I love what Microsoft is doing building an entire ecosystem based around the Xbox360, I only wish that Media Center was included. Here are the new features Microsoft announced at E3, with voice-powered search and a variety of streaming sources outside the US. Microsoft confirmed the recent rumors and announced a new streaming TV implementation for the Xbox 360 today […]
Read moreVLC is an amazing media software that can playback virtually any file you can throw it’s way. I often defer to it when I’m having some subtitle difficulties. Some nice improvements with V.1.1.10 – Rewrite of the pulseaudio audio output module – Removal of the font-cache re-building on the freetype module on Windows – Numerous updates and fixes on the interface and […]
Read moreI hope other companies see things like this and can understand just why Netflix is so beloved by consumers. Not only do they provide an awesome service at a great price, but they’re not trying to nickel & dime their customers at all. Are there people taking advantage of the Netflix streaming limits and sharing accounts? Probably. But I guarantee […]
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We’ve been curious about the sudden slew of retailers popping up over the weekend offering aggressive pricing on InfiniTV 4 digital cable tuners. Ceton has just answered our questions with a press release detailing their new authorized retail partners including D&H Distributing, Micro Center, the Microsoft Store, Newegg and Velocity Micro. The big reductions in price from new retailers can be explained […]
Read moreOnce upon a time, Microsoft had a service called Xbox Live Diamond. It was a short-lived, and rather pitiful, discount card program for Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Sounds like we might be getting a new take on Xbox Live Diamond that could actually offer some true value. The Xbox 360 already offers IPTV funtionality with Mediaroom integration for interested service […]
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Here’s a nifty little board from the gang at Zotac, full of features including wireless, maybe your next HTPC board? Today sees us still keeping our focus on small form factor in general but taking a look at a slightly different product, that shares the same market. The Zotac H67-ITX WiFi is still aimed at the HTPC market but differs […]
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Having seen Missing Remote’s reviews of the Intel Media Series motherboards it should be clear that they provide a solid foundation for a home theater PC (HTPC) build, but because they also include Intel NICs (network interface controller) there is a strong case to use one for your next server build as well. Unfortunately, Intel does not support server operating […]
Read moreThis is the first I’ve heard of this issue, and since I’ve been using SSDs and S3 standby for quite a while I was skeptical at first. After checking it out there does seem to be a serious problem (some users report a bricked drive!) going on at least with SandForce based SSDs and standby. Anyone had an issue with […]
Read moreAfter an extended weekend vacation I came home to the dreaded “red box” notification icon reporting that two of my systems on my network had failed to back up. So for the past 5 days that I was gone my main HTPC and my office pc had failed to backup. While I am grateful nothing had happened in those 5 […]
Read moreFinally some official information regarding the future version of Microsoft Windows, and boy can you say “radically different”? It feels like they’re really trying to push the whole singular interface across devices…not sure how I feel about that yet. The fundamental goal with the new operating system, which is being shown for the first time at D9, is to create […]
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