The RSS feed gadget from Microsoft for the Vista Sidebar isn't as straight forward as I thought it was to add different feeds. However, it was pretty easy. In lieu of creating my own gadget, I thought I would post a set of simple instructions to get the default one working. 1. Subscribe to a feed using IE7. This is […]
Read moreChris hit the nail on the head with his latest posts. He has voiced my frustrations very well with his thoughts on in-wall extenders. I was planning a post along these lines because I just can't fit MCE into my connected house plans. No matter how I hard I try, lack of touchscreens and extenders simply are too much of […]
Read moreI4U, a pretty good CE news source, breaks out of their news reporting ways and gives us a review of JVC's 46" 1080P LCD. LCD's have someone anemic blacks, and this set isn't out to break that barrier with a contrast ration of 1200:1. It has a healthy amount of connections with dual HDMI connections, dual firewire, and a couple […]
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Over the last couple of years, there has been nice strides made in the looks and functionality of cases. Listening to the masses of HTPC enthusiasts, Silverstone started to develop cases with dual 80mm fans and other advances that helped keep our cases cool and quiet. This particular case is an offshoot of the old LC-03, which was one of […]
Read moreS1Digital Sets a New Reference Standard with ProLine Series Media Centers New York, NY, February 20th, 2007 â€â€ S1Digital, a leading builder of highâ€end Media Centers and Servers, today announced the launch of their ProLine Series which sets a new reference standard for Media Centers based on Microsoft Vista Ultimate. The ProLine Series includes S1Digital’s flagship rack mount Media Server […]
Read moreS1Digital Introduces Home Series Line of Media Centers New York, NY, February 21th, 2007 â€â€ S1Digital, a leading builder of highâ€end Media Centers and Servers today launched the Home Series line of Media Centers that includes the popular Media Center Platinum Edition, Gold Edition and tiny Mini Edition. The premium Media Center Platinum Edition heads up the Home Series by […]
Read moreMike would have never let a new release of DVRMSToolbox slip through his hands, however, he is on a business trip. So, here is the news post, although a few days late. Release Announcement: Change Log: – changed Toub.MediaCenter.Dvrms.dll from 1.0.0.0 to 1.1.10.0 – ConvertToWmvIC copies Closed Captions to WMV files for NTSC files – changed how dvr2wmv.dll is referenced, […]
Read moreEver want to be a DJ? Check out this howto, and away you go! Thanks to Lothar for sending this in 🙂 Link: This tutorial describes how to set up an audio streaming server with Icecast2. In order that Icecast2 can stream audio to listeners we install Ices2. Ices2 is a program that sends audio data to an Icecast2 server […]
Read moreIt appears as though everyone has taken the day off today. There is barely news around today. If you see anything you would like to share, send it on over to news at missingremote.com. While we try and get some news together, feel free to browse our latest blog posts or reviews. The last 5 of each can be found […]
Read moreIt looks like Viacom is sending Google a message by teaming up with Joost. With the likes of MTV, and SpikeTV heading over to Joost, I can certainly see them attracting a younger crowd. Who knows? We might even see an actual music video. From the article: Under the agreement, content from Viacom's MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, and BET Networks will […]
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