Vail, WHS v2, is available for public testing. I installed yesterday but haven’t played with it much yet. Have you tried it yet? Let us know what your thoughts are, I’ll be adding mine tonight. Windows Home Server V2 (Vail) Part 1 April 26, 2010 — Matthew Glover ITS HERE! Your first chance to see the new public preview […]
Read moreI’m not sure how to take this news. On the one hand, I’m glad to see the FCC calling out cable companies for the debacle that is cable card. But on the other, you have a bunch of HTPC and TiVO owners using cable card and heavily invested, as bad as things have been. Do we really want to start […]
Read moreAnother great week gone by, lots of active discussions going on as usual in the forums. Here are some that caught my eye. Head on over via the Forums tab and voice your opinion or tell us a bit about your home theater! Your TV Is Your New BFF Blockbuster CEO Slams Netflix Streaming Selection 3D htpc faq: Requirements Mounting […]
Read moreWow, I can’t remember seeing it this low outside of any special Black Friday promotion. Right now Amazon has the Dark Knight for only $9.49! Can’t imagine this lasting long. Click on the picture or here: The Dark Knight (+ BD Live) [Blu-ray]
Read moreEveryone saw this coming, but how does it make you feel? Do you even care? I’m one of the types that watches a show once, and then rarely again (Big Bang Theory the exception)…so this doesn’t phase me. Under the proposal, Hulu would continue to provide for free the five most recent episodes of shows like Fox’s "Glee," "ABC’s "Lost" […]
Read moreHDGuru has a 3-part article covering all sorts of myths and rumors about 3D technology that may be going on in your head. If you’re considering purchasing or interested in one in the future it’s a solid read. Later this year you’ll see glasses-free single viewer, hand held 3D video games and computer monitors since single “sweet spot” viewer positioning […]
Read moreSome podcasts to keep you entertained and throughout the weekend…enjoy! This week we are talking Media Manager apps for Windows Media Center with Bjorn Morris and Adam Thursby. There are some great apps for managing movies metadata and we discuss the pros and cons of the various addins and whether we really need extra software. [The Media Center Show #253 […]
Read moreThis is going to cost me for sure. Whre is a good place to get a decent sized touchscreen? How long before someone mods a coffeee table or sticks a display in a wall using non OEM setups. After a long wait of almost a year, Microsoft has announced this week that the Touch Pack for Windows 7 is […]
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Cool little extender here…. I’ve taken a look at several media players here on TestFreaks and today I have another one, but unlike the previous kind I looked at. Today for review I’ve got the brite-View CinemeTube Media Player. You might recognize the name brite-View as I recently reviewed their power line networking kit, that kit was meant to work […]
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I had to take a moment to pick my jaw up off the floor after seeing these pictures. Maddie Chambers is a hardcore LOTR fan and she used her amazing talent over the course of a year to recreate Bag End in excrutiating detail. Looking at the huge array of photos she has online, her Hobbithouse (aka dollhouse) could easily […]
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