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Turn an HP SFF Computer Into a Great HTPC
Face it, most of us like the idea of having an HTPC (Home Theater PC) hooked up to our TV. The flexibility we get with an HTPC over just a DVD player or a gaming console is enough alone to justify...
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Play .MKV’s in Windows Media Center (WMC)
For a long time I had resisted converting my DVD and Blu-Ray disks into any other format because I didn’t want to lose any quality. I had lived by this rule for a long time, and thankfully companies...
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Share “Playstate” using MediaBrowser for WMC
Lately, I have been experimenting with various types of front ends for my HTPC from the likes of PLEX, XBMC, MediaPortal, and more. For some reason though, they all seem to fall short, in their own...
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Article: Best XBMC Skins
Lately, it seems that my HTPC has been getting most of my attention. With the changes in front end software, I have finally settled, for now, on XBMC. One of the best features is the ability to skin...
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Article: Share Your Library with XBMC using MySQL
Recently, we featured an article on sharing your playstate and watched status with MediaBrowser for WMC. One of my main reasons for using the software was the shared library features. Today, with...
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Article: Yammm vs Meta Browser vs Media Center Master
If you have a large multimedia library you have probably been looking for a good way to keep everything organized. There are a number of software packages out there that can help, but which ones are...
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Article: Control Your HTPC With A PS3 Remote Control
Having recently reviewed the SilverStone Grandia GD08 and loving it, I was looking for a way to satisfy the one need SilverStone left me with. The case design didn’t allow for a standard 5.25 inch...
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Use Your iPad as a Remote Control for WMC
I have always had an HTPC as my home theater’s centerpiece. The flexibility that an HTPC brings simply can’t be matched by the likes of WD TV Live, Apple TV, or any Roku. I have the ability to spin...
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How XBMC is Keeping Me Alive
I will admit it. I am usually a hold out. In this particular case, I held out as long as I could in fear that an upgrade wouldn’t work the way I liked it to. For a long time I had been using a...
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Best KODI / XBMC Addons for 2015
Last year, we covered some of the addons we felt were the best out there for XBMC. Well, this is a new year and with the new year comes a new list… and name (KODI). This list will NOT include the...
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COD Dual CPU Server Build 2017 – Part 1 – The Parts List
It comes as no surprise to my friends and family that the time has come for me to set aside some of my storage devices and server builds of the past for something bigger and better in 2017. Over the...
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