Some podcasts to keep you entertained and throughout the weekend…enjoy! This week we are talking Media Manager apps for Windows Media Center with Bjorn Morris and Adam Thursby. There are some great apps for managing movies metadata and we discuss the pros and cons of the various addins and whether we really need extra software. [The Media Center Show #253 […]
Read moreThis is going to cost me for sure. Whre is a good place to get a decent sized touchscreen? How long before someone mods a coffeee table or sticks a display in a wall using non OEM setups. After a long wait of almost a year, Microsoft has announced this week that the Touch Pack for Windows 7 is […]
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Cool little extender here…. I’ve taken a look at several media players here on TestFreaks and today I have another one, but unlike the previous kind I looked at. Today for review I’ve got the brite-View CinemeTube Media Player. You might recognize the name brite-View as I recently reviewed their power line networking kit, that kit was meant to work […]
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I had to take a moment to pick my jaw up off the floor after seeing these pictures. Maddie Chambers is a hardcore LOTR fan and she used her amazing talent over the course of a year to recreate Bag End in excrutiating detail. Looking at the huge array of photos she has online, her Hobbithouse (aka dollhouse) could easily […]
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2. Review Title (Same as above) 3. Introduction to the product and some teaser information. This is the section that is copied to other news affiliates so make sure to keep it informative yet also enticing for readers to want to continue. This is your "hook", so grab the reader’s interest. 4. Thumbnail/Promo image: This image is what will […]
Read moreHere’s an interesting article with all sorts of workarounds for bypassing trailers and warnings on your movies. Of course, if you pirate your movie (or rip them yourself) you never have to deal with any of these….just saying. The easiest way to skip (or fast forward) all the ads, warnings and trailers from the DVD movies is this — just […]
Read moreReminder: Warner Brothers,Universal and Fox titles which have the 30-day rental window imposed on them I am placing ** next to the title. A healthy amount of releases this week. 44 Inch Chest is a goodie with all sorts of older British actors I quite enjoyed. Crazy Heart was a good one as well, of course it being Jeff Bridge’s […]
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What a long way the Squeezebox has come. Remember when it was just a simple VFD in a case?!? Well, guess there are some benefits by getting purchased by big Logitech. This one’s nice, but no surprise that it works best when you can actually touch it. Logitech’s touch-sensitive addition to the Squeezebox family, aptly named the Touch, has taken […]
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I actually like this idea, not the first time we’ve heard of something like this, but I’m sure the privacy advocates will go crazy over it The experience begins with your set-top-box, which identifies your presence based on wireless communication with your cell phone, smart phone, or MID. The set top box can then personalize itself to you, displaying a […]
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Here’s an interesting app from Martin Milmore, called My Media Center, designed to make your MCE kid friendly. Lots of cool features in controlling what your minors will be able to access on your system. Am I the only one that thinks Microsoft should have done this a LONG time ago? Key Features Decide which channels, videos and DVDs are […]
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