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With the demise of the HP and Linksys extenders we're pretty much back to having the Xbox 360 as our only extender solution, D-link hasn't killed theirs yet but I fully expect that they will. The issue with this is mostly noise. I'm having to use mine in my living room right now while our main media center is out of commission, and even my wife says the Xbox is louder then the full blown PC we normally use. A-Tech Fabrication has announced a new case called the HeatSync Three-sixty that will make the 360 virtually silent, and it looks great! 
HeatSync Three-Sixty Features: -
100% made in the USA -
Outstanding workmanship and finish quality -
Heavy-duty chassis constructed from heat-treated aircraft quality aluminum -
Modular heatsink system increases performance and functionality - Large aluminum fins optimize natural convection cooling
- Highly efficient HeatSync® CPU cooling system transfers heat directly into chassis
- Integrated HeatSync® GPU video cooling system
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DVD Drive Isolation System to eliminate noise from vibrations -
Machined billet aluminum power, reset, and eject buttons -
Infrared receiver and Wireless controller port built into faceplate -
Thermally controlled exhaust fan -normally OFF -
Green power and controller status LED's -
Standard black anodized aluminum finish on chassis -
Dimensions - 17.50" wide x 9.25" deep x 3.25" high (+ 0.31" with feet) Options Include: -
Pre-built system including Xbox 360TM components -
Memory card ports -
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Billet aluminum case feet As of now, there is no mention of price and the order form is not yet online but if it's reasonable I'll be buying 1 for sure! Check out all the pics and details here.
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For those that need a great looking and functioning addon to manage your TV Series archives, Home Videos, Movies and just about any other video collections Media Browser is the product to look at. I just can't tell you how much easier this addon has made it for my wife (great WAF here) and myself to consume our local video collection (by local I mean local to our home, all our videos are stored on an HP HomeServer). In addition to the features we're loving in the current release (which I would highly recommend installing now) Sam Saffron has blogged about some of the new features they're adding into the product and most if not all look very exciting and can't wait to get a hold of it. The project is open source so if you're the adventurous type you can pull down the latest bits and compile it yourself. From Sam's Blog Post:
Upcoming features for Media Browser I have spent a fair bit of time refactoring the Media Browser code base, the idea has been to make the product a lot more extensible and maintainable. Lots of tests were added and lots of stability and performance fixes were applied. The new code base is VERY different, so different I have been contemplating not calling the next version 2.0.12 and instead going with version 2.1 or 3.0. The list of fixes is so long it probably will not fit in a single blog post. I will leave the list of fixes to the release notes. But I would like to note that overall, MB is now faster, more stable and easier to debug (both in production and dev) But this post is not really about that, instead I would like to give some people a taste of the features to come: New plugin architecture: 
We now have a way for people to extend Media Browser without joining the Dev Team. The extendability allows you to extend our object model, add new entities, define new types of media and add items to the root menu. DVR-MS support 
I have two media centers, I tape stuff downstairs and watch stuff upstairs. To date DVR-MS support in MB has been a little woeful. No pretty metadata and horrendous filenames. The brand spanking new DVR-MS plugin solves this issue. Multiple backdrops 
This one has a real high WAF, we have nice transition effect that cycles between multiple backdrops. The backdrops can either be local or we can fetch them from themoviedb. Podcasts 
I love this feature. The configurator now allows you to add whatever podcasts you want to MB and we will go ahead and stream them for you. Play All and Random 
Select a folder, hit play and little window will pop up that will allow you to either play all the movies in the folder (recursively) or play the randomly. Really slick. Whats new in this folder? 
Usually when you sit down to use your HTPC you want to look through the newest videos in your collection. Well, in detail view we will display a list of all the newest children on the right hand side. But wait, theres more, this list is clickable. Global indexing 
If you click on an actor, or index by actor the index will look through the whole collection. Not only at the items in the folder directly below. This allows you to see what TV shows your favorite actors are in. ITunes HD Trailers 
I wrote this puppy today. Pretty ITunes HD trailers with full metadata. Take that front-row. ITunes trailers is a plug-in, getting the videos to stream requires a bit of Codec-Foo we will have to have a wiki page on this. Share your settings You can now place your actor images on a network share, you can place your watched/unwatched status on a network share and you can place your display preferences on a network share. You don't need to install a fancy shmancy database. It just works. Getting it to work was no easy task. There is more There are some additional goodies I have not told you about. So hold tight, the next MB is shaping out to be a fantastic release. I'm using it at home on all my media centers. When will it be released? When its ready, there are still some bugs to crush and features to polish. Hold tight, I hope it won't take too long. Keep in mind, I am going away in a week (for 3 weeks) so if we are not ready by the end of next week you are going to have to wait a month.
