This is the news I have been waiting for, a member of the Australia MCE community has released a plugin that will allow you to cusomtize the VMC start menu. The plugin will allow you to add two custom strips and add a tile to the currently pre-isntalled strips. This will allow me to move alot of my favorite plugins […]
Read morehttp://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/hardware2.asp?product=hd_pvr Get it while the getting is good. I can only imagine that demand will be rather high! There is absolutely no mention of what software it supports at this point! I would think that initally you will only get support for Hauppage’s own software. SageTV and BeyondTV shouldn’t be far behind though. Update: Brent Evans has confirmed that BeyondTV and SageTV […]
Read moreWhen I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that we would have start our quarterly systems guide, I really meant that these are the types of guides that suck the very soul out of me. I have changed scope so many times that I want to throw my half finished document off a cliff and go from there. So I […]
Read moreGood news for WHS users! A public beta of the forthcoming Power Pack 1 is set to hit the public in may. Power Pack 1 includes the fix to the possible data corruption bug that can affects a small set of users. We Got Server Should you wish to be part of the public beta in May, visit http://connect.microsoft.com/WindowsHomeServer to […]
Read moreHauppauge has gone and made the HD-PVR all official like with its very own product page. Below you will find the specs for what is considered the Holy Grail of the DIY HTPC builder. This will have a huge impact for HTPC software, such as SageTV, that choose to support this software. No longer will you have to go directly […]
Read moreI have no reason why this question popped into my head this weekend. I guess it happened while watching Ocean’s 13. At some point during the movie I wondered how cool it would be to be a part of this movie. In retrospect, I am not sure I would choose 13 just because the sequel didn’t do 11 justice. However, […]
Read moreI remembered it like it was yesterday, I broke the seal on my spiffy new Pioneer receiver. Without ever really reading the manual I set it up for the first time and came up with decent enough results. As time moved on, I moved houses and my listening environment changed a great deal. I had noticed that I now strained […]
Read moreElectronic House Since the advent of HDTV, few things have aroused more anger in HD viewers than the purported use of “HD-Lite” by television service providers. Before declaring oneself a victim, the consumer needs to understand just what HD-Lite is, when it might be used, and what else could be responsible for that alleged less-than-HD image up on the screen.
Read moreThis unit may not be the strongest HSF candidate out there but if you’re in the market for a low profile cooler this may be just the "ticket". Techpowerup The OrigenAE C10 heatsink is a low-profile heatsink meant for HTPC systems (like the OrigenAE S10V) and other low-profile cases. It is only as wide as the 70mm on the front […]
Read moreAnother future web service plugin in the making? Yahoo.com There.com and vMTV members will be able to express themselves with seconds-long video clips of movie one liners — say, Danny Zucko’s "Be cool, huh?" from "Grease" — with the service called VooZoo. The application from Los Angeles-based developer FanRocket was introduced on social-networking site Facebook last month and on mobile […]
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