Electronic House, one of my favorite publications for home theater basics, has good article explaining electrostatics speakers. Never heard of them? Nor have I? THey look to be pricey too but it is a good geek story! Electronic House Gone are the traditional cones and magnets. Rather, these exotic speakers use an ultra thin diaphragm and good dose of power […]
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A good way to have a little fun and catch up on some TV is to use the Internet TV feature in VMC. Though there are not many full length episodes of TV, Arrested Development being the exception, there are lots of great clips from the History Channel and The National Geographic Channel. Along with that, they have a pretty […]
Read moreI must aplogize for the lack of news updates over the past couple of weeks. I have had a couple of business trip and have been plain busy all around :). I should be back in the saddle mid-next week. Thanks again for your continued readership. VMC Plugin News: Druid 1.0.2 has been released @ Chris L. Blu-ray News: Pioneer […]
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QUIIQ Movies First up, I noticed a user posted about QUIIQ movies which is dubbed to be a My Movies replacement coded in MCML. According to a recent blog post at the site, it will even use the MyMovies database. I have never heard of this company until this post :). So if anyone has had any experience with QUIIQ […]
Read moreAlright, I am kind of cheating by incorporating a Tip Of The Day with a plugin announcement ;). Obvious cheating aside, I just read over at The Green Button that the plugin MceFM has been released that will allow you to listen to LastFM in Vista Media Center. The Green Button Thread: What is Last.FM? Last.fm tracks what you listen […]
Read moreMicrosoft is banking on digital downloads for its XBox system and appears to be OK with letting Blu-Ray just pass it by. GamesIndustry Going forwards, digital downloads is really where it’s at," Lewis told GamesIndustry.biz. "More and more people’s ongoing and ever-increasing downloading of music and movies is becoming the de facto. I think that’s going to happen in very […]
Read moreMickP just posted a fantastic guide/build log on his Multi Zone Audio experience over on the SageTV forums. Its a great read if your interested in the topic. SageTV For some time I’ve been trying to work out a way of sending audio directly from one of my machines to another. I’ve looked at various hardware solutions such as those […]
Read moreFrom firingsquad.com comes an interesting review of the AMD/ATI 780G IGP. I realize that the main premise of the article is performance but it brings up two capabilities that the 780G chipset allows builders to employ that might be useful for the HTPCer: As the article points out, the family HTPC might serve mom and dad just fine as a […]
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There are a lot of press releases that hit the wires that typically amount to a company congratulating itself for releasing a new product. Though this press release isn’t that different it does show how Niveus is advancing the Media Center platform. They are utilizing a new movie front-end plug-in that better emulates the Vista look and feel. Keeping the […]
Read moreI love the Ultimate Media Center contest Microsoft hosts, as you get to see really true dream Media Center setups. Well, Ian’s running a contest of his own for the little guy, big or small, matters not! The Digital Media Lifestyle It could be a big multi-room installation or a small neat single PC setup , anything that you have […]
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