PVR Blog has a good post about an article on the NY Times claiming only 1 in 3 DVR owners actually fast forward. They do a good breakdown, because that number seems awfully low to me. I hope if you guys spend all the money & time on your DVR or HTPCs that you'd um…actually use em 🙂 Digging deeper […]
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Read moreWell 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 moremodern 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 moreThats 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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 moreWe 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 […]
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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. […]
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