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Okoro Media Systems, manufacturer of digital entertainment systems for the high end audio video market, is pleased to announce the availability of the 2009 RK Digital Entertainment Servers. This new line of rack mounted servers feature the latest technology while making available custom solutions for many different home theater installations. Each RK system is powered by these standard features:
Rack Mountable Chassis
Intel i7 processor technology
80 GB Solid State Hard Drive OS Drive
Minimum 2TB Media Storage
Blu-ray Drive
Minimum 6GB RAM.
RS232-support
Multi-zone Audio Support
"Our customers and installers have always enjoyed our elegantly designed machines. However we have had many requests for rack mounted systems with more media center options. We are now offering multi-zones audio, solid state drives and SageTV for satellite HD DVR support in our line of premier Digital Entertainment Servers." says Christopher Curry VP of Sales and Marketing.
The following options are currently available:
Operating Systems:
·Windows Vista Ultimate 32Bit
·Windows Vista Ultimate 64Bit
·Windows Home Server 32bit
Media Servers:
·SageTV
·Windows Media Center
Storage Options:
·SSD OS Drive RAID 1 (Mirroring)
·SSD OS Drive RAID 0 (Striping)
·2 - 32 TB of RAID Storage
Solutions Available:
·SageTV
Satellite and Cable HD premium HD capabilities via HDPVR
Full Music/Photos/Recorded TV/Blu-ray/DVD libraries on extenders
Multi-zone Audio controlled via UMPC or MID
·Windows Media Center
Multi CableCARD Tuners
Multi-zone Audio controlled via UMPC or MID
Multi-zone Audio controlled by existing Russound or Nuvo house audio system
Please contact sales@okoromedia.com or 877-539-4788 option 1 for pricing and configuration.
Current Blu-ray Promotion
"Bond is Back!" and Okoro Media Systems is going to bring him to you in stunning 1080p and HD audio. We can do this because we have integrated the latest Blu-ray playback technology in our digital entertainment systems.
With every purchase of a BX series or system that is upgraded with a Blu-ray player we will add the box office hit - Quantum of Solace Blu-ray movie to your order as a gift from us. Plus, get 10% off the listed base MSRP price for the following models:
OMS-TH550
OMS-BX100
OMS-BX300
OMS-GX100
OMS-GX300
OMS-ZX100
For more information about the complimentary Blu-ray movie Quantum of Solace and the percentage discount promotion that has been extended until Sunday, May 3, 2009, please visit click here or contact Okoro Media Systems at 877-539-4788 option 1.
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I installed PowerDVD 9 Ultra on my Windows 7 test box last night to see how well it integrates with Media Center and I have to say I was pretty blown away. I've haven't used PowerDVD since version 7 because I switched to Total Media Theatre for its Media Center integration, but my initial impressions on the integration is that PowerDVD 9 has the upper hand now (to be fair I've not tested TMT 3 yet). I'll have a full review up after I get some more time to play with it. 
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Newest Version Supports More Popular Online Services; Enhanced Functionality Makes it Easier Than Ever to Drag and Drop Media to Multiple Devices Throughout the Home
SAN DIEGO, CA (April 7, 2009)-PacketVideo (PV) announced today that a new version of its award-winning home media server software, TwonkyMediaT manager v1.1, is now available for download at www.twonkymedia.com.
Building on the success of its predecessor, TwonkyMedia manager v1.1 provides enhanced functionality and support tools that enable users to aggregate and view digital photos, music and videos stored in multiple devices - often from a multitude of applications and online services - and play them on any compatible device in the home via simple drag and drop functionality. TwonkyMedia manager v1.1 is available today for $39.95, providing users an installation for up to three different PCs in their home. A 30-day free trial is available.
