I admit it, when I first started thinking about home automation I did not have the environment in mind. Instead I was focused on convenience, wife acceptance factor and of course another fun geeky pursuit. The more I am drawn into the home automation world, it isn’t hard to see that convenience and being green are often intertwined. As I […]
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I know everyone here probably already knows I’m a SageTV user, and I have been for the past many years. But today I had one of those moments that reminds me why I love SageTV, and in particular it’s developers. The development team’s dedication to providing timely, friendly responses to inquiries is probably one of my favorite things about this […]
Read moreA few of you may seen my "HTPC – Start page" blog a little while ago. In that post I was trying to decribe a move away from the traditional menu based system for your "start page" and move towards a system of recommendations, social aspects and interacting with newly added media such as music, movies and TV. Boxee has […]
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Everyone and their dog has had a chance to donwload Windows 7 beta. For various reasons including promises of fame, fortune, performance and a few crazy folks like us are trying out the Media Center portion of W7MC. I have had a few weeks to play with Media Center with most of my use focusing around Music, Movies & TV’s. […]
Read moreWell, I’m kinda depressed this morning. I admit that things were finally going smoothly for once. Everything was set up the way I wanted. None of my scheduled recordings were being missed. Things were actually calming down around here for once. Then, about this time last week, the UPS on my HD server/development system beeped on me, and when I […]
Read moreBack in October I started to talk about how 3DTV was going to be the next big technology to hit the home theater experience. Now that more time has passed, I thought it would be a good idea to see how things sit today. Many companies were sharing their products and plans at CES2009 so lets take a look at […]
Read moreThose of us who have the privilege of having a significant other also have the distinct joy of ensuring our media system design meets their specific requirements. This has been referred to in the past as the "Wife Acceptance Factor" or WAF. I’m not talking about whether it’s a 720p or 1080p display or what RAID level the drives are […]
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