It has been more than a year in the making, but the first public beta for XBMC v13.0, codenamed “Gotham”, is now available. The new version of XBMC brings a host of updates and changes. The development team is promising major updates to the Audio Engine that was introduced in v12.0, as well as a revamped settings page with more […]
Read moreThis video shot at the Cable Show doesn’t show anything new for those of us interested in the retail space, but it does show off some Q/Echo hardware porn if you can’t get enough. More interesting though is a bit into the discussion where Gary talks about Ceton’s UCrypt solution for hotels and stadiums.
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With the release of Kinect for Windows we are starting to see add-ins like Kinect for Media Center become official. Part of the thing about Kinect for Windows is that it includes the licensing needed for developers to create apps that can take advantage of the platform. While it is unfortunate that end users need to fork over additional money […]
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Some “out of left field” news from the Ceton camp, but interesting as well. The folks over at Ceton have been busy and I mean very busy. They are inviting the press at CES to their suit to show off their new Media Center Extender, as well as their dedicated Set-Top-Box based of of Windows 7 embedded which will include their very popular […]
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It is always interesting to see new HTPC GUI’s and this one doesn’t disappoint. Canonical has just announced at CES the concept design of Ubuntu TV. Available for Demo both online and at the Canonical booth at CES 2012. For those of you not as fortunate to be at CES head over to Ubunu.com/tv. Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth promised that Ubuntu would come to TVs eventually, […]
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Yet again another update to RecordedTV HD Media Center Add-in has been updated to version 1.6.0. With the update comes a ton of new and updated features. One of my favorite features is the fact that the Add-in now looks like Media Center, it looks like it built into Media Center similar to what MyMovies does. Head over to RecordedTV HD for […]
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The folks over at TweakTown have reviewed the new SilverStone Grandia Series GD06 HTPC Chassis. Over the years SilverStone has delivered some amazing HTPC and desktop cases. The Grandia Series appears to live up to the same high quality, high standards as all previous SilverStone cases. Head over to TweakTown to get a full review of the Grandia Series GD06 HTPC […]
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We don’t post many press releases because, frankly, they aren’t that interesting. This is a definitely an exception, because as you can see from the video (don’t ask where we found it ;)) NIVEUS has created something very, very cool on top of the Windows 8 platform (OK, and Windows 7 too) supporting CableCARD (via the HDHR PRIME) and satellite […]
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Not really much to say here that the title already didn’t cover, but My Movies collection manager has been updated and one interesting new feature is the ability to generate PDF reports of your movie collection. Some times it isn’t conducive to guests to scroll through your movie collection on the big screen and thus is just easier to hand […]
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One of the longest running Add-ins for Media Center and Home Server, My Movies, has been updated. My Movies for Media Center is now up to version 4.02 PR6 and version 2.10 PR5 for WHS 2011. I personally have been running My Movies for years, it is my go to Add-in for Media Center. I love the look and feel […]
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