Another one bites the dust. Up until now, Netflix has been stocking both formats. But now they will be switching exclusively to Blu-ray. Reuters Netflix said that with such a clear signal from the industry, it will only buy Blu-ray discs going forward and will phase out stock of HD DVD by about the end of the year.
Read moreVista users with Netflix accounts can now rejoice. An MCML (beta) plugin was just released by Anthony Park (the MCEBrowser guy) that does all the stuff the old MyNetflix plugin did, plus it also handles "Watch Now"! And since it’s MCML it looks great too. This is one of the plugins I’ve been most excited about lately seeing as how […]
Read moreHi All, I just posted a guide on the SageTV forums on how to record 1080i HD component input in SageTV using a Blackmagic Decklink Intensity Pro and thought some here might find it useful. Enjoy! SageTV I spent over a year perfecting HD recording via component input on a Blackmagic Intensity Pro in SageTV. Of course, now that I’ve […]
Read moreCharlie Owen, a member of the Media Center Team, has posted a thread in the TGB forums requesting feedback on the Start Menu in VMC. Now I know everyone has an opinion on what they would like to see different. The Green Button My only complaints (and I suppose these have more to do with Recorded TV than Start) is […]
Read moreI will be heading out on vacation starting today. The rest of the gang will be filling for me in my absence. We shouldn’t see a slow down but you never know. We are all very busy people :). Thanks again for your readership and I look forward to getting back in the mix when I get back :). -Alan
Read moreToday’s tip of the day is an attempt to get more out of your 10′ music experience. A big WOW factor for a lot of setups is having a nicely organized jukebox either on your HTPC or on various touchscreens/clients through out the house. Browsing a large music collection on most 10′ Media Center applications can be a bit on […]
Read moreRather then buy multiple stand alone boxes, an HTPC can be a more modular setup. If you are only interested in TV add in a couple of tuner cards, or if you want to watch high def discs throw in a multi-format high-def drive. The basics of adding Blu-ray or HD DVD to your HTPC can be found in our guide […]
Read moreWelcome to today’s edition of The Daily Button. We are brought to you by the letter G and the number 4. Hard Drive News: Seagate 1TB Barracude review @ Viper Lair Motherboard News: AutumnWave OnAir GT review @ Bjorn3D Video Card News: Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 review @ bit-tech Video Card News: MSI & Gigabyte 3870 reviews @ t-break Motherboard […]
Read moreA few of you may have noticed that Niveus has released their Media Center Companion. With that, I decided to devote a Tip Of The Day to this fine and free piece of software. The Media Center Companion acts as a remote control that works on any Windows clients. That is what ever you do on the Media Center companion […]
Read moreHrm.. Lothar was shy too. Good thing he isn’t shy in his reviews, because if they were like his news submissions we would have three pics and the specifications from the product page. Viper Lair The OnAir USB HDTV-GT tuner supports both Digital (with a built-in ATSC decoder) and Analog OTA signals. External video-based devices as mentioned earlier, as well […]
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