Recently Best Buy announced a trade-in type program where you could sign up when you purchased a product, and then it showed you how much you could trade it in down the road. This one’s a bit different with Amazon as it can be any product and then it shows you the value in Amazon gift cards they will give […]
Read moreI love mods that void the warranty of a product for a useful purpose! Here’s one for the older SageTV extender device and connecting an external IR to it so you can tuck it away yet still control it. If, however, you are the owner of an HD200 that is already out of warranty and are still reading, then you’ll […]
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We recently covered some recommended parts for Building a Home Theater PC and today we are taking that one step further by taking you through the process of how you can build your very own HTPC. The process is not going to be identical to what you will experience as parts will vary depending on what you select, but hopefully […]
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It can be a challenge to provide a user friendly “CE” experience on the home theater PC (HTPC) while also requiring users to use a password to authenticate when accessing resources on another PC. So in this edition of the MissingRemote.com tips series we will walkthrough how to setup auto login for your HTPC and disable the other common password […]
Read moreDecent week of movies this week, actually a fair amount of new ones. Don’t be confused by the B-movie rip-off of Thor, it’s not the real one. The Roomate was absolutely horrendous and I like thrillers. As much as I enjoyed Anthony Hopkins in the real Thor, I couldn’t stand The Rite as it was basically an Exorcist knockoff. MissingRemote’s […]
Read moreThis is more interesting than useful as the battle for and against AllVid (the CableCARD replacement) continues onward. Not quite sure what to make of it. As one of the media companies trying to convince the FCC that the new AllVid replacement for CableCARD is unnecessary, Fox recently called the FCC and informed it of negotiations with a pay-TV service […]
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Lian Li is a case company known for making quality aluminum enclosures. They’ve always erred on the side of form over anything too flashy, but have made an HTPC case for almost 10 years if memory serves me. HTPC’s and home servers are becoming a popular fad at this present time and as more consumers are jumping on this band […]
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This year, we’ve seen a big push from LG to promote 3D LCD panels utilizing inexpensive passive 3D glasses. The tech known as film patterned retarder (FPR) has a drawback in that it cuts the resolution of the image in half. Under a new license deal with RealD, Samsung will be integrating active shutter technology into LCD panels and utilizing […]
Read moreWhile this is still too expensive in my opinion it’s a far more reasonable asking price to their original $300. Still filled with flaws and nobody knows what the future holds, still…not a bad price to have a new toy to play with. Amazon actually has this now for $179…that’s pretty darned good. No word when/if it will bump to […]
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The long and torturous wait for the SiliconDust HDHomeRun Prime is almost over. Today, SiliconDust has just given word that the three tuner variant, HDHR3-CC, is available for pre-order from Newegg for $250 with a ship date of June 29th. The six-tuner variant, HDHR6-CC-3X2, should become available for pre-order next week at a price of $499. HDHomeRun PRIME is available […]
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