I certainly am not the target audience for the EH crowd, but some of these choices are nice. I would have gone with the Oppo Blu-ray drive instead of the Pioneer, but it’s hard to argue with most of their selections. I wouldn’t mind having this screen in my place! Electronic House Stewart Filmscreen’s Cabaret screen system combines Stewart’s Hollywood […]
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The Eee system from ASUS is a slick little box, but coming in at $500 without a Blu-ray drive is going to make a lot of people take a closer look at the competition. The gang at SPCR liked it well enough, and it is quiet and cool enough for your HTPC needs. SPCR Most of the clips, except […]
Read moreIn what’s sure to cause a good debate, Philoking covers the always fun topic of Linux versus Windows Home Server for your storage needs. I think it all depends on your expertise, as Linux can be quite more powerful than WHS….but there is quite a learning curve. Philoking To wrap things up, this goes directly to the heart of the […]
Read moreNot too many Blu-rays coming out today but there are a couple of great ones. Inglorious Basterds would probably have won out any normal week, being another fun (yet bloody) film from Quentin Tarrantino about a group of soldiers who become merceneries against Nazis. If you like Tarantino, you’ll like this one. The Mel Brooks Collection is a classic as […]
Read moreVia continues evolving their products, which is great given that they’ve always made super tiny products which are a great fit for HTPC’s. Gizmodo The high-performance ChromotionHD 2.0 video processor offers advanced filtering and cutting edge post-processing to perform ultra smooth decoding of MPEG-4/AVC, H.264, MPEG-2, VC-1, WMV-HD, and AVS video for Blu-ray content. The home theatre experience also encompasses […]
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By now you should all know I’m a pretty big sports fan, especially when it comes to fantasy football…but even this is a bit too intense for me! I would be fine with maybe 4 additional screens and one gigantic one in the middle. I do know one thing, this guy has the most understanding wife EVER. EH During […]
Read moreWow do I love this idea. As if most of you weren’t already buying the super low priced movies from Amazon.com, this plan just makes sense and gives you yet another reason to buy from Amazon. I’m not sure why they would make it limited time offer though, so let’s hope they keep it around for a while. Now you […]
Read moreThe DMZ caught wind of the latest ShowAnalyzer which I have been DESPERATELY waiting for! Lots of improvements here if you’re using Windows 7. Just as an intro, ShowAnalyzer is what is used with DTB for commercial skipping within Media Center and SageTV. The bugs that have been fixed include: * [ALL] Fix hard crash when opening master database […]
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Brian sure hasn’t been getting much sleep I suppose, and has already added a wealth of new features to MyMovies, with his 3.10 pre-release. Ian’s got a ton of screenshots and information up. TheDigitalLifestyle The next new feature is user created cover profiles, which allows the user to select between different looks of the movie covers. The system will […]
Read moreHope everyone is having a great week. I finally got a car and can now enjoy these fine podcasts! The Media Center Show #234 – Garry Whittaker Joining this week is old friend of the show Garry Whittaker. Garry has been integrating his Virgin Media cable box with Windows Media Center and he explains how he got it connected […]
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