General Media Center News
This is slightly outdated, in that the screenshots for MCE look like they're from the original version, but I'm mentioning this if only for those unfamiliar with MythTV can see it is a very comparable (and FREE as in beer) operating system. And yes John…I'll try it again soon Check out all the picture comparisons here.
Read morePVRWire has the scoop on a comparison between a downloaded HD movie from the Xbox Live Marketplace and a HD-DVD movie. Looking at the screenshot, it appears that the downloaded movies do fairly well when compared to the stand alone movie. PVRWire Article: Original Article: With the current limited selection of movies available in both HD-DVD and the WMV HD […]
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Here is a very detailed look at one of the best HTPC case mods I have seen in a long time. Ever since the HTPC case market really opened up we have not seen the number of mods as we have seen in the past. This particular mod takes a Coolermaster tower and converts it into a VERY functional and […]
Read moreI think a few of you have seen the Tech Crunch story that quoted Bill Gate's opinion on DRM and how it is affecting the media industries. Rather then link to that story directly, I thought I would like a story that links to that story to give you a slightly different perspective. One that might be a bit more […]
Read moreSageTV is hard at work squashing bugs :). They have released RC2 for version 6 with the full release coming soon! Click the read more for the full release notes! Release Notes: SageTV V6.0.17 Release Notes 12/14/2006 RELEASE CANDIDATE 2 Core Updates 1. Fixed bug with scaling GIFs while decoding them using the native image loader 2. Fixed bug with […]
Read more10's of people must be excited about Direct TV's announcement that they are finally rolling out updates to connect to ViiV computers. The features are somewhat pointless and I would doubt they would be widely used. Am I cynical? Heck yah! The ViiV and Live platforms have proved to be nothing but marketing at this point. They really need to […]
Read moreWell, it's Thursday, so you know what that means. Another episode of the Media Center Show with Ian Dixon. This week up, he's got Tim Cutting, the CEO of Niveus, which are making some nice Media Centers these days. Show Times: 00:41 Coming up this week 01:16 Vista XBOX 360 Extender screen saver problems, see HERE 02:09 Media Center Extender’s and […]
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Its always hard to tell what a "Media Server" will cost these days. It seems like it can range from $500 to $15000. Thankfully, Lewis' new Media Center box is around the $1000 mark. Its clearly a MCE machine with a very nice looking case. However, it talks a lot about Media Distribution, which I assume is just using extenders […]
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I gotta be honest, this doesn't impress me nearly these days as it did when I first saw these types of mods about 3-4 years ago. But nowadays, with all the HTPC cases available, both small & full form factor, and that look sexier, this just doesn't seem to be necessary. But still kudos for doing it. I still want […]
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