I’ve been using a HTPC in some way shape or form for over 7 years now. Throughout that time I’ve gone through every single stage of enthusiasm. Where in the beginning I was all gung-ho about everything I did, was willing to try new things, new pieces of software, new pieces of hardware, basically anything I could get my hands […]
Read moreWell, I’m sad to say that I had to temporarily disable my server power savings. There were a couple of key problems that I ran into while using the shutdown and wakeup scripts. The first was that there were a few times where I would be watching a show on my frontend (which is a separate machine from the backend) […]
Read moreNot sure how nobody else posted it, but one of my favorite podcast guys and fellow HTPC geeks at TheDigitalMediaZone are having a wonderful contest full of great prizes. To participate you make a donation to Child’s Play Charity organization, and then you have a chance to win some great stuff! Go help a good cause and hey, maybe you’ll […]
Read moreI can’t say that CNET’s conclusion came as a surprise, but it was nice to see the VT25 maintain its crown as 2010’s best HDTV. The PNC8000 is an excellent performer, and deserves the silver medal among plasma TVs we’ve tested so far this year. In addition, we’d wager no other as-yet-announced TV will outperform either one in 2010. […]
Read moreNow here’s a pretty darned cool take at an HTPC enclosure. It’s not your traditional HTPC-style case mod, but it is effective in noise suppression and the user does use a Zotac board. I’m not a Bioshock player but this would be pretty awesome. I’ve wanted to make a mineral oil PC for a couple years now. Not necessarily because […]
Read moreNot a ton of new releases this week, but lots of classics coming out with Blu-ray versions for your enjoyment. The Last of The Mohicans was a phenomenal film, as was Rocky and the Exorcist of course. New releases include the way overrated Karate Kid, which in my opinion is an awful rehash of the original. Haven’t seen Splice or […]
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Wanted to thank everyone for participating in our poll last week. It was very interesting watching the poll results come in and seeing the final results. In case you missed them, here’s the results: Almost 400 people participated and surprising myself, SageTV came out ahead of everyone with 44% of the votes. Windows 7 Media Center was just […]
Read moreGoogle TV looks pretty good, if they can turn it into an application for the PC they may have some competition with boxee, WD, apple TV. Although all of the videos I have seen of google tv appear to be renderings so far, no true video of the logitech STB working. This is good. No, strike that. This is […]
Read moreIn looking at this slideshow, I’m a bit underwhelmed really. A lot of rehashes from previous years, and an awful lot of speakers, but nothing with a real wow factor IMO. I’ve seen and heard Martin Logan’s though, and they are impressive…so I’ll start you all with their pick. MartinLogan’s electrostatic models are made for showing off in media rooms […]
Read moreI’ve been following the 3D Vision for a couple months because it is one of the first full featured SFF pre-bulit HTPC available that actually look like they belong in the A/V stack. Sporting HDMI 1.4 (3D MVC support and bit streaming) via Nvidia’s newest lineup of GPUs it should be pretty future proof, although with Sandy Bridge coming in […]
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