Well, 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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When I pitched the idea of Home Automation to my wife, all she asked was, "Why does our house need to be automated?". Not a good start to my home automation project. Starting off with a negative WAF can be a hard hole to climb out of. The good news is that after several years of marriage, I am ready […]
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After using Boxee with my Apple TV for a few days (Day 1 Setup | Day 2 First Use ) I noticed the one downside about using AppleTV as my platform of coice–I absolutely hated the remote. I don’t have abnormally large hands, yet the remote would constantly get lost in my hands and pushing buttons was not very comfortable. […]
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For those of you that read my Home Server challenge review , you will know that I have been living with HP’s original EX475 for several months now and have really had fun playing with it, and of course upgrading its memory to be a wonderful and reliable server. I had since taken the system and replaced all three of […]
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Following up on part one of setup of Boxee on AppleTV , is the actual living and using the software in a home theater environment. Luckily my receiver has multiple inputs, so I didn’t necessarily have to CHOOSE to migrate 100% over to Boxee, as I still have a need for my cablecard and blu-ray abilities that my main Media […]
Read moreThere has been a bit of hub bub in the Media Center world with Chris Lanier lashing out against Microsoft for lack of online content and the apparent lack of market focus Media Center has. Posts can be found on his blog here . With that came a number of response from various other ehome blogs such as Ian Dixon […]
Read moreThe music library, a place where an HTPC application can live or die. Microsoft has managed to keep the music library in good health with a few needed tweaks but has failed to take it to the Olympic level. Let me start by saying I think Microsoft has really shined with their music library. All of the possible sorts […]
Read moreThe TV strip in Windows 7, while similar to Vista, did receive several tweaks that alter the appearance and functionality of viewing and recording TV. The major changes to your TV viewing experience will be the revamped details screen. This concept is applied throughout the program and allows for content specific interaction such as program info, actions and other […]
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