Add Extra Storage Capacity for the Fall TV Season

Aug 29, 2011 by

The fall television season is, finally, almost upon us! That means you only have a couple of weeks to make sure that your home theater PC (HTPC) is ready for what will most likely be a lot more recording TV duty! At the top of the fall television HTPC readiness checklist is hard drive storage! One...

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Entertainment 2.0 #141 : Hauppauge CableCARD Tuner and More!

Aug 26, 2011 by

For Episode 141 of the Entertainment 2.0 podcast Josh Pollard was once again joined by Richard Gunther. The news this week continued to center around CableCARD tuners for Windows Media Center, but fortunately Josh finally got his hands on one! The guys kicked off the show by discussing Josh’s...

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Ceton Announces Pricing and Availability of InfiniTV 4 USB

Aug 18, 2011 by

Today Ceton announced pricing and availability of their forthcoming InfiniTV 4 USB. The new device is essentially the same quad-tuner CableCARD device we’ve all known and loved over the last year except that it connects to your PC via USB rather than being an internal PCIe card. The USB version...

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DMZ Radio Week #1

Aug 15, 2011 by

Time for a new podcast here at The DMZ.  Bringing together a love of music along with digital media news, DMZ Radio, hosted by Adam Thursby is a weekly look at the digital headlines mixed with the music that makes up the soundtrack of our lives. Each week, Adam will be covering the headlines from...

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Entertainment 2.0 #139 : Dolby, Skype, and Mobile Gaming

Aug 12, 2011 by

Episode 139 of the Entertainment 2.0 podcast had Josh Pollard welcoming back everyone’s favorite globe-trotting hipster: James Montemagno! The start of the show was absolutely packed with lots of great emails from listeners who brought a lot of extra insight into the topics we’ve been...

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Why CableCARD Self-Installs Are a Bad Idea

Aug 11, 2011 by

Disclosure: While Adam Thursby does mention this in this article, we want to make it very clear that he is a cable technician for a national cable company. –Editor As of August 8th, cable TV operators that offer set-top boxes for self-install are required to allow customers to self-install...

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Entertainment 2.0 #138 : The Longest Short Show Ever

Aug 5, 2011 by

Josh Pollard and Richard Gunther thought that episode 138 of the Entertainment 2.0 podcast might be shorter than usual, but they underestimated the effects of product delays on their ability to quickly discuss news topics! While there wasn’t any listener feedback last week, there were two...

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Entertainment 2.0 #137 : CableCARD Changes and Windows 8

Jul 29, 2011 by

For episode 137 of the Entertainment 2.0 podcast Josh Pollard was once again joined by Richard Gunther. For the first time in months they didn’t have any listener feedback to respond to, there was still plenty to talk about.  Microsoft announced a new media remote for the Xbox 360. Next up the...

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Water by Low Carbon PC Review

Jul 26, 2011 by

The Water by Low Carbon PC is a beautiful small-form-factor PC that seems to be squarely targeted at the home theater PC (HTPC.) It share many of the same design aspects of the Earth model that we reviewed a few months back, but the Water packs a bigger punch. Will it make a great HTPC...

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Entertainment 2.0 #136 : Haupauge CableCARD and Streaming Media

Jul 22, 2011 by

For episode 136 of the Entertainment 2.0 podcast Josh Pollard was joined by two guys are who becoming regulars on the show: Richard Gunther and Tom Kuhlman. After a pretty tricky listener question the guys moved onto the biggest news of the week. That of course was the Hauppauge CableCARD tuner...

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My Movies 4.01 PR1 Released! Now Featuring Resume!

May 20, 2011 by

Even though I personally use the built in movie library for my movies, I have always been a big fan of My Movies. One of the biggest problems that everyone has always complained about for years is that My Movies does not support Resume. This seems pretty standard now a days and the good guys over...

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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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