I actually like this idea, not the first time we’ve heard of something like this, but I’m sure the privacy advocates will go crazy over it The experience begins with your set-top-box, which identifies your presence based on wireless communication with your cell phone, smart phone, or MID. The set top box can then personalize itself to you, displaying a […]
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Here’s an interesting app from Martin Milmore, called My Media Center, designed to make your MCE kid friendly. Lots of cool features in controlling what your minors will be able to access on your system. Am I the only one that thinks Microsoft should have done this a LONG time ago? Key Features Decide which channels, videos and DVDs are […]
Read moreLooking for a free home theater PC software? Well, Linux is always an option, and Mythdora has been the choice of many for years. Thanks to Tim for the heads up of this new release. Changes in MythDora 12: * The auto-installation method has been removed * The frontend now heavily relies on the timezone of the system […]
Read moreLate last night (or early morning) Travis Bell released themoviedb v2! If you are not familiar with tmdb it is an open, community driven, movie database. Chances are you’ve used it one way or another, either directly or via any number of the tools that use it for metadata and artwork. Travis has been working on v2 for quite some […]
Read moreWell I remember reading about Ryan’s initial implementation of Winscape in Jan 2005 Popular Science. Every few months I’ve checked his blog and to my surprise Uncrate featured the latest edition today. I’d rather have a "real" view of a beach or skyline but that isn’t happening anytime soon so a very cool project, worth checking out. After lots of […]
Read moreThis is quite an interview with the Blockbuster CEO. I think it’s great he absolutely doesn’t hide his disdain for Netflix. Enjoy. "You tell me: Do you want to watch The Blind Side or Herbie Goes to Cancun?" Keyes asked, referring to what some have called Netflix’s less-than-stellar on-demand offerings. "Our customer demand is 60% to 80% for new releases. […]
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I think this is a great step in the right direction, although I’d be more excited if it was 5.1 support or more HD formats, but I suppose this was probably significantly easier. Not exactly sure why it was complicated to begin wtih given that there’s zero bandwidth demand and everything they store already had subtitles when it started…oh well. […]
Read moreFor the last 2 years I’ve said the next TV I buy will hopefully be OLED. Maybe I’m dreaming but this is hopeful. Too small to be practical but double that I’ll have a nice primary PC monitor. Too bad the my favorite part of the article is: "let’s just assume they’re prohibitively expensive." If you really want to get […]
Read moreHope this week has gone good for all of you and you’ve enjoyed Mike Brown’s review of the S1Digital Blu-ray changer. Here are some other pod/vidcasts to help pass the time. Returning to the show this week is Zunethoughts and WindowsPhoneThoughts Jason Dunn to talk about the latest updates to the Zune OS and how the Zune platform is influencing […]
Read moreI don’t think a lot of us are using Macs for our HTPCs, the cost is just prohibitive considering what you can build a comparable PC for, but if you wanted to this is big news. Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of DisplayPort. There have been a few third party options for adapters, but it seems Apple […]
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