Month: December 2009

Via VN1000 Chipset Classes Up Your Low-End PC With Power-Efficient Blu-ray and DX10.1 Support

Via continues evolving their products, which is great given that they’ve always made super tiny products which are a great fit for HTPC’s. Gizmodo The high-performance ChromotionHD 2.0 video processor offers advanced filtering and cutting edge post-processing to perform ultra smooth decoding of MPEG-4/AVC, H.264, MPEG-2, VC-1, WMV-HD, and AVS video for Blu-ray content. The home theatre experience also encompasses […]

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A Fantasy Football Home Theater Paradise

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By now you should all know I’m a pretty big sports fan, especially when it comes to fantasy football…but even this is a bit too intense for me! I would be fine with maybe 4 additional screens and one gigantic one in the middle. I do know one thing, this guy has the most understanding wife EVER.   EH During […]

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Show Analyzer Updated to Version 1.0.52.760

The DMZ caught wind of the latest ShowAnalyzer which I have been DESPERATELY waiting for! Lots of improvements here if you’re using Windows 7. Just as an intro, ShowAnalyzer is what is used with DTB for commercial skipping within Media Center and SageTV. The bugs that have been fixed include:     * [ALL] Fix hard crash when opening master database […]

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Weekly Podcast Roundup December 10th

Hope everyone is having a great week. I finally got a car and can now enjoy these fine podcasts!   The Media Center Show #234 – Garry Whittaker Joining this week is old friend of the show Garry Whittaker. Garry has been integrating his Virgin Media cable box with Windows Media Center and he explains how he got it connected […]

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SilverStone GD04 HTPC Case Review

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HTPC Chassis are really tough to judge, since everyone really does have their own tastes. As I’ve grown up, I’ve tended to shy away from the flashy types, but this one’s probably still a bit too plain for me. What say you all?   Ninja Lane The SilverStone GD04 is designed with an plan of moving a large volume of […]

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Boxee’s D-Link Box – Super Small

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See, that’s why I love the Boxee folks, because they pay attention to the world! Shortly after they announced the pictures of the very unique looking system, questions arose about just how large it is. Well…it’s really small!!   Boxee Blog Rest assured the Boxee Box will fit into your entertainment center. If the look doesn’t quite fit with your […]

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