THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED!! THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING! Welcome to prize number slevin…errr….I mean Seven!! I wish that movie had been more popular, then you would all be laughing right now. But I digress…you all want free stuff in celebration of this beautiful new website yes?? Well ask and we shall deliver! Up next in our contest giveaways we have, courtesy […]
Read moreI was determined last week to hold off on any Black Friday purchases but thanks to Aaron (swoon) I ended up buying The Lord of the Rings Blu-ray box set from Target.com. Or so I thought… It was an incredible deal at $7.99 + S\H + tax, especially as it was not advertised as a Black Friday deal. There were […]
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THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED!! THANKS! Hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend and that everyone has enjoyed our contest so far. Just a reminder, we still have many more prizes to give away so keep the faith if you haven’t won yet. The prizes will only get bigger as we continue! If you missed out or didn’t win from […]
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Just a friendly reminder to not trust Comcast billing when performing CableCARD self-installs. I’ve had my InfiniTV4 setup since day 1 of release (well a couple days before) and two ATI DCTs before that. Each time my wife went to the local Comcast office and picked up a CableCARD for a self-install. She even did the initial pairing with Comcast […]
Read moreIt probably comes as no surprise to many that I am long overdue for updates on many of my Media Center add-ins. It has been a hectic year trying to juggle everything that life has thrown at me, but things are finally starting to settle and I am ready to get back to my partially complete projects. I have some […]
Read moreWith [url=http://www.missingremote.com/news/2010-11-23/windows-home-server-vail-drops-drive-extender-twitterverse-goes-mad]yesterday’s announcement[/url] that MS is killing off DE in the next version of WHS (Vail), I’m on a quest to find a replacement. What I’d like to get from everyone is what they would replace DE with. Obviously, the first option is RAID. Personally, I’d go with RAID6 for the added safety net. I have considered this many times […]
Read moreAs the title says it has been one of those weeks. Between having a sick daughter all weekend, getting into a small accident in my car due to an ice storm we had Saturday night into Sunday and then my HTPC decided to die on me Sunday night in the middle of a football game.So needless to say I’ve been […]
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THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED, THANKS TO ALL FOR PARTICIPATING! Is everyone still enjoying the contest?? I surely hope so, because we still have a TON of prizes! Given the upcoming holiday weekend upon us, we decided to have a special prize and make it last longer than the rest. Thanks to our friends at NVIDIA, we have up for grabs […]
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Background Long ago, filmmakers decided to standardize shooting film at 24 frames per second (FPS) primarily due to the high cost of film and state of the technology at the time. Film became popular worldwide and every piece of production and distribution equipment was made to support this frame rate. When television came into existence, the cathode ray tube (CRT) […]
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THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED! Thanks to everyone who participated. We hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and that you’re enjoying the contest giveaway as much as we are! Even if you haven’t won yet, remember we have a LOT more prizes coming so you still have plenty of time! Now onto this week’s worth of prizes! Today we’re giving away […]
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