Just wanted to take a moment to announce the winner of the Amulet Devices Voice Remote Control contest….sbrown23!! Congratulations! You will be receiving an e-mail from me which I’ll need some info within 48 hours.
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The wife and I just finished watching the two episode premier of Starz’s original series Camelot this past weekend and, before I accidentally read any other reviews or forget what I saw, I thought I would share my own thoughts. Before delving into my own opinion (which will NOT contain any spoilers!), here is what Starz has to say about their […]
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Rethinking the DVR Continued from part 1… While living with TiVo DVRs for a few years, I considered building a Home Theater PC (HTPC) to solve some of the issues my TiVo setup had. I had been following the development of MythTV and was impressed with what you could do with what basically amounts to off the shelf commodity hardware. While […]
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Thanks for participating, this contest has ENDED!! We once again have a great prize to give away. Please note, we’ve modified the entries a little bit, so please read carefully how to enter below! This time up, courtesy of the fine folks at Amulet Devices, their Voice Enabled Remote Control for Windows Media Center! With an MSRP of $149 and […]
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Mike has graciously invited me to write a blog for MissingRemote and while I do intend to tackle some technical aspects of home theater in general and HTPCs in particular, I thought it might be useful to explain at least how I think I got into home theater. After all, HTPCs, plasma display panels, and digital television are just a […]
Read moreI was just relaxing in my hotel in Dallas and remembered I had one final copy of Arcsoft’s Total Media Theatre 3 left at my house, so I wanted to try something a little different. So we’re going to be giving away the copy with entries only through Facebook! So head on over to Facebook.com/MissingRemote and enter. (Sorry to our […]
Read moreMy given name is Kyle Button, but for years I’ve been known as TechButton to my peers in the technology world. I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to my family and how I’ve integrated technology into every aspect of our home life. My oldest son is 3 years old and already shows an affinity for all things […]
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Similar to the NASA TV for Media Center I released earlier today, Starz Live for Media Center builds upon the discovery of others. Earlier in the year TheGreenButton forum member geetarzan posted an easy method to watch Starz Live in Media Center. After my release of NASA TV for Media Center I received a request from mcewinter asking if I could do […]
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UPDATE NASA TV has been updated here. A few weeks ago space shuttle Discovery embarked on its final flight. In honor of the event Pete Brown from Extreme Windows Blog and The Green Button posted, or as it were reposted, how to watch the NASA TV stream within Windows Media Center. As you can see from Pete’s post, the ability to add […]
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THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED!! WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON!! If you missed out on our previous giveaways fear not, we have another from Arcsoft, giving away ONE copy of their awesome Blu-ray playback software for Windows, Total Media Theater 3 Platinum! This fantastic Blu-ray playback software allows you to play high definition movies from Blu-ray disc and even stored […]
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