We knew it was coming down the pipe, and today BitTorrent let the world know about the BitTorrent Entertainment Network. Similar to other services out there it is a download service offering movies, TV shows, movies and some free content. It is certainly no bargain with movie rentals coming in at $3.99 and TV shows for $1.99. The content will […]
Read moreA sad day in the speaker industry, after 34 years in business M&K will be closed down. Heading on over to the M&K's site, I couldn't find any information behind the closure. CEPro has a bit more information on the history of M&K. From the article: Kreisel credits M&K for introducing "first world's modern day satellite-subwoofer speaker system" in 1976, […]
Read moreI have to say, I am rooting for HD DVD now. Just because of the arrogance portrayed by the Blu-ray team. They really remind me of overpaid sports stars. Never the less, Blu-ray has nudged past HD DVD in next gen DVD sales. From the article: Graffeo says that HD DVD players continue to have the highest disc to player […]
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Courtesy of Dave Zatz, Tivo Desktop 2.4 beta has been released. A couple of new features are worth noting; HD photograph streaming and transcoding for playback on portable devices. Not much other information to report right now. For those TiVo owners out there, let us know what you do with your TiVo's besides recording duties. Read More:
Read moreChris L., ever vigilant on the MCE plugin front, posts about the beta release of MCEtilities 1.0. MCEtilities allows you to edit DVR-MS files and view metadata for DVDcml files. Additionally, the software can control (and rip from) DVD changers such as Sony's XL1B2 changer. Read more from Chris' Post: TGB Thread: Now, if you are like me you are […]
Read moreTHe Pro-940HD barely qualifies for the HD name with a resolution of 1024X768. Personally I have not dealt with rectangular pixels but I would think that it would not work well with Media Centers. Odd resolution aside, this TV does get high marks for out of the box picture quality and the ability to stream media files. From the article: […]
Read moreThe winner of the case is Skirge01. Please contact me via pm or email to claim your prize. Congratulations! We hope you enjoy your case.
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Does anyone else think the Media Portal community has great skinners? Here are a few examples :). After the break there are a couple of more examples:) Media Portal MediaPortal is an Open Source application ideal for turning your PC / TV into a very advanced Media Center. MediaPortal allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch […]
Read moreThe Daily Button Console News: Power Consumption if today's consoles at Hardcoreware Case News: Silverstone LC14M review at ThinkComputers Case News: SoundGraph iMON Ultra Bay review at techPowerUp.com Geek News: Star Trek Voice Operated Dimmer at i4U Geek News: Cisco and Appl settle trademark dispute at DailyTech High Def DVD News: Blu-ray vs. HD DVD, Formats Not Equal article at […]
Read moreSiliconDust has finally released beta drivers for the HDHomeRun to get QAM working in MCE. It is a bit of a cludge right now because MCE does not support QAM EPG. You have to map the OTA channels you get in the area to the QAM tuner channels so you can get the EPG information needed. There is a lot […]
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