Support for More Popular Online Services
TwonkyMedia manager v1.1 adds support for more than 70 new Internet radio stations including an expanded line-up of Electronic, Jazz, Latin, Hip Hop and Blues programming options. The software also now supports feeds from many of the world's most popular online services including Photobucket, SHOUTcast, Picasa Web and handpicked videos as part of the upgrade. Additionally, users can now pull video from YouTube using TwonkyMedia manager and play the files on a Sony Playstation® 3 connected to their TV.
Enhanced Functionality and Support Tools
TwonkyMedia manager v1.1 introduces a new "QuickStart" option to minimize application launch time, also enabling users to minimize the software without stopping playback. With QuickStart enabled TwonkyMedia manager launches more than 25x faster than before. A new SmartSort feature enables music files to be automatically associated with their album of origin, sorted in the order they appear on the actual album. New skins and graphical improvements have been implemented across the software interface enhancing the look and feel of the application, while PV has also improved support for FLAC, AAC and additional file formats. TwonkyMedia manager v1.1 also adds support for popular Netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs).
"We know how important the Internet is to consumers, so we continue to expand our support in this area by providing our customers with an even wider range of choices," said Rick Schwartz, product manager, PV. "We also continue to make it easier for consumers to access their online media on devices around the home including digital photo frames, Internet-ready TVs or game consoles. Our innovative drag and drop interface provides consumers with a higher level of control than ever before. It's even possible for two people to work together at the same time on PCs in separate rooms of the house to create a photo slideshow or music playlist. No other media manager can do this."
Additional updates in TwonkyMedia manger v1.1 include:
.TwonkyMedia manager now includes an improved version of the award-winning TwonkyMedia server
.Numerous navigation tree enhancements including the ability to sort music files by genre/ album and composer; and photo/video files by personal rating, keywords and album
.A one-click tray application can now be used to control the application
.New renderer icons have been added for select devices, including Sonos® ZonePlayersT, new Linksys DLNA devices and select Denon receivers
.Expanded language support for eight languages, now including Japanese and Russian
The Easiest Way to Enjoy Media on Connected Devices throughout the Home, Period
TwonkyMedia manager automatically displays icons for all the connected devices in the home that can be controlled and play media. Compatible devices include PCs, Internet-ready TVs, A/V systems, music devices, digital picture frames - even some smartphones. To play media, the user simply drags the desired content onto the selected device. Popular gaming consoles including the Xbox 360T, Sony Playstation®Portable and Sony Playstation® 3 can also display media served by TwonkyMedia manager.
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About PV: PV, a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE), is the software innovator powering the world's leading mobile multimedia services. With more than 320 different devices supported and hundreds of millions of PV multimedia clients deployed around the world, PV has the deepest, broadest and most respected multimedia software expertise in the industry. Founded in 1998, PV is headquartered in San Diego, California with regional offices in the U.S., Japan, Europe and India.
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains "forward-looking statements" for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurances that forward-looking statements will be achieved, and actual events or results could differ materially from the events or results predicted or from any other forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, PV, and should not be considered as an indication of future events or results. Important factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially are described in filings of our parent company, NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE) with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All such documents are available through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. PV and NextWave Wireless Inc. make no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect changes in events or circumstances after the date any such statement is made, except as may be required pursuant to applicable law.
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Ian Dixon and myself have started a new hardware video review show on The Digital Lifestyle and it also appears on my blog at The Green Button, the first installment is located here. I'm looking for some hardware to test out for the show. If you are interested in getting any of your products reviewed for the show drop me a line using the contact form or feel free to email me directly if you already have my address.
I'm looking to do everything from individual components to full systems and anything hardware that can be integrated into the Media Center experience such as home automation and remote controls.
Thanks,
Mike Brown
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I was awarded MVP status for Media Center from Microsoft yesterday. I'm incredibly honored and stoked to be a part of this group. I just wanted to give a big thanks to Richard Miller and Ian Dixon who I know had something to do with my nomination. Also thanks to everyone who sent me an email or hit me up on twitter yesterday to say congrats.
