A short while ago I had a failure in my MythTV server. Luckily, all of my data was ok so I just transplanted the hard drives and tuners into my development system and was on my way again. While I had everything open it quickly became obvious exactly how loud my OS hard drive had become. I knew that it […]
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This sketch reflects the home theater related improvements I plan on making to my unfinished third floor. I’ve also elected to add Cat6 network drops to the four bedrooms on the second floor while I can still get behind the walls on the third floor. My reasoning behind this move is twofold. I wanted both the speed and reliability of […]
Read moreLet me paint a picture for you. Imagine a room that is 12ft x 10ft. You might be thinking to yourself that this room would make a nice guest bedroom. I’m sure that’s what the builder thought when he designed the house. Now I want you to fill that room with a love seat, an oversized chair, a coffee table […]
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It just took a couple tweaks to get SageDCT working with the Hauppauge and SiliconDust Digital Cable Tuners previewed last week. With all the testing we’ve been doing to evaluate the tuners in their “native” environment (Windows Media Center) there hasn’t been much time to really guarantee 100% support in SageTV, but it does work and with the Prime starting […]
Read moreIf you’ve been perusing the Forums today you will notice a couple of new additions. The first is probably an obvious one, a CableCARD forum. With the growth of number of tuner devices being released we want to make sure there’s a clear home to ask any and all questions you may have about this technology. The second is actually […]
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So my wife took the kids to grandma’s and I finally had some time to open and install the LG BD690 she’d given me for my birthday. I had my eye on the LG BD590 for a while because of the built-in disk drive. IMHO, it just makes it a more functional and hackable device in the long run, and […]
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Having just installed my second CableCARD product, I thought it would be good to share my experience. Last December, I posted about my experience installing the Ceton InfiniTV 4. Back then, I had to pay a $75 installation fee and schedule an installer to visit my home only to hand me the CableCARD and call in to have it activated. […]
Read moreIn many cases, it may not make a lot of sense to purchase the 35W Intel Sandy Bridge T-variant parts because they are typically more expensive than the slight power savings and heat differences can justify in real-world usage. One aspect where the parts shine though is in small form factor (SFF) installations. When it comes to SFF, the height […]
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With the introduction of the SiliconDust HDHomeRun PRIME digital cable tuner (DCT), there are a good number of questions both from the Missing Remote staff and more importantly, our readers. Thus, we took the initiative to seek answers to those questions in an effort to clear up as much uncertainty as possible. Thanks to Theodore D. Head, President and CEO […]
Read moreIf you’ve been following the development of ArcSoft’s Total Media Theatre 5 (TMT5), then you are aware that a beta version of the software introduced automatic refresh rate switching to the rate contained in the content natively based on display capability. There have been a few issues with the beta such as the Windows Media Center version of the player […]
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