derek | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 14 2006 | htpc, media center
These are some sweet HTPC boxes ... the I/O panel on the back is really nicely done. Strange that the small one has HDMI out but not the larger one ... you can get the same horsepower for way, way, way less money, but if money's no object this is a nice way to go :)
derek | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 12 2007 | tv, media center, htpc
Great TV Tuner card for MCE. Hybrid cards are pretty common, but this one is unique in having a hardware MPEG-2 encoder for its NTSC tuner (in addition to its ATSC tuner for OTA HD).
That means you get two tuners which operate at the same time for the cost of one PCI slot. Cheaper than the hybrid ATI 650 with no hardware encoder for its analog NTSC tuner (and you can only use one tuner at a time).
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 15 2006 | media center, vista, htpc, sports
This looks pretty cool.
Quoted: Big Screen Blog: Fox Sports MCPL(+Web) Addin for Vista Media Center.
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 16 2006 | vista, hdtv, kram drivers, ati hdtv wonder, media center, htpc
3rd party drivers to enable the analog tuner on ATI (h)DTV Wonder card / Vista.
Quoted: Installation procedure for Vista, Kram Drivers and HDTV Wonder
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 15 2006 | movies, sony, dvds, htpc, media center
Need to look at this vs. online storage. It can hold 200 DVDs or CDs. One extremely cool feature is you can load it with your CD collection and batch rip! It will also play DVDs via MCE's interface. Need to figure out how flexible it is ... SDK, alternate OS compatibility, etc. Tempting to wait for a BD version, but $399.99 after rebate isn't THAT ridiculous.
I could recover some of the cost by offering "CD ripping services" for people with big collections :)
Quoted: Amazon.com: Sony VGP-XL1B2 Media Changer (also: VGP-XL1B): Computers & PC Hardware
- derek | Shared With: Everyone - May 08 2006 | my movies, media center, htpc
Looks interesting.
Quoted: My Movies / My DVD Collection - free MCE (Microsoft Media Center Edition) add-on applications to function as remote operated dvd index for both your online and offline dvds. Browse your DVD collection by titles, actors, directors or genres - all with covers and images.
derek | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 02 2006 | cablecard, media center, htpc, blogsThis is bad, bad, bad for HTPC builders such as myself.
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