With the recent announcement of Hauppauge’s HD-PVR delayed I was beginning to think 2008 would be another year of false promises and delayed products :(. We HTPC enthusiasts take it in the chin alot for the luxury of having an overpriced DVD player. The good news is that the company in charge of developing the tuners for DirectTV has contacted […]
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I had linked to a thread a week or more ago about a SageMC skin that was in devlopment. Well the finished product is here and ready for your isntallation pleasure. I have to say, I am very impressed and will be getting this isntalled on my test machine ASAP. SageTV Forum Link:
Read moreI am kind of stumped for a Tip Of The Day today. I spent the weekend using Anthony Park’s Netflix plugin and watching/recording TV shows. Nothing out of the ordinary nor tip worthy. If you have any suggestions, please email them over 🙂 or reply in the comments. TV Tuner News: Avermedia release beta QAM drivers for VMC @ Chris […]
Read moreAccording to Chris L. and EngadgetHD , Vista’s next beta is inching closer and closer. Opt-in agreements have been sent out, not to me :(, oh wel! The big deal for this beta appears to be DirecTV support. Everything else appears to be rumour at this point. Users (who shall remain nameless, because I edited them out) at The Green […]
Read moreA regular reader, Grant P., sent me an email asking for some help on a Wikipedia effort to document the capabilities of each HTPC software package available. This is an effort that takes the combined effort of a lot of folks who are intimately familiar with each software package. I think this is a great idea and hope everyone that […]
Read moreAs of today, the MissingRemote.com Gloassary officialy hits beta status. Why beta? Well we have a lot of terms to add to the glossary. I would like to thank Matt for his hard work on this over the years, he has maintained this glossary all the way back from the My HTPC days :). You can access the glossary by […]
Read moreWelcome to today’s edition of The Daily Button. We have a few things coming down the pipe in the next couple of weeks including a refreshed server build guide, an Arcsoft TMT review and an update to my build guide. I have to say that the Arcsoft folks have been extremely responsive in ironing out issues we have been seeing. […]
Read moreBy now we all know that the activity based system the Harmony remotes use is a nice addition to your home theater. For more information on these remotes you can visit our Harmony 880, Harmony 890 and Harmony 670 reviews. However, there are a few alternative tweaks beyond what the setup wizard will allow you to do. Favorite channels On […]
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Are these all-in-one home theater systems finally shedding their "cheap" stigma? Electronic House Today, these pre-packaged systems can be just as good as separates with high-quality speaker drivers, and are now offered from quality audio companies. And, some HTiBs may also include a Blu-ray Disc player/changer. There are countless variations on a theme. Many systems come with sleek and futuristic […]
Read moreTaipei, Taiwan, March 21, 2008 – Catering to the new era in multimedia technology, ASUS, producer of high quality audio and visual solutions, has announced the new ASUS Splendid HD1 video enhance card. This astounding piece of hardware is able to increase picture quality for HD content to deliver sharper, more vividly colored visual outputs. It can even enhance lower […]
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