Woo! The first Blu-ray releases post of the new year! Actually some good flicks, with the release of Desperado/El Mariachi, which if you haven’t seen either/both of them you really should–action packed, with a bit of humor, great stuff. Dinner for Schmucks is a mixed bag, you either love or hate it. I was in the right frame of mind […]
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Well, it looks like Boxee continues to be busy! Not resting on their accomplishments or focusing on negative press, it appears Boxee and Iomega have teamed up for a more traditional device for sale. Starting at $229 sans hard drive and up to $349 for a 2TB version, this one is a much lower profile design while offering identical hardware […]
Read moreCongratulations to our last two winners just selected! Oliverredfox – Won the QNAP NMP-1000P Media Player Bouseman – Won the 2 Western Digital Hard Drives You both should have an e-mail from me requesting some information. Thanks to everyone who participated. Remember you still have ONE DAY LEFT to win the AMD Phenom 615E, and we’ll have lots more prizes […]
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Now this is friggin cool. Sean sent me the heads up to this wonderful little program called the HD Home Sports Bar he’s been working on that allows you to control multiple TVs/Extenders from a single interface. Why you may ask? For the same reason I’ve always wanted PiP in Media Center–SPORTS!! But he says he also uses it for […]
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AC Ryan has been developing a large number of media players recently and seem to be doing a good job of it. If you’re in the market for a Media Player, make sure to take a look at our Comparison Guide. While I haven’t updated it yet with this particular mini, it does have its predecessor from AC Ryan. I’m […]
Read moreWindows Media Center developer, Rick Drasch, has released a new add-in that allows you to search your Recorded TV files. It looks like it could be pretty handy if you’ve got a large number of files. The add-in is available to download and purchase for $1.99. .
Read moreDid anyone miss the memo about 2.5TB hard drives? Oh well, I suppose more is better. It’s funny how long we’ve been stuck at 2TB drives. If you’re in the market for one of these awesome new 3 terabyte drives, keep in mind they’ll require an add-on card it comes with to support booting off it (thanks legacy BIOS). Still […]
Read moreAbsolutely weak selection of movies this week, so bear with me. MissingRemote’s Pick of the Week Resident Evil: Afterlife Have to be honest, I wasn’t a big fan of this 4th? 5th? Installment of the Resident Evil series of movies, based off the mega popular video game. To be fair, I actually enjoyed the first few of them, but […]
Read moreDid you get a shiny new TV for Christmas? The HD Guru will take you through a few steps in getting to know your new friend. Calibrate..Calibrate…Calibrate.. oh and I am sure there are a few other steps in there as well. Once you have your HD image on the screen, change the user picture controls. (If the set did […]
Read moreRemember the Kinect on Media Center video we posted a bit ago? Well not to be outdone, some other developers have made an open source software to allow you to use the same Kinect hardware with your PC to control the free XBMC and Boxee software. Called the KinEmote, it’s still more cool than functional, but given the amount of […]
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