Welcome to another edition of the Daily Button! As the Daily Button ramps up, I should start spitting out some more Tips Of The Day as well. If you have any suggestions or would like to me to investigate something, or simply have a question you would like to ask the community, email me alan at missingremote dot com, or […]
Read moreWelcome to another edition of the World Famous Daily Button. This is the place where we expose the dirt on getting the most of your digital media setup. VMC & Remote News: RIP Ricavision @ CEPro Mobile News: 10 cool iPhone apps (inluding Pandora Radio) @ Electornic House Blu-ray News: Blu-ray Iron Man steals 20% of the DVD Market @ […]
Read moreYah, The Daily Button is a somewhat irregular feature on our proud HTPC site but you should see a bit more of me in the coming months :). Famous last words :). Enough with talk.. lets get some news on. If you already haven’t noticed, we have quite a few great active discussions going on in the forum. Why not […]
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There’s been a lot of buzz around the entertainment industry lately about the next new thing now that the standard for the next generation DVD format has been put to rest. So what is the next new technology that will be coming down the pipe? It’s one that I’m very excited about. 3DTV. 3D movies have been in theaters for […]
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Since the first day Microsoft announced Windows Home Server (WHS) was going to be available through OEM Installation Kits, not just strictly by the OEMs, we geeks could not wait to build our own. The hardware requirements were modest enough to where any respectable geek easily could assemble a functional WHS box barely having to buy parts–besides the installation disc, […]
Read moreThe title says it all, AnandTech got their hands on the lowest end versions of the new Radeon HD 4000 series and they liked what the saw for HTPC uses. AnandTech Like the rest of the Radeon HD 4000 series (4870, 4850, 4670 and 4650) the new Radeon HD 4550 and 4350 both support 8-channel LPCM over HDMI. This makes […]
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Well, it’s time for another update. I have to be honest with you. I started this build at the beginning of July (right after my trip to Atlanta) and at that time I really didn’t think I would still be working on it today. As you may have intuited from my recent guide on Installing Ubuntu and Mythtv , I […]
Read moreChris Lanier recently summed up the poor misguided path of Media Center since becoming a part of Windows Vista: Media Center’s number one problem has been failing to define itself in the market. Enthusiasts and power users want features not currently provided by Media Center, most of which Microsoft has shown little interest in actually implementing, and they want it […]
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– Niveus Media, Inc. announces beta availability of the new unified Niveus Search, which enables easy retrieval of content accessible across the local network and Internet. The patent-pending Niveus Search offers Windows Vista ® Media Center users an easy-to-use, 10’ interface that provides an all encompassing scan of both the Media Center and Internet sources. No longer do Media Center […]
Read moreMedia-Portal is not the only open source HTPC program on the block, XBMC, perhaps known for their great looking skins, is another major contender in the arena. XBMC has evolved into a multi-platform software that supports Windows, Linux and Mac. Do keep in mind XBMC supports a lot of stuff but if you are looking for TV tuning you will […]
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