Pirates of the Carribean Themed Home Theater

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Thanks to Chuck for sending this in. That is one nice theater, that would put the WAF off the charts in my house! Electronic House A bottle of rum may be enough of the pirate’s life for some. However, for Paul and Emily Konold, it’s all about the home theater. On one of the Konolds’ yearly pilgrimages to Disneyland, Paul […]

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SageMC given its own official forum

In a nice little nod to the hard work of MlbDude, Watter, Dirk (Flachbar), Mike (MeInMaui), and all of the dedicated plug-in developers, SageTV finally has given the SageMC STV it’s own official forum.  Hopefully this will encourage more community development and cause a lot less confusion.  SageTV It has been requested for a while and now here it is: a subforum […]

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The Register – 4 – 1TB HDD Comparison

El Reg Compares 4 – 1TB Hard Drives Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, and Western Digital. It is what is. Not done from an HTPC viewpoint  Reg Hardware In the last 12 months or so, the price of the Hitachi has fallen to £159 which pitches it squarely against the Seagate ST31000340NS Barracuda ES.2 and Western Digital’s WD1000FYPS RE2-GP. Hitachi uses five […]

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Zalman ZM360B-APS Power Supply Review

Anymore it seems that the only PSU reviews out there are for units capable of lighting up Mayberry.  For HTPCers, though, there probably isn’t quite the need for those 1KW monsters so a look at something in the 300 – 400W range is always a welcome read.  (On a side note: will I be sued for using the word ‘monster’ […]

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DirectTV Tuner Coming Soon

With the recent announcement of Hauppauge’s HD-PVR delayed I was beginning to think 2008 would be another year of false promises and delayed products :(. We HTPC enthusiasts take it in the chin alot for the luxury of having an overpriced DVD player. The good news is that the company in charge of developing the tuners for DirectTV has contacted […]

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