The whole concept behind a digital home is having your media when and where you want it. Netflix has certainly progressed this concept with their mail order DVD rental business and their "Watch Now" feature. No official partnership, as of yet, exists between Netflix and Microsoft, leaving a void that was filled by a couple enthusiasts of the Media Center […]
Read moreWelcome new & old vistors alike! Are you curious as to what this whole Concurrent Sessions thing is and why is it our #1 most popular guide/article??? Well, today’s tip is for anyone who’s been intimidated by the seemingly many steps involved in our step-by-step guide. The idea of concurrent sessions with Media Center versions of Windows Vista stems from […]
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The Radeon HD 3470 is just up from the bottom of the line in the new Radeon HD 3000 series. ATI had press slides saying the 3470 is great for HD and passes the HD HQV tests. So of course I wanted to see for myself. So how does this $70 card work? I’d say quite well. Please […]
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Getting the most out of your Media Center PC depends on knowing every little in and out of the programs. Little design decisions by the team can really impact the Wife Acceptance Factor. An example of this is using the category function of the EPG. As pictured in the screenshots below, the category is off to the left hand side […]
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Read moreWelcome to another edition of The Daily Button. The biggest news to hit the web today is no doubt the official release of the 780 series IGP from AMD. High def playback from integrated graphics is one part of the HTPC Holy Grail that we can finally scratch of our list. Now all we need is Hauppauge to make their […]
Read moreUnion, NJ – MAINGEAR Computers, the premier high performance boutique integrator in North America is proud to announce the immediate availability of their new Axess HD Home Theater media center. Featuring 1080p Full HD graphics courtesy of the AMD ATI Radeon HD 3200 GPU, the included Universal Video Decoder provides for a stunning high definition experience with advanced post processing […]
Read moreI just saw an announcement over at The Green Button that Druid 1.0 has been released. Druid is an free-ware transcoder to convert Media Center recordings to portable player formats (including Zune and iPod firend formates. I am not sure if this will work on CableCard content or not, you can be sure I will be giving this a try […]
Read moreToday’s Tip of the Day is more Zune related then HTPC related. I know it can be tough when I switch gears but I think it is worth while. As a few of you know, I got a an 80GB Zune a couple of weeks back. Up until now I had been hooking it up to my HTPC to sync […]
Read moreAnd the cost of HD HTPC entry gets cheaper… Unfortunately, still only SPDIF audio (no multi-channel HD) via HDMI though. Have to wait for the 8200 for that bit. Tom’s Hardware With today’s introduction of its new 780G chipset, AMD is finally enabling users to build an HTPC or multimedia computer for HDTV, HD-DVD or Blu-ray playback that doesn’t require an add-in […]
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