Bug fixes are always good, but what really sets this release is the integration with Media Center. As a Sage user, this get a bit of a ::yawn:: from me, but I know the Media Center folks will be pleased… of course, with some gripes about whatever MS hasn’t added yet. 😉 The great news is that new in […]
Read moreA friend recently went my wife a link to a website we had not seen before. The name of the site is Bash.org and I wanted to make sure that all of you see it also. Beware though, it’s not a website that is workplace friendly.
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The digital TV changeover is coming. It’s been delayed a bit, but the train is coming down the tracks. In order to be prepared for the inevitable, today we are going to see how the analog to digital converter box from GE fits our needs. INTRODUCTION As you’ve most likely heard by now, broadcast television in the US is […]
Read moreAlright, so the debate was not one side as the title seems but the title was too tempting to pass up. If you are looking for some alone time material on the throne, head on over to Boxee’s blog and print out this debate between Boxee and Mark Cuban. The debate at hand is the direction broadcasting is heading and […]
Read moreIt was about 7:30 pm last night, give or take a couple of hours, and I was hard at work attempting to wrap my feeble mind around the shroud of mystery that surrounds home automation. Deep in its bowels I toiled for well over 10 minutes while I read the manual of the Intermatic Master Controller and how to assign […]
Read moreMSI is getting in on the HTPC/HDMI action. It’s not a silent card and so it has a small fan, which is hopefully nice and quiet. MSI’s R4600 HDMI’s entire series has native HDMI output to allow direct connection of your pc with hi-def TVs, monitors and projectors. Supporting full HD at a resolution of 1920×1080, this card presents […]
Read moreWhile these cases are too tall for my own taste, many people must like them, since there are a lot of similarly "large" HTPC cases. However, what immediately stole my attention was the 4 bay, hot swap, RAID cage on the front of the PC-C34F. Very interesting design choice. I’m wondering about cooling, vibration, and overall noise now. The […]
Read moreI for one have been waiting for this! Even tho I’m using a IR-BT adapter that an avsforum member made for the PS3 in the home theater, so my Harmony 1000 could control the PS3 too. However, it can’t turn on the PS3 when I hit Watch Movies (have to push the PS3 on/off button), nor it will turn it […]
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BoxeeTV is a new home theater type software, but they have gone a different route in the ways they began distributing. They launched with an initial alpha version for Linux, Apple, and AppleTV’s, and shunned us Windows users. That didn’t bother me as I wanted to get my hands on it, until I remembered how terrible I was with Linux. […]
Read moreIf you’re in the market for a new HTPC case, techspot did a roundup of some nice ones. One of the greatest challenges a HTPC faces is fitting in with the rest of your living room equipment, and this burden is placed at large on the case. Besides good looks, the case must operate at a reasonable volume and […]
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