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Zotac Zbox | A quick review

About 6 months ago I purchased a Zotac Zbox to serve as a secondary htpc.  I have a fairly large movie library and I wanted to access that library and stream Netflix to my 40 inch LCD I have in my den.  Instead of buying a media streamer like the Roku, I wanted the full […]

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Using Dropbox to Manage Multiple Media Centers

About a week ago I started using Dropbox to sync files between multiple computers at work and at home. DropBox is a great way to manage multiple media centers.  For someone like me, who runs Windows Media Center on 3 computers, making sure the latest files for Media Browser etc are running on all three […]

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MediaBrowser, MKVs, and Blu-ray Nirvana

I finally made the plunge and bought an Epson projector for my basement and built a Windows 7 machine for use as a dedicated media center. First off, the projector looks fantastic. Very happy. Second, I have entered the world of converting blu-rays to MKVs. My initial impression: awesome. Using a guide from Avsforum.com, I […]

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