Floppyhead - Digital Media and Home Theater Computers

With the release of Vista and its media center software, a new era of high definition content was supposed to have been ushered in with the introduction of digital cable tuners. These tuners were supposed to turn your computer into a high-powered Tivo. Reality did not live up to the hype. The [...]

Is it me or does Auzentech appear to be the most innovative sound card manufacturer around? It seems like they are up to their old tricks again by announcing the Auzen X-Fi HomeTheater 7.1, which will support HDMI 1.3, HD-audio codecs, and EAX 5.0. Finally, one card to rule them all.
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A couple of months ago, Verizon dug up my front yard to install Fios in my neighborhood. Yeah me. I was/am excited to finally make the switch to fiber optic goodness.
I went to www.verizonfios.com to check out the available packages. The standard fair was available such as DVRs and set top boxes. [...]

At least we do not have to wait for Fiji to get incremental updates to Media Center. Hot on the heels of Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft has released the June 2008 Cumulative Update for Windows Media Center for Windows Vista. This update rollup is intended for computers that are running Windows Vista Home [...]

VmcNetflix is a Vista Media Center plugin that allows you to sync with your Netflix account to stream movies to your media center. While the plugin has always been free, the developers have decided to make the software open source. Some of the features of the plugin include:

Download WatchNow movies to a “Watch [...]