a new release of DVRMSToolbox slip through his hands, however, he is on a business trip. So, here is the news post, although a few days late. Release Announcement: Change Log: – changed Toub.MediaCenter.Dvrms.dll from 1.0.0.0 to 1.1.10.0 – ConvertToWmvIC copies Closed Captions to WMV files for NTSC files – changed how dvr2wmv.dll is referenced, […]
Read moreEver want to be a DJ? Check out this howto, and away you go! Thanks to Lothar for sending this in 🙂 Link: This tutorial describes how to set up an audio streaming server with Icecast2. In order that Icecast2 can stream audio to listeners we install Ices2. Ices2 is a program that sends audio data to an Icecast2 server […]
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