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A Boxee Box is Coming
Boxee said today that it will have a Boxee Box coming. There aren’t any details now but we will find out at the event on December 7th. This is great for Boxee and if the price is right will be great for consumers. Maybe they will just bui...
Boxee Beta Coming December 7th with New Features
Boxee is releasing the Beta on December 7th in NYC. The new beta has a bunch of new features including a new look and feel. The Beta will feature: * new user interface * improved navigation * search TV Shows and Movies * a user co...
Build A Silent HTPC with NVIDIA ION and Intel Atom
There are so many media center streamers on the market but what if you want more control of formats and look. You might need to get a full fledged computer for the job. Generally that can cost a lot more than an streamer but not with NVidia’...
Plex Media Center Updates for Snow Leopard
Plex, media center for OS X, has updated for Snow Leopard. There were also some new features added to the update. * FIX: On Snow Leopard, 5.1 audio had issues. We’ve cleaned up the code, fixed the problems, and it now runs great on 10.6. Ma...
GlideTV HTPC Remote Gets Reviewed
ZatzNotFunny got the chance to play around with the new GlideTV HTPC remote. I wasn’t that thrilled with the remote when it was first announced which was apparent by my blog post. After reading over Dave’s hands on, who was also skepti...
GlideTV Navigator: Media Center Trackpad
GlideTV Navigator is a trackpad for home theater PCs. It works with Windows, Mac and PS3. The shape is strange and I would love to see a video of someone actually navigating around with this. There are some other HTPC keyboards with trackpads tha...
Video: Nokia N810 Controlling LinuxMCE
The video below shows a Nokia N810 controlling LinuxMCE. Pretty cool idea to use the N810 as a remote control. It’s using Maemo Orbiter and he is already working on a version for the N900. I wonder if it will work with the N800 since that...
Microsoft Posted Digital CableCard FAQ
Microsoft posted a FAQ page on Digital Cable and Windows Media Center. SDV support will only work with Windows 7 but other enhancements will work in Windows Vista. The 1.19.12 firmware update will be available on October 22nd with the release of Wi...
EyeTV Releases Placeshifting iPhone App
Elgato has released a placeshifting app for the iPhone. The app is $5 and allows you to watch, record, and enjoy live and recorded TV on your iPhone or iPod touch. I always like the eyeTV software because of its OS X look and feel. I haven’t...
Video: How-To Record Live TV in Windows Media Center
Windows Videos has a few how-tos on using Windows 7 Media Center. The video above is recording live TV. It’s nice to see Microsoft getting Media Center into the public eye a little more. (via The Digital Lifestyle) Related Posts: Video: I...
Video: Dish Network Media Center Tuner
The video above is of the Dish Network Media Center Tuner. Looks good but it’s not available yet and they won’t tell anyone when or if ever. EngadgetHD took the video and has some a little more information. I just wish DirecTV was stil...
HD Plex’s Fanless HTPC Case
HD Plex announced new fanless HTPC cases. Noise has always been a complaint when you have your HTPC sitting next to your TV. It’s one reason why extenders were so popular over the Xbox 360. The HD Plex cases look alright but there is no pric...
Video: Niveus ZONE Media Center
Niveus makes some nice high end media center gear. The Niveus ZONE is their extender computers that still pack plenty of power and features. They have Core2Duo processors and feature a Blu-ray drive. While the price is a high for most, especially ...
Windows 7 Hidden Startup Switches for Media Center
Using the hidden Media Center switches in Windows 7 will allow you to customize the way Media Center starts up. Some of the switches don’t seem that useful but there are a few that many will use. The list of switches is below. You can find o...
Windows 7 Supports Dolby Digital Plus
Good news for people using Windows 7 as their HTPC. Windows 7 is going to support Dolby Digital Plus. You have to have Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions to use it. The Plus offers higher bit rate and better so...
Dell Zino HD: Your New HTPC
The new Dell Zino HD has the same form factor as the Mac Mini. It sports HDMI, ESATA, USB, ethernet and a card reader. That’s all the details we get right now. No specs and price is announced yet. They are just teasing us with pictures. Wi...
Boxee Gets More Funding
Boxee has raised $6 million in funding for content and CE devices. They have already added MLB.TV to their line-up so now they need to look at a set-top box. In order to make it to mainstream you need to be on the TV not just the computer. I know ...
Battle of the Media Center Movie Managers
If you have a HTPC you know you need a good movie manager to organize all those legal DVDs you have stored on there. Missing Remote has put a bunch to the test to see which one wins. Of course they all offer different positives and negatives. I ha...
GeekTonic Interviews Jeff Kardatzke of SageTV
I always turn to GeekTonic for my SageTV news and he doesn’t disappoint with a huge interview with Jeff Kardatzke of SageTV. This is just part 1 of 2 and there is a ton of good information in there. Even if your not a SageTV user it’s g...
Boxee for Windows and New Features
Boxee has released a version for Windows. The biggest news is probably their partnership with MLB.TV. You can now stream MLB.TV content through Boxee. You have to have the subscription but it will put a really nice interface to the online content....
Plex Update Adds Netflix Plug-in
Plex has added Netflix plug-in to it’s app store. Plex is a media center application based on XBMC. There were a lot of other updates and fixes in the new release. A couple fixes were big ones. I would definitely upgrade to the newest versi...
Boxee Adds APIs and New Browser
Boxee tonight at the NYC meet-up announced a new version of Boxee. Some new things include Pandora, PBS app, APIs and a new browser based on the XUL framework, which Firefox is based off of. Pandora is really cool and I’m sure people can get ...
Deal: Linksys DMA2200 for $99
Dell is offering the Linksys DMA2200 for $99. That’s the model that includes the DVD player. It’s $100 off the retail version. If your looking to extend your Windows Media Center setup to another room you better act fast. Linksys DMA ...
Windows Media Center Health Monitor
Windows Media Center health monitor is an application that does exactly what it sounds like, it monitors your media center. The cool thing about it is that it can inform you of problems to a twitter account. You can also be notified via email if yo...
Boxee iPhone App Approved
Boxee finally had their iPhone app approved. It does look basic, which they admit, but it’s a good start to a product that keeps getting better. * the boxee remote app has two modes: Gesture and Buttons * in the Gesture mode you nee...
Windows Media Center VS SageTV Podcast
It’s always nice to have a friendly debate on which media center application is best. I haven’t listened to the entire podcast yet but they provided lots of information without attacking each other. You can find the links over at the Ge...
Look at CableCard Diagnostics Tool for Windows Media Center
CableCard hasn’t always been the easiest thing to setup in Windows Media Center. The new CableCard diagnostics tool is supposed to help. Julie Jacobson has a first look at the new tool. It looks cool allowing for channel pairing and to view ...
New Sports Channel for Windows Media Center
Microsoft has released a new sports channel for Windows Media Center. This is good timing being right before March Madness starts. The channel will pull from CBS Sports, Fox Sports and MSNBC. You don’t get full games going on. It’s mo...
Get Boxee Back After AppleTV 2.3.1 Update
AppleTV update 2.3.1 broke Boxee from working. It’s really not that bad. According to the Boxee forum you just have to run the patchstick again. All of your data will still be there. I guess Apple isn’t out to disable Boxee. Related P...
Get Hulu Back on Boxee
It wasn’t good news yesterday when we found out Boxee couldn’t offer Hulu content anymore. The good news is there is already a plug-in to get your Hulu content back. Jake Marsh is offering a plug-in called TV Library for Boxee. This is...
