Motorola insider and blogger Mari Silbey has nice summary of the current state of HD cable and digital services adoption. Media Experiences 2 Go A lot of HDTV owners are still very confused. Leightman claims that a lot of people with HD sets are not even watching HD content. They don’t have HD service, haven’t switched to HD channels, or are […]
Read moreQuestion Of The Day: Do you guys and gals read The Daily Button? Blu-ray News: Target to reduce prices of Blu-ray players @ Home Media Mag Blu-ray News: Universal outlines Mummy Blu-ray specs @ High Def Digest HTPC Software News: Nero LiquidTV PV Review @ EngadgetHD Streaming Media: Silverlight 2.0 released, CBS Sports planning to stream 20,000 hours of games […]
Read moreIf you haven’t seen MissingRemote.com’s call for help, please click here and check it out. We are look for some brave souls who want to contribute to the greater good. Home Theater News: Pioneer VSX-818V, MSRP $249, review @ Audioholics Direct TV News: Directv PC launches to bring your HD recordings to your PC @ EngadgetHD Sony News: Sony to bring […]
Read moreOctober 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista • Fixes an issue in which you cannot seek through recorded TV shows on Windows Media Center systems that have digital cable tuners. Additionally, the recorded TV shows display the incorrect length. • Fixes an issue in which Windows Media Center Extenders cannot reconnect to a host computer after the […]
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As I sit and am battling with my remote control switching between the Dodger baseball game and the Monday Night Football game, I can’t help but be frustrated that my thousand dollar Windows Vista Media Center cannot do what my father’s television set from 1990 could do–PIP, Picture-in-Picture . You know that feature, where you can watch something on the […]
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Read moreDid you know Samsung 2008 model TVs have a special “blue only” mode? This lets you use the THX Optimizer or color test patterns from discs like DVE without the need for special color filter glasses. When shopping for an HDMI receiver watch for the key words like: "HDMI repeater", "HD Audio LPCM 7.1-channel reception","HDMI processing". Also if the specs mention Dolby […]
Read moreMissingRemote technically is a "For Profit" business entity but as you can see by our massive amount of advertisers and bustling store front we are quite happy to remain afloat while providing news and content to HTPC lovers :). With that in mind, we would like to invite community folks with a little extra time on their hands to contribute […]
Read moreFirmware updates are not typical fare for MissingRemote.com but the winds are changing and we want to step outside our comfort zone a bit and begin to cover more news about getting digital media where and when you want it. HTPCs are not the solution for every scenario and we want to ensure we leave no one behind. Sony’s latest […]
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Nothing too exiting to share today. Enjoy the weekend fondling and tickling your HTPC :). HTPC News: MediaPortal 1.0 RC3 released @ MediaPortal HTPC News: Velocity launches CineMagix FuzeBox Media Server @ CEPro HTPC News: Snapstream to discontinue sale of Beyond Media @ Geek Tonic WHS News: Diskeeper Undelete 2009 server edition @ We Got Served Home Theater News: Will […]
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