Avast! This be my toaster!
Arrrrr… Are ye interested in a toaster made for pirates? Product Page:
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New Player in Blu-Ray Disc Market
Well if the idea of play BR titles on a relatively cheap PS3 doesn't get your fancy, perhaps a cheap stand alone player will. Funai Electric, an OEM manufacturer, intends to release Blu-ray players to the market for about $500 a pop later this year. Good news for consumers who are not early adopters and would have paid twice that […]
Read moreUnderstanding Home Automation
modern home theater has a great article up describing what goes into a home automation system. Part one of this two part series gives a great overview of what you can expect before you delve into a home automation build. I am looking forward to part two where they will describe more of the DIY entry-level options available. With a […]
Read moreSageTV V6.1.3 Release Candidate is Available!!
Thats right folks, Sage has a new release out that is aimed at squashing a huge amount of bugs. For those of you not in the know, Sage is a media center program that operates on Windows, Linux and has a placeshifting client for Mac. It is widley considered to have the best PVR features of the commercial programs and […]
Read moreCableCard Retailer
I wasn't aware of Velocity Micro being an approved CableCard vendor for Media Center PC's but it looks like they are. Configuring an HTPC with a single digital cable tuner, Blu-ray, and X2-4200+ will run you $3,000. The Blu-ray burner is responsible for 800 of that total. Is HTPC nirvana near? Its close but the shackles of […]
Read moreHow to Enable Concurrent Sessions in Vista
Ok, so I’m sure you all saw my Blog about how disappointed I was that Vista by default did not support Concurrent Sessions. For those unaware of what it is, Concurrent Sessions allows you to Remote Desktop into a system that someone else is on, under a Different User account, and access the system without kicking the user off. […]
Read moreNew: Beyond TV 4.6: Vista support, faster search, and more
I love the smell of new releases in the morning. BeyondTV has updated their 4.x version to 4.6, which in addition to now being fully supported in Vista, has some other items. I wonder if it works on x64 Vista?? Here's some of the new features: Vista support: Beyond TV now works under Vista, bringing unique SnapStream features like SmartSkip […]
Read moreShare Recorded TV with other Media Centers / Domain Version
We all want some sort of client/server architecture for MCE. Having multiple standalone MCE machine sfor 4 TV's is just not practical. Plus, it is rather annoying to have to hack solutions together for things like sharing folders and concurrent sessions. That said, at least there is a solution for sharing recorded folders with other folders, it is not elegant […]
Read moreEH Podcast: Windows Vista & Niveus Media
Well Ian can;t get all of the podcast lovin around here, so had to post EH's weekly podcast. This week they chat with Tim Cutting, Niveus CEO, and talk about Window's Vista. Podcast Summary: Listen Here: Episode 3 of the Electronic House podcast is live, and joining me on the line is Tim Cutting, CEO and founder of Niveus Media. […]
Read moreHigh definition optical discs and their associated copy protection acronyms
The next generation optical disc formats, like standard DVD, are encrypted on disc, but unlike standard DVD, also require protected paths from the player to the display. With this comes a confusing new group of terms, many of which betray the idiosyncrasies of the next generation content protection requirements. The confusion has become obvious, especially when otherwise very technically literate websites start producing […]
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