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Ian had an idea about starting a hardware podcast and I wanted to be involved so I contacted him and in the end we decided a video show (video podcast if you will) reviewing hardware would probably work out better. So to kick things off Ian asked if I'd do a video on what is probably my favorite piece of Media Center hardware, the Digital Cable Tuner. The video below is the result. Your feedback is encouraged, just be gentle it's my first time. : ) TDL Hardware - Digital Cable Tuner
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Dell Home is running a $100 off special on the DMA-2200's which brings the total down to $99. If you've been sitting on the fence now's the time to jump in I don't see these devices getting any cheaper! http://tinyurl.com/c5bo9t
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In my last post we covered how to get a tuner installed and hooked up to basic cable. Going to a set-top box allows you to get more channels also it allows you to use Media Center with other signal types, like DIRECTV, Dish Network, or U-verse for example. The setup is pretty simple you'll just need to make sure you have the remote that came with your set-top box and a Media Center IR receiver that has IR Blaster ports on the back like the image below. ![0,1425,i=54598,00[1]](http://www.mabrown.net/images/blog/ConfiguringMediaCenterwith1or2settopboxe_10C21/01425i54598001_thumb.jpg "0,1425,i=54598,00[1]")
You'll plug the IR blaster cables that came with the receiver into the jacks, if you're only setting up one box use jack 1. The other end of the cable sticks to your set-top box over its IR sensor like the picture below. If you are hooking up 2 boxes you'll want to make sure that the IR Blaster from one box can't control the other box. When I used set-top boxes I would stack them on top of each other but stager them so that the top one would hang a couple inches off the back of the bottom one. You could also locate them on different shelves, whatever works best for you and the WAF (wife acceptance factor). Now you need to hook the boxes up to your tuners. Just like if you were hooking the box up to your TV the cable from your provider goes into the the input of the box. You have a few choices depending on your tuner card on how you hook the box's output up. The most common setup I've seen is to use an S-Video cable for video and RCA cables for audio(usually red and white), you could also use a composite cable (usually yellow) with RCA cables for audio or just a standard piece of coax that handles both audio and video. S-Video will usually give you the best picture so if your tuner and set-top box have that connection I would go that route. Now that all the hardware connections have been made we need to run the TV signal setup wizard in Media Center to configure it to use your boxes. In Media Center go to Tasks then Settings then choose TV then Setup TV Signal. For set-top boxes I find it easier to choose the manual setup, you can give auto setup a go and if things don't work out come back and go through the manual process. After choosing manual you'll be asked what type of signal you want to configure, choose either cable or satellite. If you chose satellite Media Center automatically knows you'll be using a set-top box, if you chose cable choose the set-top box option. The next screen tells you all the things we went through in the previous steps to get ready for this setup. On the next screen you'll see a list of sources to choose from, Media Center is usually good about choosing the one you hooked up, if it doesn't auto detect it just choose the option you used to connect your set-top box to your tuner card, you should see the channel your box is tuned to in the box to the right. If you are setting up 2 tuners you'll do this again for the other tuner. Next Media Center will ask you to identify your set-top box by using the remote that came with it, using your set-top box remote just press and hold the button Media Center asks you to usually it can detect the settings, in some cases it won't and you'll have to go through teaching Media Center all of your number keys, your enter or OK key and channel up and down keys. Set aside your set-top box remote you won't need it any longer. Next Media Center will ask you how you high your channel range is 2, 3 or 4 digits, select the setting that is correct for your signal. Next Media Center will ask if you have to press an enter or OK key on your set-top box remote to change the channel or if you just enter the channel, choose the option that is correct for your box. Now grab your Media Center remote and enter a channel you know you get and verify Media Center is able to control your set-top box. If you setup 2 boxes and the channel doesn't change flip the IR blaster cables on the back of your IR receiver and try it again. If all is good select the option that says that the channel changed correctly. Now Media Center needs to find out how fast to send the IR signals, use the channel up and down keys on your Media Center remote and few times in each direction and make sure the channel changes correctly. If it doesn't select the option that it didn't change and then try it again until it works, when it does work select that option and then Media Center will know how fast to send the IR commands to your box. That's it! Your set-top boxes are configured and now you just have to setup your guide listings, which was covered in my last post. If you get stuck on a step or something just isn't work for you check out the green button or the digital lifestyle forums or leave me a comment and we'll do our best to get you up and running.
