It’s been a while since our interview with famed Media Center developer Andrew Cherry on his Made for Media Center project with Ian Dixon, but good news has finally come with the arrival of the 10′ interface. Now you can finally install all these cool add-ins without having to take out your keyboard/mouse! We have been really pleased with the […]
Read moreLots of good banter as usual on the forums, here’s a quick reminder. Just a heads up, we are working on a bunch of new content for you guys, including the iPad and more, so stay tuned! Also don’t forget, if you would like to support the site, we do have Amazon, Newegg and Techbargains links on the right side…so […]
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Being a fan of Joss Whedon and his Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog, I just had to post this incredible rendition. If you haven’t seen the original yet, please go watch it first or else you aren’t going to truly appreciate this. A fan must have spent a ton of time putting this together and I think the results are […]
Read moreI’ve been happily chugging along with my SageTV server /client setup for some time now. After 2 major snowstorms here in the northeast, accumulating a very unusual 48+ inches, only to be followed shortly thereafter by 2 rainstorms, which wound up with FEMA assistance coming in to some areas, we are now coming to the end of our first–quite early […]
Read moreHappy Thursday everybody! Here’s our weekly podcast roundup! Lots of good stuff as always to welcome the weekend. MythCast Episode 19 Interview with Cecil Watson of the LinHES project. Dan talks about upgrading his RAID setup to bigger hard drives. Pat will be speaking at SELF. The Custom Integrator Show #027 We finally are starting to understand the relationship […]
Read moreHey guys. Here’s a little tidbit that I thought I should share. I was at Sea World yesterday with the family and while we were waiting to get on one of the rides in the kids play area the ride attendant directed that we "secure all cameras, video cameras, cell phones and Ipads." I don’t think that this is part […]
Read moreSPCR has just overhauled their guide on what it takes to keep a PC case quiet. They cover regular PCs and even give special attention to the needs of the HTPC community. The breadth of coverage (case, drives, materials, etc.) is quite impressive and well worth taking the time to read. SilentPCReview One poorly understood aspect of PC noise is […]
Read moreJere Jones is giving away a Ceton InfiniTV 4 (yes, the quad tuner Cable Card tuner). Details on how to win are posted in his forum. You could win a Ceton InfiniTV 4 cable card tuner in the month of April! How to enter: 1) Buy a copy of ShowAnalyzer via PayPal and enter the word "ceton" in the […]
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Was anybody craving these? If you are a die hard Marvel fan, and I suppose movie posters were not a sufficient way of showing your devotion…how about a Marvel-branded TV?!? The Marvel heroes are on the bottom of the TV bezel and each TV has a splash screen that shows each time you turn the set on with the super […]
Read moreThis is pretty cool, but I’d imagine a complete showstopper is not being compatible with today’s Blu-ray players. Hopefully that will be remedied by the time it hits consumer level. The new BDXL specification describes High Capacity Recordable and Rewritable discs which will write up to 128GB of content on each disc. These are write-once capacities, with the rewritable discs […]
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