If you listened to our podcast, you’ll know I’m a big fan of Silverstone HTPC cases. Even in the midst of lots of competitors they have continued developing HTPC-style cases. This one however…not one of my favorites, just way too basic IMO. With all attention this week being turned to finishing up Phoronix Test Suite 3.0-Iveland and OpenBenchmarking.org for its […]
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Please Read The script has been updated. The following now works properly: multi cmd line switch Home Premium Non-English Operating Systems, no need to change the script Sorry for any inconvenience caused. If you’ve been following MissingRemote for a while, you know one of our most popular series of guides is Enabling Concurrent Remote Desktop sessions. Continuing that trend we […]
Read moreWe don’t often post a press release, but this one was too juicy not to post given the last couple years the MPAA has been complaining about how piracy, Netflix and all things digital are tearing them down. The report shows that global box office receipts for all films released around the world reached an all time high of $31.8 […]
Read moreInteresting report courtesy of NewTeeVee showing that pay TV subscriptions are actually rising. I have to wonder if Amazon jumping on the streaming TV bandwagon will have any affect on these numbers. Company 4Q Sub +/- 3Q Sub +/- Comcast -135,000 -275,000 Time Warner Cable -141,000 -155,000 Cablevision -35,000 -24,500 AT&T 246,000 236,000 Verizon 182,000 204,000 DirecTV 289,000 174,000 Dish […]
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Here’s a quick review of an HTPC case from Lian Li, makers of all aluminum chassis. I used to have one, and the design was wonderful, not sure I’m a HUGE fan of this design but it seems to serve its purpose. You can see from the pictures here, that the center bar is VERY close to my graphics card, […]
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Just a quick screenshot to show “proof” of Live TV using a Ceton InfiniTV over Remote Desktop via RemoteFX. What is interesting about the screenshot, at least to me, is that I took it of a RemoteFX Remote Desktop Protocol (rdp) session from another RDP session that was connected via VPN over the WAN. I’ll be following up with a full […]
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* * * Disclaimer * * * I do NOT recommend using the DCA override other than the circumstances listed below. The following files and instructions are provided to you at your OWN RISK!! Understand that it is circumventing a quality assurance test. That being said, if you do have a problem, we have a fantastic community here to help […]
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Oppo has really made a name for themselves in the past few years, so I’m excited to see this review from the videophiles at HDGuru.com. The results are a bit different than what I expected, but still a great player for a reasonable price of $499.99. Using the Spears & Munsil High-Definition Benchmark Blu-ray I found the video processing to […]
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Haven’t had a chance to read this yet, but it looks like another HTPC offering, this time from video-card manufacturer Sapphire. In the world of audio video the holy grail is a box that can handle all your media content and have full access to web content. Fortunately Sapphire has released just such a grail, the Edge-HD which has the […]
Read moreLooks like it’s time for another SageTV beta. Lots of good stuff in there including bug fixes and some new features. Check out Jeff’s post for the full list. Highlights below: Changes of note already included in V7.1 -Support for Hauppauge Colossus -Complete over the air analog & digital lineups for the entire US and Canada (all channels on Zap2it’s […]
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