cgsheen, a regular in the forums, has documented his experience with AMD’s new 780G motherboard. It appears that the 780G is working as advertised with smooth playback of HD discs. You can read more about his experience in this forum thread. The 8600GT will be going into mothballs! The 780G is in Mrs. Sheen’s HTPC – with the 5400+ (although I […]
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Remote Scheduling allows you to view your TV guide listings & modify your Media Center recordings from anywhere in the world. Currently, there’s only two real players in this category. One is Microsoft’s Remote Record, and the other (Webguide), well…got bought out by Microsoft. Both are useful in their own way, and I’ve found a happy medium in using both […]
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We’ve covered a slim CentOS install, converted to using a flash drive, and even enabled SSH and VNC remote administration. Now it’s time to do some optimization and customizing of your install. We will learn about how to speed up the boot process, tweaking Xfce’s start up time, and even some adjustments to Xfce’s look and feel. Interested? Then let’s […]
Read moreAsus is set to add some very HTPC friendly sound cards equipped with HDMI! Lots of juicy info in the article but it really doesn’t say if it will play nice with Blu-ray discs. TG Daily After four hours of meetings with different departments, we walked out thoroughly impressed with the effort that Asus is making on all fronts. Without […]
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A lot of people prefer to build their own HTPC. There are a few different reasons for this including customization, cheaper then an OEM PC, and hardware choice. Of course the most important reason is because it is fun! Even though my latest HTPC is of the Dell variety, I still tweak and build when ever I have the time […]
Read moreWhile browsing my usual sites this morning, I noticed that Anthony Park has released a new MyNetflix Beta:). They biggy for me is he added "select episode" from the Watch Now on a TV series. That was my only beef with the plugin and now that has been solved. Of course, now I have to revise my review notes :p. […]
Read moreGotta hand it to Ian & his phenomenal timing. Hot on the heels of the data corruption bug affecting Windows Home Server, Ian gets his microphone in with one of the biggest supporters of it to discussit, as well as how to avoid it. Can’t wait to listen! Show Times: 00:50 Coming up this week 02:00 Email – Home setup […]
Read moreOK I get it! A big cable TV/internet provider has the reda$$ for net neutrality. I get that. The problem is the apparent zeal that these folks (Comcast) have in order to quell any opposition towards their position on the matter. Paying people to arrive early to a "town hall” type hearing with the FCC in an effort to […]
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From the editors at Electronic House. Electronic House Extended warranties are the dirty little secret of the consumer electronics industry. Everyone says they’re a bad deal, and no one wants to admit to purchasing them, but someone is buying them. Electronics stores do make a lot of money on these warranties. People buy them inappropriately, or fail to use them […]
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We are very happy to have BigScreenBlogal.comcome onboard as an advertiser and to kick things off we will be giving away a Big Screen product once a week for the next FOUR weeks. All you have to do is submit a news item to be qualified for the random drawing. You can find the submit news item on the right […]
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