I remembered it like it was yesterday, I broke the seal on my spiffy new Pioneer receiver. Without ever really reading the manual I set it up for the first time and came up with decent enough results. As time moved on, I moved houses and my listening environment changed a great deal. I had noticed that I now strained […]
Read moreElectronic House Since the advent of HDTV, few things have aroused more anger in HD viewers than the purported use of “HD-Lite” by television service providers. Before declaring oneself a victim, the consumer needs to understand just what HD-Lite is, when it might be used, and what else could be responsible for that alleged less-than-HD image up on the screen.
Read moreThis unit may not be the strongest HSF candidate out there but if you’re in the market for a low profile cooler this may be just the "ticket". Techpowerup The OrigenAE C10 heatsink is a low-profile heatsink meant for HTPC systems (like the OrigenAE S10V) and other low-profile cases. It is only as wide as the 70mm on the front […]
Read moreIt seems the WHS team will be delaying the release of Power Pack 1 to coincide with the release of the notorious corruption bug fix. PP1 will have some nice (and needed) features when it does hit the streets. Technet The Windows Home Server Storage and Test teams feel strongly that a combined release is the best option because it […]
Read moreElectronic House The digital music revolution was supposed to make our lives easier, wasn’t it? Music that follows you wherever you go, easy-to-use playlists, massive amounts of tunes in the palm of your hand—it all sounds so deliciously enticing until you try to decide what form you want that digital music to take. Do you want your music stored in […]
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Are you ready to ready RSS feeds from your couch? I know I am 🙂 By now we all know Niall’s programming prowess and he does not fail to impress with his latest plugin. A standard RSS reader designed for VMC really doesn’t impress me much but once you use the plugin you start to see the little detals that […]
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Ignorance Is Bliss has been hard at work for our HTPC community and has recently released an update to his Yougle plugin. Of course, that means we need to provide an update to our "Life With A Plugin" series! As mentioned in my previous episode, Yougle takes information typically found on a webpage and presents it in a 10′ UI […]
Read moreThe folks over at Hardware Secrets have put together a guide for troubleshooting a PC that won’t start. The problem of a suddenly dead PC seems to crop up every now and again so I thought that this article might help someone in the future. Some sage advice from the article below… Hardware Secrets Check if the main […]
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Thanks to Chuck for sending this in. That is one nice theater, that would put the WAF off the charts in my house! Electronic House A bottle of rum may be enough of the pirate’s life for some. However, for Paul and Emily Konold, it’s all about the home theater. On one of the Konolds’ yearly pilgrimages to Disneyland, Paul […]
Read moreAnymore it seems that the only PSU reviews out there are for units capable of lighting up Mayberry. For HTPCers, though, there probably isn’t quite the need for those 1KW monsters so a look at something in the 300 – 400W range is always a welcome read. (On a side note: will I be sued for using the word ‘monster’ […]
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