media center
Ceton’s Quad CableCard Tuner Up For Pre-Sale
Ceton’s quad CableCard tuner for Windows Media Center is up for pre-sale. This is good news since lots of media center fans have been waiting. The card is $478 which isn’t bad for what it can do. You can record 4 shows at once using a single cablecard. It also has [...]
NVIDIA Ion 2 To Make HTPCs Better
The original Ion opened up the possibilites for small nettops or netbooks to provide a reasonable amount of graphics power. The Ion 2 chip will take things a bit farther. The chip should support HDMI out, 1080p Blu-ray and Flash playback, Windows 7 Home Premium, and mainstream gaming out of the box. [...]
Lenovo Mini HTPC Keyboard
The Lenovo Multimedia Remote would be a nice addition to your HTPC. It’s small, wireless and gives you control over mouse and text inputs. The price isn’t bad either at $60. With these types of strange remote designs I like to see the reviews on them. The GlideTV remote came across [...]
In The Movies 2 for Windows Media Center
In The Movies 2.0 is a cool plug-in for Windows Media Center. It gives you movie info and times in your area. It fits into Windows Media Center and works with extenders The one big thing it’s missing is trailers for the movies. For $5.99 it needs to include that. [...]
Deal: HDHomeRun for $127
If you want a great network tuner, Amazon has the HDHomeRun for $127 with free shipping. I have been following the prices since I’m interested in purchasing one. It’s about as low as I have seen it come up for the dual tuner version.
Boxee Beta Now On AppleTV
There are now simple instructions on how to get Boxee Beta working with AppleTV. With the latest version of Beta being announced it was stated that it wouldn’t work with AppleTV, unless you had a lot of time on your hands to make it work. This is good news for everyone wanting more [...]
GlideTV Navigator Remote Review
I have been somewhat critical of the GlideTV Remote since it was announced. There have been a few reviews that have made me rethink the remote. Brent from GeekTonic reviewed the remote and did a great job at it. Pretty much anything you wanted to know about the remote is in the [...]
Top 10 Windows Media Center Plug-ins
Lifehacker has a nice top 10 lists of Windows Media Center plug-ins. The commercial skip is probably the must have for your recorded TV. It’s been around for awhile and is still very popular. The list is good and if you use Windows Media Center you need to try them out. [...]
Add XBMC to Windows Media Center
The same people that made the Boxee and Hulu integrator have released XBMC Integrator for Windows Media Center. It allows you to switch between XBMC and Windows Media Center with the Windows Media Center remote. You need to have XBMC already installed on your computer for it to work.
Boxee Updates Beta
Boxee has updated the latest beta build for the general public. The have fixed over 500 things in the new version. There were also some new things added as well.
* Multilingual keyboard support: under settings->appearance->region to add keyboards
* Significantly improved video quality of our DXVA support
* Regained support [...]
