Congratulations to our last two winners just selected! Oliverredfox – Won the QNAP NMP-1000P Media Player Bouseman – Won the 2 Western Digital Hard Drives You both should have an e-mail from me requesting some information. Thanks to everyone who participated. Remember you still have ONE DAY LEFT to win the AMD Phenom 615E, and we’ll have lots more prizes […]
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Disclaimer: This is a fairly worthless utility Update: Ceton has informed me that the reason the current InfiniTV4 driver sets their network interface to Public is due to a potential tuner discovery issue. Ceton is looking into how to safely change it to private. I’m going to keep the tool available to allow users to reset the InfiniTV4 interface back […]
Read moreWhen Intel gambled by packaging its graphics processing unit (GPU) with the central processing unit (CPU) in last year’s Clarkdale the home theater PC (HTPC) niche benefited immensely from the power saving, performance gain and features like HD audio bit streaming provided by the new platform. The bet obviously paid off, because this year’s Sandy Bridge melds the GPU and […]
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Now this is friggin cool. Sean sent me the heads up to this wonderful little program called the HD Home Sports Bar he’s been working on that allows you to control multiple TVs/Extenders from a single interface. Why you may ask? For the same reason I’ve always wanted PiP in Media Center–SPORTS!! But he says he also uses it for […]
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AC Ryan has been developing a large number of media players recently and seem to be doing a good job of it. If you’re in the market for a Media Player, make sure to take a look at our Comparison Guide. While I haven’t updated it yet with this particular mini, it does have its predecessor from AC Ryan. I’m […]
Read moreEd Bott’s blog on How to update Intel drivers automatically reminded me that I’ve been meaning to write a blog on Intel Management Engine Interface (MEI) and why you should install it. I’ll keep it short and simple. If you are using an Intel 5 Series Chipset (H55\H57) paired with a compatible Intel Core i3 or i5 for onboard graphics […]
Read moreWindows Media Center developer, Rick Drasch, has released a new add-in that allows you to search your Recorded TV files. It looks like it could be pretty handy if you’ve got a large number of files. The add-in is available to download and purchase for $1.99. .
Read moreDid anyone miss the memo about 2.5TB hard drives? Oh well, I suppose more is better. It’s funny how long we’ve been stuck at 2TB drives. If you’re in the market for one of these awesome new 3 terabyte drives, keep in mind they’ll require an add-on card it comes with to support booting off it (thanks legacy BIOS). Still […]
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THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED, THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING! ENTER TO WIN: AMD PHENOM 615E ATHLON II X4 2.5GHz CPU We hope everyone is having a safe and wonderful end to 2010. In celebration of not only this, but also continuing with the celebration of our new MissingRemote.com website (which continues to evolve), we have another fantastic giveaway for the […]
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Codecs? File types? Oh my! If you have ever tried to watch a video you downloaded from the internet only to find it unable to be played (or maybe just audio but no video), then this is the guide for you! We’re going to try to do our best to cover most of the more common file types that are […]
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