Poll – Movie Collection File Formats

May 19, 2011 by

One of the great things about having a home theater PC is the ability to store all of your movies, be they DVDs or Blu-ray discs, onto the computer’s hard drive. That way you never need to hunt for the disc for the movie you want to watch. If you have small children, or just irresponsible...

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 61: Handy Manny!

Jan 22, 2010 by

Back once again and trust me folks, the audio quality is much, much better this week.  Skype decided to play along and you won’t have to listen to us sounding like we’re in a tunnel.  Hopefully we won’t have any issues for awhile. As for the content of the show, well, it was a slow week! ...

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Ripping Your DVDs to DVR-MS

Jan 2, 2010 by

If you spend any time at all with Windows Media Center one of the things you’ll want to eventually do is rip your movie collection to Media Center. You would probably head over to The Green Button for suggestions on the best approach. You would very quickly see that there are more options and...

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 49: Rippin’ It Up!

Oct 16, 2009 by

We’re finally back after a one week hiatus and hopefully it’ll be the last one we take for awhile.  We hope no one missed us too much.  This week we start off by running through the comments, questions and emails from the last show.  Thanks again for all of your feedback! Once we get...

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Did Microsoft Answer Media Center Users Prayers?

Jun 9, 2009 by

It appears that some Media Center users might finally get their wish.  Yesterday, Richard Miller, Microsoft Media Center MVP, tweeted that there was an interesting thread on The Green Button discussing DVD vob files and streaming to extenders. After taking a look, I decided it would be a good...

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RealDVD Software Heads to Court

Apr 27, 2009 by

If you watch DVDs and you use an HTPC then you probably already rip your DVDs for playing around your home.  It’s easy, convenient and eliminates clutter.  This is something I’ve done and I love having access to my collection anywhere in my home without digging for a disk.  What...

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