Native 7MC support for HD PVR

Rumors of a native Media Center driver for the HD PVR have been circulating since before Fiji.  As we all know that never happened – talking about the driver here, Fiji just shouldn’t have happened ;).  Looks like it might not be vapor after all because GeekTonic is reporting that Windows 7 Media Center users won’t have to rely on […]

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Electronic House Unveils Home of the Year Award Winners

These are some drool inspiring home theaters which EH has awarded out. All of these are well out of my budget, but a man can dream can’t he?!       Ultimately, 43 winning installations were awarded in 15 categories, some of which are showcased throughout the May/June issue of Electronic House magazine. This year the categories included: Best Overall […]

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Google to Introduce TV Software

I think any time Google gets involved it’s for the better of competition. Not sure this will have an effect on the HTPC crowd since it appears more geared for set top boxes, but still it’s an intriguing prospect having a giant like them compete with the standard Comcasts of the world.   The technology—designed to open set-top boxes, TVs […]

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Hands On: Fractal Design Array Mini ITX NAS Case

Not technically an HTPC case, but no reason it couldn’t work as one. Pretty sleek if you were to put this in the corner of your entertainment shelf.   The Array looks a very different beast – a chassis specifically designed for home server use, offering six hard drive bays, a 300W PSU onboard with silent fan and sized to […]

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May 4th Blu-ray Releases

A lot of titles this week, but there really isn’t anything I’m super excited with. I would like to take this moment to comment on how dreadfully awful Leap Year was. Seriously, I’m not opposed to a good romantic comedy, but WOW that movie was painful to watch! On that positive note, let’s go with a classic for our pick… […]

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