Hooray! The last of the parts for my new build arrived last week. I have spent the last several months planning this build. The goal was to upgrade to a machine that ran Blu-ray and recorded in HD with ease, while also building an HTPC that was even quieter than my prior build. Music playback is also imporatant, but that […]
Read moreHello MissingRemote readers. I just recently answered the call to help out the team here and as a new contributor to the site I wanted to introduce myself before I started posting. My name is Andres and I am an HTPC addict. I have been playing with HTPC’s for a few years and finally took the plunge at the beginning […]
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As I sit and am battling with my remote control switching between the Dodger baseball game and the Monday Night Football game, I can’t help but be frustrated that my thousand dollar Windows Vista Media Center cannot do what my father’s television set from 1990 could do–PIP, Picture-in-Picture . You know that feature, where you can watch something on the […]
Read moreDid you know Samsung 2008 model TVs have a special “blue only” mode? This lets you use the THX Optimizer or color test patterns from discs like DVE without the need for special color filter glasses. When shopping for an HDMI receiver watch for the key words like: "HDMI repeater", "HD Audio LPCM 7.1-channel reception","HDMI processing". Also if the specs mention Dolby […]
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There’s been a lot of buzz around the entertainment industry lately about the next new thing now that the standard for the next generation DVD format has been put to rest. So what is the next new technology that will be coming down the pipe? It’s one that I’m very excited about. 3DTV. 3D movies have been in theaters for […]
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Well, it’s time for another update. I have to be honest with you. I started this build at the beginning of July (right after my trip to Atlanta) and at that time I really didn’t think I would still be working on it today. As you may have intuited from my recent guide on Installing Ubuntu and Mythtv , I […]
Read moreChris Lanier recently summed up the poor misguided path of Media Center since becoming a part of Windows Vista: Media Center’s number one problem has been failing to define itself in the market. Enthusiasts and power users want features not currently provided by Media Center, most of which Microsoft has shown little interest in actually implementing, and they want it […]
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Ok lads and lasses. Time for another update. In todays edition: choosing a linux distribution. First let me start out by saying that the Windows Vista portion of my dual boot system is still in tact. However, due to a few stability issues that I’m having running Mythtv in Windows I thought I would take another stab at my linux installation. Initially I had installed Fedora […]
Read moreOne of the greatest selling points you will hear in regard to Vista CableCard OEM PCs is that "It will save you money", because you will not have to rent whatever set-top-box your cable provider deems a requirement to view digital and HD channels. And originally, it was a valid point and one which really helped validate the necessity of the FCC’s support […]
Read moreThe past week I’ve been playing around with a an Asus AH3650 512MB AGP Card. I have to say, it’s been fun. It continually surprises me by how low spec a system I can use to play back Blu-ray. So let’s take a direct approach to this little write-up. Right now I’m watching Super Bad (AVC ~30 Mbps, Dolby TrueHD […]
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