Battle of the HP WHS Boxes – EX475 vs the new EX487 If you are like me, you couldn’t wait to get your hands on the initial HP MediaSmart Windows Home Server system when they first came out last year. I received one and put it to the Battle of the Windows Home Servers , and it did wonderfully going […]
Read moreI have to admit, just when I start defending HP for having every valid reason for not offering certain things to older customers, they go and make everyone happy. Don’t you hate that!! 🙂 We have listened to the customer feedback on wegotserved.co.uk, mediasmartserver.net, mediasmarthome.com and other popular Windows Home Server blogs related to our recent software update availability. […]
Read moreI’m pretty blown away as fellow MVP Barb Bowman shows off a new feature of the RC 7100 build of Windows7, where she is streaming a recorded cablecard television program outside her home network, to her Win7 laptop!! She put up a video of it in action, quite impressive. First, this is secure streaming between computers I own. The […]
Read more*sigh*…here we go again. I don’t understand them…rather than embrace it and make some money off it, they just shoot down any legitimate attempts..even though anyone with half a computer knows what AnyDVD is. On Friday, industry lawyers urged a federal judge to bar RealNetworks Inc. from selling software that allows consumers to copy their DVDs to computer hard […]
Read moreI’ve said it before in reviews, but somehow I’m continued to be impressed with how a big corporation like HP continues to listen to the enthusiast crowd that have made them so popular. Here’s just another example… We have been following the reaction to our 2.5 software update and understand that consumers who purchased the first generation MediaSmart EX […]
Read more
For those of you that are familiar with my writings, I often have a case of nostalgia. Having been involved in Home Theater PC’s for over 10 years now, I often reminisce at how this all started and where we are today. I think it was Alan’s blog about Start Menu’s that made me think about the plethora of Home […]
Read moreI always enjoy reading what Chris has to say, and I must say he’s spot on here. Fuze was great in theory, and it’s sad to see them go…hopefully the lessons learned can be passed on to current/future Media Center companies. They spent their money and resources on developing a wrapper for Vista Media Center that only slightly expanded […]
Read moreVery informative article if you want to learn some of the differences. I’m going deaf, so irrelevant for me, but if you still have your hearing, give it a whirl! So how much do you have to spend to get a good system in the eyes (ears?) of an audiophile? Definitive recommends $1000 for a home-theater component setup. (In […]
Read more
Logitech diNovo Mini Over the years, many have tried with little success to introduce a wireless keyboard into the living room home theater environment. Logitech has a number of wireless keyboards, but the diNovo Mini is the first introduced which brings about a small form factor along with a convenient array of hot media buttons to integrate seamlessly into […]
Read moreI can’t believe Ian has already gotten to 200 podcasts!! I remember back when Ian was asking us MCE geeks if we’d even be interested in such a thing, and look how it’s grown! Way to go Ian!! Well I have made it to show 200 and I have a special show for you. Ed Bott, Charlie Owen and […]
Read more