After getting my HTPC 90% of the way setup I have decided to take a few months off from the site and enjoy it. With that said, John will be taking over operations from here on in. There might be a Linux flavor to the news and Tip Of The Day but (we) need to reach out to the inner […]
Read moreFFDshow got its claim to fame, at least in my little world, for being a DirectShow filter that would allow you to scale DVD content and apply various filters to it. Of course its other great feature is that it will play XviD and Divx with nary an issue. The Sourceforge page linked below has links to the forums and […]
Read moreGBPVR 1.2.9 is now available! With any new version comes a heapin’ ole pile of change. Nothing really stands out from the change list but it does look like Sub went through a lot of effort to polish, mature if you will, GBPVR. GBPVR is a freeware program developed by Sub in his spare time. If you read through the […]
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We have been talking about Omaura at MissingRemote.com. The vision they have for the HTPC case has certainly got us excited and we are glad to have their intial products hit North America! Omaura has teamed up with Dell to initially offer the TF11, TF8, IR KIT, and TF HDD. One thing that really catches my eye is the price of these […]
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The whole concept behind a digital home is having your media when and where you want it. Netflix has certainly progressed this concept with their mail order DVD rental business and their "Watch Now" feature. No official partnership, as of yet, exists between Netflix and Microsoft, leaving a void that was filled by a couple enthusiasts of the Media Center […]
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Getting the most out of your Media Center PC depends on knowing every little in and out of the programs. Little design decisions by the team can really impact the Wife Acceptance Factor. An example of this is using the category function of the EPG. As pictured in the screenshots below, the category is off to the left hand side […]
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Read moreWelcome to another edition of The Daily Button. The biggest news to hit the web today is no doubt the official release of the 780 series IGP from AMD. High def playback from integrated graphics is one part of the HTPC Holy Grail that we can finally scratch of our list. Now all we need is Hauppauge to make their […]
Read moreUnion, NJ – MAINGEAR Computers, the premier high performance boutique integrator in North America is proud to announce the immediate availability of their new Axess HD Home Theater media center. Featuring 1080p Full HD graphics courtesy of the AMD ATI Radeon HD 3200 GPU, the included Universal Video Decoder provides for a stunning high definition experience with advanced post processing […]
Read moreI just saw an announcement over at The Green Button that Druid 1.0 has been released. Druid is an free-ware transcoder to convert Media Center recordings to portable player formats (including Zune and iPod firend formates. I am not sure if this will work on CableCard content or not, you can be sure I will be giving this a try […]
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