I was conflicted at how I wanted to address the new Sports Channel which found its way onto the Sports row of my Windows Vista Media Center–such a good idea, but with so many flaws, so I felt it only fair to give it the same time and analysis as I give all Plugins and let users decide for themselves. […]
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BoxeeTV is a new home theater type software, but they have gone a different route in the ways they began distributing. They launched with an initial alpha version for Linux, Apple, and AppleTV’s, and shunned us Windows users. That didn’t bother me as I wanted to get my hands on it, until I remembered how terrible I was with Linux. […]
Read moreI love these types of articles, and it’s always interesting to see how other websites approach this ever popular HTPC biz we so love. I will examine each of these in more detail in the following pages. You may be somewhat surprised to see the motherboard so low on the list. Most of the time you’ll see that as […]
Read moreNot sure how much more I really need to say, a fairly amusing list depending on where in the "geek" spectrum you fall. I could *only* identify with 5 of the 10 listed…wonder how the rest of you score 😛 It’s tough enough to find decent geeky shows on TV these days; think of how much worse it would […]
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As I continue to test, play and poke around the enormous amount of resources that exist for XBMC (Xbox Media Center) on AppleTV, I felt obliged to comment on just how stunning the visuals are. I briefly mentioned the user interface in my last post, but this is the type of appearance that can only be expressed with pictures. From […]
Read moreLee David Jones has a really great article up on TheDigitalLifestyle website that basically pits Media Portal HTPC Software (free) against the ever powerful Windows Media Center. I hadn’t used Media Portal in years, so it was great to see how much they’ve grown since then. To compare the two, I’d say that MediaPortal is on par, if not […]
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One of the benefits of the installation of BoxeeTV on an AppleTV, is that XBMC (Xbox Media Center) HTPC Software is basically already installed onto your AppleTV. Remember that BoxeeTV is based on XBMC’s code, so it makes the install that much easier. If you are only interested in installing XMBC, there are a number of writeups like this . […]
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EDIT 3/6 @ 3:30pm: Well that didn’t last long 🙁 Good thing this update has some cool new features besides Hulu! By now you have probably heard the news about Boxee releasing an update with a different way of approaching Hulu. While previously Boxee had an amazing integration with Hulu, that service had since been terminated due to unknown reasons […]
Read moreSome wonderful news from Boxee as they continue to develop even with the ridiculousness that is Hulu. Now they’re bringing in an app-store to offer even more, and seems to at least temporarily have solved the Hulu issue. we started boxee because there was an opportunity in the media center space for a product/company who put the user first, […]
Read moreSome pretty interesting reports/comments. Tempting me to at least call to cancel my Comcast and see what happens. What’s happening in the Cable TV world is what has been happening in publishing, only not as far progressed. The Internet is blowing up the monopolization of content and doing an end-around Big Media. We don’t yet think in these terms […]
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