Tag: Media Center Programs

Will be interesting to see how far behind Cyberlink and Arcsoft are. I know Arcsoft actually has demo’d their version, so can’t imagine too much waiting. "With its broad 3D capability, now including Blu-ray 3D discs and rich feature set, CinePlayer continues to receive strong interest and support from PC OEMs. As a key element of our overall corporate focus […]

We don’t normally post press releases, but this one I felt was important to everyone given the market of Media Center in the home theater crowd. It’s going to be interesting to see how this maps out, both from an enthusiast and OEM side. What say you, are you interested in building a Windows 7 Embedded HTPC? There are some […]

Looking for a free home theater PC software? Well, Linux is always an option, and Mythdora has been the choice of many for years. Thanks to Tim for the heads up of this new release. Changes in MythDora 12:   * The auto-installation method has been removed   * The frontend now heavily relies on the timezone of the system […]

My fellow Microsoft Media Center MVP Pete Stagman has a fantastic post (which he insists he will continue updating) which covers a ton of great topics if you’re in the process of installing Windows 7 on your new or old system. With a stripe set, you have 2 or more Hard Drives acting as if they are a single drive. In […]

Last month we saw leaked photos of the upcoming V2 of Windows Home Server, here are some further details courtesy of the SageTV forums. Built on the RTM bits of Windows Server 2008 R2. Will come in 2 flavors, HOMESTANDARD and HOMEPREMIUM Requires an x64 Processor. Requires a minimum of 160GB primary hard drive. Server "Desktop Experience" is installed OOB […]

Here’s a cool roundup by Brent of the various media center applications and how you can access the streaming games from CBS! Hope you’ve been enjoying the tournament as much as I have! What happened to you Kansas?! 🙂 GeekTonic Most everyone can watch the NCAA Tournament on their TV sets these days thanks to their local CBS channel. But […]

This is where a strong community is so important to the success of a company like Boxee. The latest AppleTV Firmware had changed and broken Boxee’s ability to run on it, so some users decided to fix it for themselves, and then share to the world! Kudos! Boxee Blog You can now, once more, pwn your AppleTV following these super […]

Looks like a new update for Windows Media Center is on. I wasn’t even aware they were working on one, but it looks like it has some nice updates including one to address some digital cable tuner issues. Proceed at your own risk however, sometimes the updates will do more harm than good! The February 2010 Cumulative Update for Windows […]

We’ve been covering the news from the Media Portal team for a while given their many delays, and the time is almost here, as they announce their Release Candidate. Assuming nothing major creeps up, we should see a final very soon! Way to go Media Portal team! GeekTonic The beta version of 1.1 was released last August with many updates. […]