El Reg Compares 4 – 1TB Hard Drives Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, and Western Digital. It is what is. Not done from an HTPC viewpoint Reg Hardware In the last 12 months or so, the price of the Hitachi has fallen to £159 which pitches it squarely against the Seagate ST31000340NS Barracuda ES.2 and Western Digital’s WD1000FYPS RE2-GP. Hitachi uses five […]
Read moreAnymore it seems that the only PSU reviews out there are for units capable of lighting up Mayberry. For HTPCers, though, there probably isn’t quite the need for those 1KW monsters so a look at something in the 300 – 400W range is always a welcome read. (On a side note: will I be sued for using the word ‘monster’ […]
Read moreConsidering the high cost of Photoshop, this might be a nice alternative for some. I haven’t used it, but I’ve sent my son the link for his critique. Gizmodo Targeted at everyday consumers, it’s Photoshop stripped down to a pretty slick Flash 9-powered web app we got a demo of earlier today. It’s super easy to crop, adjust saturation or […]
Read moreWith the recent announcement of Hauppauge’s HD-PVR delayed I was beginning to think 2008 would be another year of false promises and delayed products :(. We HTPC enthusiasts take it in the chin alot for the luxury of having an overpriced DVD player. The good news is that the company in charge of developing the tuners for DirectTV has contacted […]
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I had linked to a thread a week or more ago about a SageMC skin that was in devlopment. Well the finished product is here and ready for your isntallation pleasure. I have to say, I am very impressed and will be getting this isntalled on my test machine ASAP. SageTV Forum Link:
Read moreI am kind of stumped for a Tip Of The Day today. I spent the weekend using Anthony Park’s Netflix plugin and watching/recording TV shows. Nothing out of the ordinary nor tip worthy. If you have any suggestions, please email them over 🙂 or reply in the comments. TV Tuner News: Avermedia release beta QAM drivers for VMC @ Chris […]
Read moreAccording to Chris L. and EngadgetHD , Vista’s next beta is inching closer and closer. Opt-in agreements have been sent out, not to me :(, oh wel! The big deal for this beta appears to be DirecTV support. Everything else appears to be rumour at this point. Users (who shall remain nameless, because I edited them out) at The Green […]
Read moreA regular reader, Grant P., sent me an email asking for some help on a Wikipedia effort to document the capabilities of each HTPC software package available. This is an effort that takes the combined effort of a lot of folks who are intimately familiar with each software package. I think this is a great idea and hope everyone that […]
Read moreAs of today, the MissingRemote.com Gloassary officialy hits beta status. Why beta? Well we have a lot of terms to add to the glossary. I would like to thank Matt for his hard work on this over the years, he has maintained this glossary all the way back from the My HTPC days :). You can access the glossary by […]
Read moreWelcome to today’s edition of The Daily Button. We have a few things coming down the pipe in the next couple of weeks including a refreshed server build guide, an Arcsoft TMT review and an update to my build guide. I have to say that the Arcsoft folks have been extremely responsive in ironing out issues we have been seeing. […]
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