I have to say, I am rooting for HD DVD now. Just because of the arrogance portrayed by the Blu-ray team. They really remind me of overpaid sports stars. Never the less, Blu-ray has nudged past HD DVD in next gen DVD sales. From the article: Graffeo says that HD DVD players continue to have the highest disc to player […]
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Courtesy of Dave Zatz, Tivo Desktop 2.4 beta has been released. A couple of new features are worth noting; HD photograph streaming and transcoding for playback on portable devices. Not much other information to report right now. For those TiVo owners out there, let us know what you do with your TiVo's besides recording duties. Read More:
Read moreChris L., ever vigilant on the MCE plugin front, posts about the beta release of MCEtilities 1.0. MCEtilities allows you to edit DVR-MS files and view metadata for DVDcml files. Additionally, the software can control (and rip from) DVD changers such as Sony's XL1B2 changer. Read more from Chris' Post: TGB Thread: Now, if you are like me you are […]
Read moreTHe Pro-940HD barely qualifies for the HD name with a resolution of 1024X768. Personally I have not dealt with rectangular pixels but I would think that it would not work well with Media Centers. Odd resolution aside, this TV does get high marks for out of the box picture quality and the ability to stream media files. From the article: […]
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Chris Lanier is on a roll today with the latest news on remotes. This time up it's a little in depth look at the Sideshow remotes that we've been promised for months but have yet to see one publicly. I gotta reitterate my previous post, I'm quite dissapointed that we've still not seen any new remotes for Vista after all […]
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Vista's been out for several weeks now, and I'm genuinely surprised how long it's taken for stuff like this to come out. But it's good to see Ricavision taking charge on a market they previously weren't in, looks like they've got some cool remotes coming out for your MCE setups. Running from left to right, the first one pictured is […]
Read moreThe winner of the case is Skirge01. Please contact me via pm or email to claim your prize. Congratulations! We hope you enjoy your case.
Read moreHere's a thread from TheGreenButton about Spyn Doctor's plugins that now work for Vista. Pretty cool stuff, including the oft-requested record your tv buffer. Basically, if you're watching a show, and then decide you want to record it, MCE can't. Don't ask why….it just can't. So this plugin should let you. The add-in contains the following sub-features: Timeshift-Buffer Backup MCE-Message […]
Read moreThe Antec giveaway contest is now closed. Thank you for participating and stay tuned for the results.
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Does anyone else think the Media Portal community has great skinners? Here are a few examples :). After the break there are a couple of more examples:) Media Portal MediaPortal is an Open Source application ideal for turning your PC / TV into a very advanced Media Center. MediaPortal allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch […]
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