Congratulations to the winners of our last 4 contest giveaways: Woodchuck – Windows 7 Family Pack Abhishek_a01 – Amulet Remote Control Cypherjolt – Patriot Box Office Jup68 – BigScreenGlobal Prize Package You will each be getting an e-mail from me shortly requesting further information. Please note if you do not reply within 48 hours I will have to re-draw your […]
Read moreI love rumors, especially when they seem to make sense with recent occurences. Normally I wouldn’t post them, but I don’t think this one is all that damaging. The Xbox team has continued to add lots of services, and we know that Microsoft’s MediaRoom platform is built off of the XBox, so it kinda just makes sense anyways. Take it […]
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THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED, THANK YOU TO ALL FOR PARTICIPATING! ENTER TO WIN: WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE COMMEMORATIVE EDITION Courtesy of our friends at Microsoft, we have a very rare Commemorative version of Windows 7 Ultimate Edition! This was a very limited edition that was given exclusively to people who were special beta testers for Windows 7; including 32 and 64-bit […]
Read moreLots of great content as always this week, enjoy! After several weeks of covering the news, we finally move on (mostly) from the WHS Drive Extender debacle and straight into metadata and getting your Recorded TV sorted the way you want. There’s no one good way to handle this situation if you want to use a different system. Most are […]
Read moreSolid selection of movies this week. I’ve heard good things about MicMacs, a foreign film but not seen it yet. Same about Despicable Me, with Steve Carrel’s voice. Cyrus is a drama featuring the super funny Jonah Hill…curious to see how that’s going to work out. I really need to jam on my movie watching! Btw, those of you interested […]
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Over the years there has always been one constant when it comes to digital media consumption–hard drives, an essential necessity in the world of digital entertainment. If it wasn’t for a hard drive we would not have digital video recorders, computers and in our niche of the world, home theater computers. It seems like yesterday when I got my first […]
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THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED, THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING! Today we’re giving away another prize bundle from our friends at BigScreenGlobal. Since this is a software package this contest is open to EVERYONE around the world! Fellow MVP and owner Niall Ginsbourg has put together a package and the winner will be able to select their choice of TWO licenses from the […]
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I have to admit I’ve never used Clicker.tv, but I have heard a lot about it and the concept is pretty neat. If you have been confined to launching it via your kb/mouse, this plugin may work well for you as it simply launches the interface of their Beta 10′ program from Media Center. Simple yet effective. I came across […]
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THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED, THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING! Another week, another awesome set of prizes coming your way! Today’s prize is a fantastic media streamer courtesy of Patriot Memory, the Patriot Box Office HD player. We reviewed this little guy earlier this year and found it to be a very solid and capable player with an MSRP of $99–read below […]
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I love my Harmony One, so when the battery wouldn’t hold a charge for more than a couple days it was an easy decision to order a replacement. When the new battery arrived, I was shocked to find that that the original had swollen so much that the plastic was starting to crack and needle-nose pliers were required to pry […]
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