Today, the folks over at Remote Potato have released their latest application: Remote Potato HD for the iPad. Last night, I was given the chance to do an early review of the latest product. For over a year now, I have been using Remote Potato to do remote scheduling and managing of my series recordings. Prior to the release of Remote […]
Read moreIf you remember the days of TweakMC back in the Vista Media Center era you will remember it was a great utility for customizing Media Center. Enabling the DVD Library which was disabled by default. Fixing overscan issues, you name it, TweakMC did it. A member over at the Windows Experts Community (formerly The Green Button) has found the original […]
Read moreCePro is putting on a free live webinar to talk about the in’s and out’s of HDMI cables. The webinar will cover topics around 3D, True Color, and things about “will my cheap cable be good enough?” For dealers, questions about HDMI still abound: – Will HDMI cable handle new technology and specifications, like Audio Return Channel (ARC) and HDMI […]
Read moreWhile there is already an Tivo iPad app, Tivo has announced that they will be bringing a similar app for both Android and iPhone devices. One of the biggest trends to sweep through the consumer electronics industry is the adoption of software delivered through Apple’s iTunes App Store. For TiVo owners, the California-based company developed control and management apps for […]
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With all of the home automation talk lately (Android @home) and the fact I have been addicted to home automation, slowly turning my entire home into a fully automated system. I figured what better time than now to start a home automation series blog. About ten years ago when I went over to a relative’s house warming party. The first […]
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While I personally am not a fan of internet streaming video, mostly because of low bit rate and lack of surround sound audio, I know many readers of Missing Remote are fans. The news of Miramax and Hulu striking a deal is great news for those fans. Adding additional content and having a wide array of access can only be […]
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I have always been a fan of Creative audio products even from the beginning of my computer building days. Lately though, Creative has gone by the wayside, so it is interesting to see them revamp their products and go after a market like this. Creative Labs decided to reignite its core business with the launch of a new multi-core audio […]
Read moreAfter an extended weekend vacation I came home to the dreaded “red box” notification icon reporting that two of my systems on my network had failed to back up. So for the past 5 days that I was gone my main HTPC and my office pc had failed to backup. While I am grateful nothing had happened in those 5 […]
Read moreMy Movies 4.01 Pre Release 1 is now available. One of the biggest new features available is resuming of movies. I have personally been using My Movies for years. Every time I rebuild my Media Center machine, My Movies is the first application I install every time. Head over to My Movies and give it a look, it definitely is […]
Read moreThe fall 2011 and winter 2012 TV lineups are starting to flow in. Some really surprising results have come out. Some good shows or at least I thought they were good shows on Fox are getting the AX. Lie To Me, Human Target, The Chicago Code are all done. Normally we weren’t suppose to find out about next seasons shows […]
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