I have tinkered with home automation in the past. I didn’t get much past a few lamp controllers in my initial setup but I started to see the value of a whole house setup. The Digital Lifestyle has a nice write up on using Z-Wave devices with 7MC. You can turn devices on and off, dim lights and lamps if […]
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We hope you’ve been enjoying our series of Beginner’s Guides for HTPC and Home Theater. As part of the series, we’ve previously discussed video resolutions and how video information is displayed on a screen for a frame of video in our guide, Video Resolutions for Beginners. What we didn’t delve into much was the rate at which video frames are […]
Read moreLooks like I might have to give in that this “3D” fad isn’t going away any time soon, as the all mighty Consumer Reports has finally started reviewing them. For those unaware, a lot of folks will place a HUGE emphasis on what CR says about a product (my dad included), and they’re well respected for knowing their stuff. In […]
Read moreThis is the beauty of smaller developers versus big corporations, when people are begging for a feature, they can actually implement it! In this case, one of the most popular movie management plugins for Windows 7 Media Center, MyMovies, is teasing about their next release including the oft-requested TV episode support! If you’re interested in being part of the private […]
Read moreThose waiting for SageTV to get Copy Freely Digital Cable Tuner (aka CableCARD) support will just need to wait a litle bit longer. I sent out a few copies of SageDCT to a private beta group earlier this evening 🙂
Read moreSome decent Blu-rays out this week, nothing earth shattering but we’ve seen worse weeks. I swear I enjoyed the original Saw, but they are really running out of steam and I’m happy to hear this is the last chapter of the series, which feels like they’ve had a new one every 9 months for the last 8 years. I haven’t […]
Read moreNow this is interesting, only because we’ve been hearing about this for years from Cable Companies, and now it seems to finally be rolling out. I’m not sure if customers are for or against the idea of the Cable MSO storing all their recordings, have to figure privacy advocates are not fans, but from a hardware standpoint you figure they’re […]
Read moreVLC is one of the best universal file format players available for your HTPC. It’s not the prettiest in the world, but if you’re having trouble playing back a certain file you download…errr….found, then VLC can probably play it no questions asked. Lots of good updates for everyone, even Mac users, who knew? The VideoLAN team has today rolled out […]
Read moreI always wondered about this, basically since users could essentially share Netflix accounts to stream, but guess Netflix caught on and have since locked it down pretty tight, only allowing 2 streams at a time. Netflix is now limiting how many devices can be watched at one time on the Unlimited Watch Now plan. The originally had it where 4 […]
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A couple of weeks ago, I posted a review of my experience with VUDU and mentioned that a new UI was coming. Well, today is the day that it has dropped to most connected devices. I will have to wait a bit longer to see it because VUDU is still working on the update for Vizio and Samsung connected devices. […]
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