While most of us were cleaning our houses in anticipation of the wave of Thanksgiving visitors, MediaPortal fans were busy jumping on the alpha bandwagon with the release of the MediaPortal 2 Alpha 1 Autumn release. The MediaPortal team teased the MP2 Autumn release last month. The Autumn release is noticeably more stable than the MP2 Summer release and with […]
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In the quest to build the perfect low power home theater PC (HTPC) it is natural to select low voltage memory under the assumption that it will reduce consumption – lowering your power bill, and producing a greener system. To test this theory three Hyper-X Genesis LoVo memory kits from Kingston were put to the test in three different HTPC […]
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A couple of months ago, coinciding with the release of Plex Media Server version 0.9.6.8, the Plex team made a couple of big announcements. The first announcement was the introduction of PlexPass, a new subscription system that would provide Plex supporters with early access to new features in develpoment. The second announcement was the introduction of a new Plex web […]
Read moreRunning a compressed version of Windows 8, Microsoft has a few different sku’s coming in 2013 based on the news release. One of them will be called Xbox TV and it is going to be a set-top box. It will be an always on box. Based off the news it may be around the same as we are seeing Ceton […]
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It has only been a couple of weeks since the XBMC team announced that they were entering the feature freeze stage of development for XBMC 12, codenamed “Frodo”, and the first beta is already available. The new version of Frodo is bringing some highly anticipated changes with the XBMC AudioEngine offering official HD audio support, live TV and PVR support, […]
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Hi all, I thought I would start a series of off-topic random blogs. If you don’t like off-topic content sorry, but feel free to ignore :). I also apologize for typos, grammar, etc…these are quick 5 minute blogs. A little background…lately I do the bulk of my development on a MacBook or MacMini. It offers the best of all worlds, […]
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When I first saw reports of Intel’s Next Unit of Computing (NUC) it seemed like the perfect little HTPC, although the price (~$400) was a bit off-putting. As it turns out, not only will it be getting Intel HD 4000 (madVR, yum) and an ULV IVB but will only cost $300-320. More importantly it will be easy to get one […]
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It is has been a long time coming, but the Ceton Echo Windows Media Center Extender is now available for pre-order for $179. Pre-orders will be taken exclusively at Newegg and carries a listed release date of 11/30/2012. Ceton is stating that pre-orders will be fulfilled on a first ordered/first shipped basis. Making the deal even sweeter, Newegg is including […]
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The XBOX 360 has ruled the Windows Media Center (WMC) extender market since it killed off third-party completion with the release of Windows Vista, but for many the brutish gaming console’s size, appetite for electricity, and unpleasant noise levels made it unwelcome in the A/V stack. With a lithe chassis, miserly power consumption, and a modern system-on-a-chip (SOC) offering the […]
Read moreWhile those in the forums continue to debate the reasons to jump to Windows 8, the folks at SiliconDust know you well enough to at least be prepared if you do. They have posted instructions for both their CableCARD PRIME as well as their ATSC-QAM products on their site. Just click on the appropriate link below. PRIME: http://www.silicondust.com/support/hdhomerun/instructions/primewmc8/ATSC/QAM/DVBT: http://www.silicondust.com/support/hdhomerun/instructions/wmc8/
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