There are many methods for getting content from optical discs into Media Center. Some are more complicated than others, some are more reliable. There’s even been previous posts on this site about this same topic. This is a story about my attempts, and what I found worked and didn’t work. I’m going to write it in a way that I hope will make it easy to follow.
Couple things to lead off with: First, this is not the only method, just the one that worked for me. Second, it’s not perfect, …

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 methods for this than can possibly be covered in a single blog post. Instead I’m going to detail how I’ve chosen to rip my DVD collection. This post won’t cover Blurays as I don’t even …

For those of use with huge DVD collections (our family sits at around 350 at this point) making the switch to Blu-ray is painful.  Buying the same content, albeit in High Definition, at times seems like a waste and as of yet, our family has only just begun.
Warner Bros. is looking to make your transition to Blu-ray just a little bit easier.  Much like their HD-DVD to Blu-ray program earlier this year, the studio is now allowing customers to return their WB DVDs and receive the same movie in …

Wow!  Talk about going from drought to flood.  The new releases are a-plenty this week, to the point that it’s going to be hard to decide where to put your money.  Between both movies and TV series releases, there’s something for everyone… well except maybe for the kids.  Not a whole lot of family friendly titles this week.
As well, music makes a return to the show this week.  I’ve had some listeners ask for it and I’m happy to oblige.  There isn’t much of a selection releasing this coming …

Back again this week and I’ve decided to make a bit of a change to the show.  From here on out I’ve decided to drop the music portion of the show.  At this point, I just don’t feel as though it fits as well with the movie portion.  This will also allow me to shorten the show up for everyone and make it even easier to listen to.
Of course I’ll still be covering all of the latest DVD and Blu-ray releases and it’s a slim selection this week.  Again, …

Welcome back!  It’s a bit of a slow week for movie releases but we make up for that a bit with new music.  Summer is typically a slow time for new releases across all markets other than in the theater.  We all know that’s when the blockbusters hit.  But when you’re not at the theater for the latest big budget action fest, turn here to know what’s coming for your home theater.
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Code, The (aka: Thick as Thieves) 
Confessions of a Shopaholic [+Digital Copy]  …

The show got cut in half time wise this week but as you can see by looking below, there are a lot of great titles releasing for the week of June 15th.  The Blu-Ray titles for this week include some classic movies which I’m sure more than one reader or listener is going to want to add to their collection.
Don’t forget, you can use the comments here each week to make your own recommendations to other listeners and readers.  I have no doubt people will want to hear what …

Welcome to the first episode of what I hope will be a very useful post/podcast.  After having a hard time trying to figure out when certain movies were releasing on DVD or Blu-ray, as well as when new CDs were being released, I thought it might be helpful to put that information together in a quick, 10 to 15 minute podcast that will let you know what to expect for the upcoming week.  If you have time to listen to the podcast, great! But if not, the good part …