Simple.TV – The Expensively Cheap DVR

Jan 11, 2012 by

One of the higher profile products to be announced at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show has been the Simple.TV. It’s a device that works as a DVR for people who don’t want to pay for cable. For $150 you’ll get a device that will allow you to watch and record free...

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Saving Money with Media Center

Jan 2, 2011 by

Building a home theater PC definitely brings with it some up-front costs, but depending on the content that you watch it can also be used to help save you money in the long-run. Whether you watch broadcast television, movies, kids shows, or even sports, they are all accessible through a Windows...

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DVBLink Now Supports ATSC and Clear QAM

Jun 17, 2010 by

We posted back in January that DVBLogic had released the DVBLink Network Server Pack that would allow a Windows 7 Media Center user to share their TV tuners across the network. At the time North American users were left wanting as they did not support NTSC, ATSC, ClearQAM or CableCARD. That has all...

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 76: The FAQ

May 7, 2010 by

It’s all about beginners this week.  After taking our stroll through the great email questions and voice mail we received, Josh and I take time to answer some of the basic questions that a new Media Center user might have.  We don’t get too deep as this is meant for people just getting...

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AverTV Combo G2 Tuner Review

Jul 13, 2009 by

With the digital switch having happened in the US, you can’t buy a TV Tuner card for your PC without a digital side to it.  The law governing this has been in place for awhile now.  The problem most people have is that the analog NTSC tuner is still needed for analog cable. This need for two...

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Entertainment 2.0: Episode 34-MCE Problems and Debacles

Jun 19, 2009 by

Yep, Media Center had some troubles this week and we talk about them on this week’s episode. First, Media Center made the news as an HTPC solution which couldn’t handle the DTV transition here in the U.S.  It’s not as though it was a secret that this was coming so to see our preferred...

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AverMedia Launches New Tuner

Jun 16, 2009 by

AverMedia today announced the upcoming AVerTV Combo G2.  The card combines one analog and one digital tuner into one PCI-E tuner solution for Windows Media Center.  The digital tuner is ready for both ATSC OTA signals as well as ClearQAM channels that you may be able to receive from your...

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HD Signals Explained

May 8, 2009 by

I’ve admitted on the show and here that I don’t have that really in depth knowledge when it comes to different signals, codecs, containers, etc.,etc.,etc.  Luckily for us though, there is someone out there who does.  We’ve talked about him on the Entertainment 2.0 podcast, as well...

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