Multimedia-PCs

Hymn-Project.org got a Cease and Desist letter from Apple. This really bothers me for a number of reasons. Apple’s iTunes store is now number 2 in the US. But there product is locked in so you have to use their players to play the music you purchased. The Hymn Project didn’t [...]

The biggest change in this release is full screen viewing of “watch now” in Media Center. That is a big improvement. This plug-in is becoming a must have for Netflix subscribers. The full list of updates and fixes below.
Enhancements:

Enhanced the “Watch Now” feature to play the media in full screen mode
Added support [...]

Chris Lanier has written a 3 part view of the Linksys Media Center Extender. He used the Linksys DMA2200. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of the review. This review was very well done. It starts out with the unboxing and he goes into detail about the equipment he uses. [...]

I have been recommending HD-DVD drives lately to people. Some people question why I would recommend something that is officially dead. Well the reason is it still plays regular DVDs. Don’t think of it as a Hi-Def player but as a nice upconvert DVD player that you get a few Hi-Def disks [...]

I’m not sure if anyone else has been getting a refresh of their rss feeds every time I post, but I have been.  I think I have it fixed now.  It was an error in one of the posts which was taking out the entire feed.   If your having more issues please don’t unsubscribe, please [...]

Microsoft has released another KB with an update to the data corruption bug. The KB article can be found here. I have reconsidered recommending this product to everyone. It doesn’t mess up computer backups but I know most people, including myself, really like the fact that you can work directly off of [...]

I think I have the old URLs redirecting to the new site now.  I had to add a few lines to the .htaccess file.   The method I used isn’t going to fix every URL but it should cover most.  I have tested out my feed and some popular URLs and things seem to be working [...]

I finally switched from Blogger and I realized today why I waited so long to do it. It has been a rough time getting everything imported and switched over. Even now everything isn’t working like it should. I will continue to work through the night on getting things working correctly. [...]

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The video above is an unboxing of the HP MediaSmart Windows Home Server. I originally was going to buy the HP Home Server but decided not to because of price. But as you can see from the video it is really small and the removable hard drives is nice.
(via Ian Dixon)

I’m glad to see some more companies getting into the Windows Home Server. I built my own and couldn’t be happier. With all the plug-ins you can do about anything. Below is a link to the review of the Tranquil Harmony Home Server by PC PRO. They gave it 4 out [...]