Tag Archives: Media Center

Childhood in the DVR Age

Posted on 7/3/2010 by James

Tonight while kissing the girls goodnight, Maggie needed to make sure she was all tucked in before I left the room. She let me know that when she is tucked in then she has some good dreams and some bad … Continue reading →

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Dual Tuner for 7MC

Posted on 2/10/2010 by James

This past week I ordered, installed and configured a new dual tuner for my Windows 7 Media Center computer. The card that I used was a Hauppauge HVR-2250. This replaces my PVR-150 that I purchased many moons ago. The PVR-150 … Continue reading →

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New Weapons in the Console War

Posted on 9/4/2009 by James

With the release of the Playstation 3 Slim, Sony has re-ignited the console wars. The newest version of the Playstation family is lighter, quieter and cheaper than its older brothers (of course the price has dropped on the older models … Continue reading →

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Netflix Arrives for Vista Media Center

Posted on 5/20/2009 by James

Good news for families (like ours) that use VMC (Vista Media Center) in their living room (or I guess anywhere you watch TV). Over the next 48 hours, Microsoft will be rolling out a new plug-in for their software that … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 at RC1

Posted on 5/7/2009 by James

This week Microsoft publicly released the first Release Candidate for the new operating system Windows 7. With this new operating system they hope to erase the bad image of Vista in the minds of computer users (an image that was … Continue reading →

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