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Read moreFor those that want a pre-built WHS box, HP has an offering that you may want to look at. For those who care most about benchmarks, we found that the EX487 is a serious step-up in speed and reliability, having used it for a full month before reviewing it. A massive collection of 7,000 documents (about 40GB) took 1 […]
Read moreIn case you’re interested in which online video services are around today, here’s a round up of those expected to make it long term. With more than a dozen services competing for the same eyeballs, a shakeout is pretty much inevitable, though. Here’s our guide to eight contenders with the best prospects for long-term survival. Amazon Video on Demand, […]
Read moreBig change was to take step back to the 6.4.8 demux. Which is unfortunate, becuased the newer version make comskip much more accurate for me. Although, it was at the price of stability. We’re (still) in the Release Candidate stage for V6.5. We regressed the demux back to the V6.4 version which should resolve the stability problems some people […]
Read moreFor those trying to keep up with todays tuners, here’s a USB offering from ASUS that does ATSC and QAM. At $50-$60, it’s at about the same price as its competition. I also liked the ArcSoft TotalMedia software that came with the tuner. However, there’s a wealth of free and open source software available for use as well as […]
Read moreAlways sad to see a major chain fail, especially one that employs over 30,000 people. Still this may be a chance to score some deals on HT equipment. I’ll be on the lookout for a medium sized flatpanel for the bedroom. Liquidation sales begin as early as Saturday, January 17, 2009, and will last as long as it takes […]
Read moreNot to get everyone’s hopes up again, but has anyone else seen this? Aw, snap! Just over a month after DirecTV went and killed its totally promising HDPC-20 tuner, in flies this. DISH Network is apparently gearing up to unveil some sort of HD-capable DISH-to-Windows Media Center liaison, with current test setups involving a modified ViP 211K receiver attached […]
Read moreIf you’re like me, you’ve upgraded the hard drive in your HTPC a few times and now have some spares laying around with no way to connect them. In that case, you need to get yourself an external enclosure. Today Club Overclocker is reviewing a new offering from Vantec. Vantec shows once again that they build some pretty awesome […]
Read moreAre you wondering if W7CM will work on a Atom powered netbook? James puts it through a few tests to see. My next task was to test out the new music wall and try to play some music. This is where it turned south. Apparently, the music wall uses a lot of resources. When I first started playing […]
Read moreFor those of you that want to test out the Windows 7 Beta but still want to use Vista or XP as well, this is a nice, easy to follow guide for setting up a Multi-Boot Windows system. I haven’t tested it (yet) myself and there are a couple of commands that may look intimidating, but but follow the guide […]
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