One of the oft-promoted, but rarely used portions of Vista’s Media Center is their Online Spotlight applications. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, it’s because it’s fairly well hidden. From the Media Center start menu, it’s under Online Media, and then Explore. Kinda jumps out at you, eh? But given the history of it, along with even […]
Read moreHauppauge has gone and made the HD-PVR all official like with its very own product page. Below you will find the specs for what is considered the Holy Grail of the DIY HTPC builder. This will have a huge impact for HTPC software, such as SageTV, that choose to support this software. No longer will you have to go directly […]
Read moreI have no reason why this question popped into my head this weekend. I guess it happened while watching Ocean’s 13. At some point during the movie I wondered how cool it would be to be a part of this movie. In retrospect, I am not sure I would choose 13 just because the sequel didn’t do 11 justice. However, […]
Read moreI remembered it like it was yesterday, I broke the seal on my spiffy new Pioneer receiver. Without ever really reading the manual I set it up for the first time and came up with decent enough results. As time moved on, I moved houses and my listening environment changed a great deal. I had noticed that I now strained […]
Read moreElectronic House Since the advent of HDTV, few things have aroused more anger in HD viewers than the purported use of “HD-Lite” by television service providers. Before declaring oneself a victim, the consumer needs to understand just what HD-Lite is, when it might be used, and what else could be responsible for that alleged less-than-HD image up on the screen.
Read moreThis unit may not be the strongest HSF candidate out there but if you’re in the market for a low profile cooler this may be just the "ticket". Techpowerup The OrigenAE C10 heatsink is a low-profile heatsink meant for HTPC systems (like the OrigenAE S10V) and other low-profile cases. It is only as wide as the 70mm on the front […]
Read moreAnother future web service plugin in the making? Yahoo.com There.com and vMTV members will be able to express themselves with seconds-long video clips of movie one liners — say, Danny Zucko’s "Be cool, huh?" from "Grease" — with the service called VooZoo. The application from Los Angeles-based developer FanRocket was introduced on social-networking site Facebook last month and on mobile […]
Read moreIt seems the WHS team will be delaying the release of Power Pack 1 to coincide with the release of the notorious corruption bug fix. PP1 will have some nice (and needed) features when it does hit the streets. Technet The Windows Home Server Storage and Test teams feel strongly that a combined release is the best option because it […]
Read moreElectronic House The digital music revolution was supposed to make our lives easier, wasn’t it? Music that follows you wherever you go, easy-to-use playlists, massive amounts of tunes in the palm of your hand—it all sounds so deliciously enticing until you try to decide what form you want that digital music to take. Do you want your music stored in […]
Read moreIan’s up again, and he’s got one of the big wigs over at Microsoft, Scott Evans, discussing some stuff. A good listen as always, so listen in. Also, don’t forget to submit your Media Center images over to Ian for his Ultimate Media Center Enthusiast contest. Show Times: 00:50 Coming up this week 01:35 Email – Should you learn MCML? […]
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