A lot of people are using PowerDVD to get their high def disc playback on their HTPC. With all of the problems I have seen, this latest version of PowerDVD should be heart warming. Not only are we getting Profile 1.1, they are promising decoding of lossless HD CODECs sucs as DTS-HD. EngadgetHD Apparently, CyberLink was busy demonstrating its forthcoming […]
Read moreMCEBrowser was a plugin designed to be used with your remote and felt a bit limiting. As such, it was only a matter of time before someone designed a browser that can integrate into VMC and use a keyboard and mouse. It acts a lot like IE but has a couple of limitations like no cookies. TGB Thread VMC […]
Read moreLooking to get a bit more mileage out of your AGP setup? GeCube has just announced and AGP version of the 3850. There are also a few 2600XT’s shipping at New Egg. This will allow you to transform you old gaming machine into a nice HTPC :). Tech Connect After PowerColor and Sapphire, it’s now GeCube’s turn to announce an […]
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MediaPortal has just announced that TV Episodes organization is back and ready for action. An outstanding bug that may cause recordings to be deleted was finally fixed and they were able to implement episode management back into the server. What is episode management? It is a basic feature that allows you to specify how many episodes to keep prior to […]
Read moreNow that CES news has dropped off to just about nothing, The Daily Button will return this Monday. We will also be continuing our ‘Life With a Plugin’ series. Over the coming weeks we will be making a few small changes to the site. Our goal here is to make it easier to navigate and for newcomers to find articles more easily. […]
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I had almost forgotten that Vista didn’t ship with a messenger plug-in, now that we have a mini-keyboard on the way I might even be tempted to use a Vista messenger plugin. The developer behind the FFDShow plugin for MCE has modified his plugin to act as a front end for Windows Live Messenger. Here is a screen shot from […]
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Thanks to Chris A. for sending this news article in about Auzentech’s HDMI 1.3 daughter board. Loads of information!! Hardware Canucks Looks very cool to me. Auzen is pushing the bar again. There is a Video input from your HDMI/DVI GFX card to integrate with the audio so both are available over the HDMI cable. I will also note many […]
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When last we spoke (er, wrote/read) things were not going well for the electronics in my house. My frontend (client) motherboard had died, my backup/development system was having a tough time picking up the slack with video and audio issues, and my fallback system (my wife’s laptop) was suffering a midlife crisis. Well, today I’m gonna give you a quick […]
Read moremikesm, from the SageTV forums, was at CES this an managed to track down a bit more information about the Echostar/SageTV/Pioneer setup and more information about Hauppauge’s upcoming HD Capture Card. The good news is that the cap card is only a couple of months away and will capture 1080p in a H.264 format at a price tag of $250. […]
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Mark M. submitted a story from Ehomeupgrade about Envive and its latest product dubbed TheaterStation. Ehomeupgrade The TheaterStation utilizes Envive’s Spin™ User Interface which allows users to navigate through content stored on the device without being hampered by complicated menus or cumbersome controls. It is capable of playing back of High Definition content over HDMI, DVI and Component video outputs […]
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