The folks over at S7V have Universal’s MX-450 on the test bench for a few rounds of flogging. Yes it is true, there are other universal remotes besides Harmony remotes. Not a lot of differences in your average remote, however, this one seperates itself byt offering PC-free programing, RF capabilities, and of course macro programming. S&V Pressing and holding the […]
Read moreThe folks over at We Got Served have the top 10 most downloadable plugins for August 2008. 1. WHS Disk Management 2. Advanced Admin Console 3. Whiist 4. AutoExit 2008 for Windows Home Server 5. Duplication Info for Windows Home Server Above are the top five plugins, you will have to click through to get to the bottom five and […]
Read moreThe Xbox price drops were a huge secret for us all ;). Of course this means you can get a 360 arcade for a Vista Extender for the cheap price of $199. Don’t plan on lots of file format support or DVD streaming, oh and there is that little problem of fan noise. Personally, I do not find the fan […]
Read moreFile this one under "I’ll believe it when I see it", Chris Lanier has the scoop from a post over at The Green Button by Charlie Nilsson an MS employee about Switched Digital Video. Chris Lanier’s Blog We [Microsoft] are working to enable support for the CableLabs SDV Tuning Adaptor for Windows Media Center Digital Cable Tuners, ensuring that Windows […]
Read moreArcSoft’s Upscaling Technology, SimHD, Is Being Demonstrated at NVISION 2008 FREMONT, Calif.–(Business Wire)– ArcSoft, Inc. announced today that ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre, its universal multimedia player, now supports NVIDIA CUDA which provides DVD upscaling through Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). Devising its SimHD post processing technology with NVIDIA CUDA, ArcSoft is accelerating TotalMedia Theatre’s DVD upscale performance on GPUs to deliver viewers […]
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More then a few of you guys and gals have 360s for your extender, so I figured this Lian Li’s XB01 Xbox 360 case might be worth a look. It surely is a tad expensive, but when you consider the significant other fact, it maybe worth the money. bit-tech Yes, the first after-market case for the Xbox 360 has arrived, […]
Read moreIf you are interested in running email from your server, you should check out the New England Digital Media User Group’s live meeting on Ustream. They will fill you in on all the good information including anti-spam, webmail and all that other fun stuff. The Ustream page is here. The New England group page is here. They have been behind […]
Read moreSageTV keeps the development train moving forward with their release of SageTV 6.4. This is the software you want if you want to use Hauppauge’s new HD-PVR (record HD from component source and encode it to H.264). Whats new in 6.4? Look below for your answer. SageTV 6.4 announcement thread -Support for the Hauppauge HD PVR (Official on Windows, Experimental […]
Read moreFellow MVP Pete Stagman has been working hard on bringing us the very first Connected Home Day Training, up in BOSTON. If you’re eager to learn more about the world of Media Center and more, then head on over…it’s free after all! HTPC User Group] }The event is called “The Connected Home Day”. It’s a full day training for novice […]
Read moreI wanted to catch you guys up on a few things before I forget :). Oh, be sure to check out Mike’stour of Disney’s Innovations Home of the Future . Chris Lanier, Mr. how the heck does he stay up with the news, has a few bits you should know about. VistaView has released QAM support! Music plugin […]
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