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Every version of Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate include Windows Media Center. So what is Media Center you maybe asking yourself, or why do you care that your PC has this application? The short answer is Windows Media Center is a DVR (digital video recorder, think tivo) on steroids. It has almost all the TV functions of a Tivo and most certainly all or more then the one you may be renting from your cable company. Media Center also includes Music, Video and picture libraries (think media player only optimized for your TV) as well as Internet TV, DVD playback, an integrated sports experience and much more, and that's just what's included the first time you load it up, there are hundreds of developers that write applications (usually free) for different Media Center scenarios, like cataloging your TV or DVD collection or something as simple and useful as checking the weather. So now that we know what Media Center is and what it does, how do we get started? To take advantage of the DVR functionality of Media Center we need 1 or more TV tuner cards. This part can be a little confusing so I'll try to explain this as best as I can. The original Media Center that shipped with Windows Vista supports up to 2 analog (cable, satellite, rabbit ears etc..) and/or up to 2 Over the Air (ATSC) HD tuners. A few months ago Microsoft shipped an update to OEMs for Media Center that allows up to 4 of each type of tuner (on vista ultimate) and allowed for combining some signal types that couldn't be done before. Most everyone has the original release so lets not even worry about that OEM update (referred to as the tv pack). If you've purchased a PC recently there's a chance it could have a TV tuner already in it. The easiest way to tell would be to look at the back of your computer for something that looks like a cable jack, like this: 
You may only have one connection, in this picture one is for TV and one is for FM Radio so if you have two you'll want to make sure you hook your coax up to the right one. If you don't have one of these in your PC no worries they're readily available and easy to install. If you're comfortable taking the case off your PC and adding cards look for a PCI or PCIe tuner, if you're not that's fine too, there are quite a few USB tuners out there now also. Before buying a tuner you need to think about how you get your TV now. Are you a cable or satellite subscriber? Do you use a set-top box? Do you use an antenna? For this post I'm going to keep it simple and assume you have cable tv with no set top box, in later posts I'll cover the other scenarios. In this situation you'll want to pickup an analog TV tuner that has the Windows Vista logo on it and says that it's certified for Media Center on the box. Hauppauge is probably one of the better known and easiest to find brands for this type of tuner. After you've purchased and installed your tuner card(s) (remember you can install 2) in your PC you'll want to make sure you have the latest drivers for it installed, often times the drivers that are on the CD that came with the hardware is fairly dated. You can find the latest drivers buy going to your tuner manufactures website and looking for the support section and looking for your model tuner. Now that we have a tuner installed with the latest drivers it's time to setup Media Center to use the tuner. Before we go any further make sure you have connected the cable tv coax that is coming from your wall to the TV coax connection on your card. Now we want to fire up Media Center, if you're never ran it before you'll be greeted by a wizard choose custom, if you have already been in Media Center you're probably just looking at the interface, navigate to Tasks, then click on settings, from that menu choose TV and then Set Up TV Signal. Now you'll just want to go through the wizard and answer the questions, make sure you enter your correct zip code when asked as this is how Media Center presents you with the list of cable operators in your area. Make sure you choose your provider and Media Center will download the channels and TV Guide data for your provider. After the wizard ends you'll be back at the Media Center start menu, Notice now that you have Live TV and Guide entries in your TV strip. Choose the guide and find something to watch, kick back and enjoy TV on your PC! In upcoming posts I'll be covering setting up cable and satellite with a set-top box, how to get HDTV in Media Center, how you can extend this experience to other rooms of your house and much more to stay tuned!
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A few of us bloggers have been asked to contribute to something Microsoft calls the clubhouse. This post is just a heads up that some of my upcoming posts might seem a little obvious to those of you who normally read my blog. The purpose of the clubhouse is to get everyday users more educated in the ways of Windows, Live services and now Media Center. I think it's a great idea (as to why I said yes) and hopefully it'll get more people as excited as we are about Media Center. So do keep checking out my posts, there might be something you forgot or some little thing that might make your life easier, but remember who they're aimed at. You'll also see some clubhouse tags on the bottom of these posts, this is just how MS picks the entries in my blog that I want to contribute to the clubhouse so they can safely be ignored.
