Today’s story is a lesson in patience. Lothar’s Rule #1: Don’t get too attached to any particular electronics. Just when things start working smoothly for you, life (or your wife, if you really screwed up) will slap you in the face. Frontend In our last episode, (has it really been a couple months?) I described the steps I had to […]
Read moreThank God it’s Thursday!! Not just because the week is almost over, but because it’s Media Center Podcast time!! This week up, Ian discusses all the news & hoopla from last week’s insane Cedia show & handles some viewer e-mail. So if you like listening to just Ian, this is the show for you! Show Times: 00:50 Coming up this […]
Read moreIn this day and age, you would expect it would be very easy to get HDTV on your HTPC. However, options for the DIY’er are still pretty limited. If you live in a good area, broadcast HDTV will work, but lets not mention all of the problems that can be had when trying to get broadcast TV. Plus, that still […]
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This is the first article in a series as Missing Remote looks at getting the next generation HD optical formats into your HTPC. In this initial installment I discuss adding HD DVD playback to a typical Home Theater PC. While I use an HD DVD drive this article also applies to those wanting to add Blu-ray support. Digg It! The Basics The Basics You’ll need a […]
Read moreNot really news, as this release of xLobby just extends the expiration date of the earlier version. According to his note from CEDIA, you can expect a Version 3 beta a little later down the road. A little background info on xLobby, they were a freeware front-end app similar to Meedio that was recently bought out by a custom installer. […]
Read moreGet ‘er while she is hot. SageTV V6.2.8 Release Notes 9/7/2007 Release Candidate 3 Core Updates 1. Fixed bug in transcoder STV url handling (caused crashes in MKV file thumbnail generation; and also caused thumbnails to be generated for the wrong time) 2. Updated DVB-T entries for Germany 3. Changed alpha cutoff level for when we don’t render a shape […]
Read moreI cannot find any other info about the QAM powertoy from Microsoft so I would call this more of a rumor than news, but it is interesting nonetheless. I’m guessing that it is Vista only, but that is just a guess. Perhaps this could lead to running both ATSC and QAM through the HDHR. From the Silicon Dust (HDHomeRun) Forums: […]
Read moreTiVo is trying its best to compete with Media Centers. They just might sway a few more users if it wasn’t a long wait for each new feature to come out. Of course with the amount of time we wait for features with MS, I shouldn’t speak to loudly :). Rant aside, the new TiVo HD units can expect to […]
Read moreI am not entirely sure how many users we have that would be interested in a stereo pre-amp, however, Audholics does have Emotiva’s flaship RSP-1 up for review. Though interest maybe low for this particualr unit from Emotiva, their line of pre/pros should interest more then a few of you. Their units typically perform very well under test and cost […]
Read moreAfter giving the Xbox360 all the love, MS is finally bringing some of its content to the Media Center Platform. They must have realized that the partner offerings pretty much SUCKED when trying to download content. Internet TV will be a normal software update around Sepetember 27th and will allow users to watch ad-supported content free of charge. Engadget Additionally, […]
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