I’ve never been a fan of the Nielsen ratings, and this article really supports my position. But nonetheless it doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere, although it’s good to see they are at least considering changing up a bit. Nielsen’s ratings, in the most basic sense, are like a poll: a sample of people, which the company claims fully represents […]
Read moreStill nothing new to report on the Netflix front for existing Boxee users. I can’t harp too much on this, I think Boxee is being as up front and honest as they can be but man I’m sure this is a disappointment for all those early adopters. The Netflix app is up and running on Boxee (we watched the intro […]
Read moreIf you recall from our review in December of the Roku XD|S media player, one of the dissapointments was lack of official USB file playback support. Roku has now made it official and added in mkv container support to boot. The official Roku USB Media Player channel was released this afternoon. It is now available in the Channel Store and […]
Read moreLots of releases this week, just not a lot of them are new I’m afraid. I actually had trouble coming up with some sub-recommendations, which is why the I’m-sure-it’s-awful Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 is on there. So let it be known, that is NOT a recommendation! MissingRemote’s Pick of the Week Let Me In Based off a best selling book […]
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If you didn’t know already, Super Bowl XLV is just a few more days away and FOX will be handling the broadcast honors this year. It’s not every day that I get to peek behind the scenes of the biggest broadcast event of the year so I jumped at the opportunity to meet Jeff Rozak of Calhoun Satellite Communications, Inc. […]
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Do you have multiple Win7 Media Center systems around your house or just often get bored and reinstall? If so, you surely have dealt with the PITA that is re-configuring all of your scheduled recordings and your guide data. Well, here’s a little app that’s supposed to fix it. Fair warning, even the developer admits not a ton of testing […]
Read moreThis is some disheartening news, Intel has revealed a silicon design flaw in their Sandy Bridge line of CPU’s and Chipsets. After a raving review by Missingremote’s Andy VanTil, hopefully Intel can fix this issue quickly and not delay the further roll-out of the Sandy Bridge line. Intel said Monday that it discovered a design flaw in a chipset circuit and has “implemented a silicon fix.” […]
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Continuing our series of Beginner’s Guides for HTPC and Home Theater, this guide offers ten basic tips for getting your HTPC up and running smoothly. Most of these were learned the hard way, hope that sharing means you don’t have to 🙂 1. Dedicate a physical drive for recording TV: Recording and scanning big TV files for commercials hits a […]
Read moreTake this study with a grain of salt, and honestly this doesn’t tell most of us anything we didn’t already know. Are any of you ready to replace your Mom or Dad’s Cable Box with Boxee? Me neither. But it’s still VERY early on in the game. The event, called TVNext, sought to explore how the television experience is at […]
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This has since been yanked from even the user who reported it, but this would make sense from Amazon’s side as they try to really get in the digital streaming game, but you’d have to believe they would charge more than just a Prime membership. That’s a nice bonus for the $79 / year package that currently adds a few […]
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