I have yet to try it, but this is a pretty darn cool idea (I guess they stole it from Panasonic) but no iPhone required. I think it’s pretty fair to assume that they won’t insert competitors screens into your photo. The feature they need to add is to replace the existing competitor’s screen in the photo with theirs. Live […]
Read moreLet me paint a picture for you. Imagine a room that is 12ft x 10ft. You might be thinking to yourself that this room would make a nice guest bedroom. I’m sure that’s what the builder thought when he designed the house. Now I want you to fill that room with a love seat, an oversized chair, a coffee table […]
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Syfy announced its upcoming fall lineup. While the Syfy channel doesn’t actually seem to like much science fiction anymore, there are a few remaining things I’m looking forward to, including the 4 hour original movie Neverland, which is a Peter Pan prequel, and the season finales of some of my favorite shows (quoted below). Note that I have yet to […]
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As the long-time leader in network connected digital TV tuners, when SiliconDust announced the three CableCARD tuner HDHomeRun PRIME labeling it “highly-anticipated” would be an understatement. Offering native support for Window 7 Media Center via its gigabit Ethernet port, the PRIME is also unique in what is becoming a [welcomely] crowded market for Digital Cable Tuners (DCT) not just because […]
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For those of you who have followed our recent guide on using the native movie library in 7MC, you might have noticed that some of your coverart is missing from movies recorded on live TV. The issue seems to be that the server 7MC was using to download the coverart has changed its url but 7MC is still using the old address. […]
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Word first got over the weekend that Microsoft was prepping the first Update Rollup for Windows Home Server 2011, and sure enough, it is now available. The update includes a number of bug fixes and one new feature. Unfortunately, the new feature is exceedingly minor. The “Getting Started” tasks on the Dashboard home page will now include a reminder to […]
Read moreLooks like Microsoft has published an article and acknowledges the streaming issues that people are seeing with Windows Home Server 2011. Microsoft has published a Technet Wiki with the problem and solutions to fix the three issues. Two of them have to do with the repeat button repeat button. The other is issues with Music Album art and tag get […]
Read moreI just posted about GeekTonic list about ABC Shows, and Mike posted links to GeekTonic’s FOX shows. But this is the one I am most excited about. NBC seems to have some of the better if not most talked about new shows. Whitney looks funny and witty and looking forward to that one. Smash is a new musical based show like […]
Read moreGeekTonic posted his new shows from CBS, FOX and now ABC. He has a very indept look at the new shows coming for the fall. Today we are focusing on his ABC line up. He has a great article with embedded video of previews of each of the new shows coming. They have shows like Last Man Standing (with Tim […]
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It just took a couple tweaks to get SageDCT working with the Hauppauge and SiliconDust Digital Cable Tuners previewed last week. With all the testing we’ve been doing to evaluate the tuners in their “native” environment (Windows Media Center) there hasn’t been much time to really guarantee 100% support in SageTV, but it does work and with the Prime starting […]
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