Electronic House has an article up about the history of remote controls :). Electronic House It’s hard to imagine life without remote controls, but it’s been a long, strange path to the modern incarnation we know and love today.
Read moreInsideHW Asus M3N-HT Deluxe Mempipe is one of the first motherboards based on new nForce 780A chipset and it should be adequate competitor to great AMD 780G chipset and to arriving 790GX.Asus offers, as many times before, exceptional product with quality design and great voltage unit. Rich bundle includes heatpipe memory cooler, additional fan for voltage unit and many more […]
Read moreAlso talked about in the following links http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/263266.aspx Dell Community After months of working cablecard systems users are getting redtricted content error since Thursday night. Looks like it mostly Dell PCs, I have not seen any other systems mention. The Green Button LTRipley said he did a fresh install of Vista so I would think that deleting the files in […]
Read moreCyberLink Live 2.0 essentially allows you to access, enjoy and even share with friends your personal digital media (like photos, music, videos, documents) stored in your home computer from anywhere, as long as you have a web connected browser. It also allows you to watch & record live local TV, and remotely monitor your home via a webcam connected to […]
Read moreI was just over at PCAlchemy and they are having a great sale going on. Below are a few highlights! Gyration Media Center Control – $29 Linksys DMA 2100 Extender – $229 Windows Home Server – $139 HIS 2600XT w/Zalman Cooler – $79 (wow, great HTPC card) Avideus Home Server (500GB w/ Windows Home Server) – $649 Mini-MCE w/ Core […]
Read moreIf your home theater is running a little toasty, be sure to check out Electronic House’s article on how to properly vent a home theater setup. Electronic House Any thoughts on what’s the number one problem with home theater components? If you didn’t say heat build up, don’t be surprised because few seem to realize just how problematic inadequate venting […]
Read moreInside HW Very often short descriptions in manufacturer manuals for displays are: exceptional design and excellent performances which is the case with Samsung T220. If some monitor looks nice we can see that by ourselves when we take it out from the packaging, but when it comes to other manufacturer’s promise (about performances) we need to check them by ourselves […]
Read moreGiven that it is Monday morning, I think we will just cut to the news. I think someone brewed decaf today. Analog Cut-Off News: Best Buy says that the FCC has no power to fine them for selling unlabelled analog TVs @ Ars Technica Extender News:VMC centralized experience with rack-mounted extenders @ Consumer Electronics Installer Blog VMC Plugin News: Open […]
Read moreI have started testing on the Bravo Hybrid PCI-E from Avermedia. I enabled QAM in VMC and after several hours of troubleshooting I realized that over the weekend my cable co encrypted all QAM but the locals. Argh, what a waste of time, I was sure it was the software. At any rate, below is a very quick initial summary […]
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Many people use Media Center to combine their music collections into one. But more & more people are learning the joy of websites like Slacker, Pandora, and the one for this plugin, Last.fm. These sites basically bring all sorts of music to you, based on particular artists that you like to listen to. Best of all, these services are free […]
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