Tag: Tip Of The Day & Daily Button

A few of the major software packages support client based HTPCs, but why would you want an HTPC in every-room in the house. Extenders are a great option and can be purchased at 50% to 75% less then it would cost to build a slimline client HTPC. Vista Media Center There are a few extenders available for Vista Media Center. […]

When I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that we would have start our quarterly systems guide, I really meant that these are the types of guides that suck the very soul out of me. I have changed scope so many times that I want to throw my half finished document off a cliff and go from there. So I […]

I have no reason why this question popped into my head this weekend. I guess it happened while watching Ocean’s 13. At some point during the movie I wondered how cool it would be to be a part of this movie. In retrospect, I am not sure I would choose 13 just because the sequel didn’t do 11 justice. However, […]

I remembered it like it was yesterday, I broke the seal on my spiffy new Pioneer receiver. Without ever really reading the manual I set it up for the first time and came up with decent enough results. As time moved on, I moved houses and my listening environment changed a great deal. I had noticed that I now strained […]

I am kind of stumped for a Tip Of The Day today. I spent the weekend using Anthony Park’s Netflix plugin and watching/recording TV shows. Nothing out of the ordinary nor tip worthy. If you have any suggestions, please email them over 🙂 or reply in the comments. TV Tuner News: Avermedia release beta QAM drivers for VMC @ Chris […]

As of today, the MissingRemote.com Gloassary officialy hits beta status. Why beta? Well we have a lot of terms to add to the glossary. I would like to thank Matt for his hard work on this over the years, he has maintained this glossary all the way back from the My HTPC days :). You can access the glossary by […]

Welcome to today’s edition of The Daily Button. We have a few things coming down the pipe in the next couple of weeks including a refreshed server build guide, an Arcsoft TMT review and an update to my build guide. I have to say that the Arcsoft folks have been extremely responsive in ironing out issues we have been seeing. […]

By now we all know that the activity based system the Harmony remotes use is a nice addition to your home theater. For more information on these remotes you can visit our Harmony 880, Harmony 890 and Harmony 670 reviews. However, there are a few alternative tweaks beyond what the setup wizard will allow you to do. Favorite channels On […]