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With the new features of the 2008 TV Pack, I couldn't resist buying a new media center from a cutting edge OEM like S1Digital who was the first to ship systems with the new update, and according to Paul I was the first to get one. I plan on writing (at least) a couple posts on this system, in this one I won't be going into any details on the new TV Pack update. This is a kind of a sticky situation, Microsoft OEM is saying it's OK for me to discuss all the new features since I've purchased a machine with it loaded but the Media Center Beta Team (I am on the beta) has asked that I not until my NDA expires on 9/3, so I've decided that I like testing Media Center and wish to remain on the beta's I'm on so I'll wait until my NDA is released before going into any details. So lets start with the system specs. Paul was great to work with and let me customize some of the components of their Platinum Edition Media Center. In addition to the default specs (which are quite good to begin with), I went with a Quad Core 9300 CPU, added 2GB of RAM for a total of 4 and got Vista Ultimate instead of Home Premium. Disk wise I went with 2 500GB drives in a Raid 0 (striped disks) for a total of 1TB. For the tuners I got 2 internal Digital Cable Tuners, I'll go into more detail on my tuner setup in a later post. I just went with the default DVDRW drive as all of our Blu-ray and HD-DVD viewing is done on standalone players in our home theater, this machine is in the living room. The system has an e-SATA port so I could easily add a SATA HD-DVD/Blu-ray combo drive later on if needed. The system took about a week and a half to get to me after I ordered it, I did the cheap ground shipping which was 4 days of that time. The system arrived in perfect condition. I hooked the system up in my office to get everything configured, the first time you boot the system it runs through the final steps of the image deployment and the Vista OOBE wizard which took about 15 minutes. I'll detail out my setup in a later post, but I've had the system in the living room replacing my Velocity Micro CineMagix Grand Theater system since Saturday and it's been solid as a rock. Look for my next post after 9/3 where I'll get into all the details of my setup and the TV Pack update.  
More unboxing pictures are available here.
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So it's been about a month since my S1Digital Media Center arrived and I couldn't be happier with it. Like every other review I've read about their systems this thing is just rock sold! I meant to get this post written sooner but IKE had other plans for me, including no power for a week! In my last post I said I'd go into some detail into my tuner setup. The machine shipped with 2 Internal CableCard tuners, I added 2 additional external CableCard tuners and 2 HDHomeRun units, for a total of 8 tuners. This is working quite well. The HDHomeRun tuners are setup as QAM tuners, natively supported by the TV Pack upgrade, no more tricking Media Center into thinking the signal is ATSC. The TV Pack only automatically adds QAM channels that also have their station ID in the stream, scanning found 6 here in Houston. Adding the missing channels is pretty easy, I used a combination of the SiliconDust Channel list, and where I found discrepancies I fired up VLC and went to zap2it.com to identify the channel by what was currently playing. After I got all the channels I wanted added I combined them with the guide listings I already had for that channel from my CableCard tuner. Doing so eliminated the duplicate channels that I found annoying in my last setup (cablecard and hdhomerun also) where for example I would have two HD NBC's one on the CableCard tuners and one on the HDHomeRun tuners, now I have 1 HD NBC and Media Center can use any of the 8 tuners that are free to record the show. Hardware wise I've only added an LG HD DVD/Blu-ray reader via the e-Sata port by using the Addonics Zebra enclosure, I only wish the Intel e-Sata chipsets supported port multipliers so I could run more then one device off the e-Sata connection. Software/Plugin wise I'm running mControl, Total Media Theater, myTV, My Movies, and HeatWave all of which run just fine with the TV Pack. myTV has a small issue currently where after a show ends or you press stop you're left at a frozen frame of what was playing and going back to play a 2nd show crashes the app but I'm sure this will be worked out in the next beta release. Additionally I've used MC Menu Mender to create a custom strip with all my plugins on it and removed them from the other strips. Also removed the sports strip as I'm not a sports fan. I've also have 2 DMA-2100's, 1 DMA-2200 and an Xbox 360 hooked up to the system, and even with them all fired up and the machine recording all of mine and the wives shows the box doesn't break a sweat. So anyone looking for a true Media Center with official TV Pack support from an awesome OEM give S1Digital a serious look before you buy elsewhere. (if you don't want/need official tv pack support hit me up, I'm selling my old velocity micro cablecard media center.) ; ) I think since my blog is called "Mike's Digital Home" in my next post I'll start detailing everything I've got going on here from home automation to homeserver to a dedicated home theater room and how they're all integrated together.
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