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This week I am talking to Eddy Carrol from Amulet Devices about there very cool voice controlled remote control solution for Windows Media Center. Their system enables full interaction with Windows Media Center via a voice controlled remote control and...
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This week I am talking TDL Mobile podcaster Jose Ortiz about mobile devices and gadgets, with a new mobile platform from Microsoft and new devices from Apple plus Apple suing HTC there is a lot to talk about and Jose has boundless enthusiasm for mobile...
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With more mini-ITX options than ever it’s a great time for small form factor (SFF) PCs. Enthusiasts are finding more ways to get the most out of these tiny boxes both in the A/V stack and backing it. Take a look with us at the soon to be released Intel...
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We’re looking for a Seattle-area Windows 7 user who has incorporated Windows Media Center and related Microsoft entertainment products and services into their home entertainment system. We’d like to know how you are leveraging WMC to enjoy music and media...
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This week blogger Chris Oldroyd joins me to talk about Media Streaming devices, boxes from Netgear and devices like the Popcorn hour are offering an easy way to get video and internet content on to the TV and could offer an alternative to Extenders. Chris...
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Like rocket cars, moon vacations and watchable online video we all know that solid-state drives (SSD) are the future. Of course it will be a long time before any of us can afford to replace that 2TB drive with one, but with prices for smaller SSD finally...
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We’re back again folks and Josh made sure that it would be a rousing episode. We of course take time to go through all the the listener email this week and we thank all of you. Josh’s Hockey Minute returns this week and we find out that if...
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Some fairly big news this week, as word broke shortly before recording the show that Walmart had bought online movie service Vudu in what's being reported as a $100 million deal. This could either be a good thing for Vudu, giving the young company...
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This week Garry Whittiker and Jason Coombs join me to discuss networked tuners using DVBLink , Jason has all his tuners pooled in a Windows Home Server and then is using DVBLink to distribute the tuners around the network. Its an interesting solution...
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Again we have a healthy list of features and filetypes supported from this box, all of which are shared by the Patriot Box Office. And seeing as the ASUS unit's retail price is under $100 (where the Patriot only dips below that mark after a $30 mail...
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As my wife and I planned the new layout of our TV room (which I know I still need to post about), I quickly realized that I would need to replace my Harmony 880 with an RF remote. Due to cost constraints, I couldn't go with my Christmas wish of the...
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Guess we ran out of actual keyboards/mice to review (hey Pete Brown!) :-) At this point you have seen a number of different apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch designed to let you control your PC. Logitech has recently released their Touch Mouse app designed...
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This week joining me is Dale Kirkwood a Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server enthusiast, we will be talking about his massive 40TB Windows Home Server and how he is integrating it with his Media Center setup. Dale talks about the hardware he used...
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With all kinds of questions about what GPU can accelerate what codec? and how much acceleration does it offer? I've been working on helping to answer these questions in various revisions of this guide off and on since 2008... Updated with Flash 10...
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Welcome to the the TDL Awards show. At the end of last year you voted for your favourite Media Center apps and answered questions on your digital lifestyle so this week Missing Remote's Mike Garcen joins me to reveal the winners and to talk about...