Featured, HDTV

Outdoor Home Theater From Michigan State University Fans

The fans of Michigan State University have come up with an outdoor home theatre that includes a 9ft wide screen and needs an iPad to access. The system is perfectly designed to be installed outdoors, as the screen is hidden behind a retractable glass shield that can be remotely controlled, and there are also the [...]

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Featured, Software

Experiencing Windows 8 on HTPC

There have been lots of rumors about Windows 8, its layout and about its functionalities. People had great expectations of new features and user experience.

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Featured, Small Form Factor PCs

Start Water Cooling with Antec’s V4 Series Kuhler

Introducing V4 series design updates to Antec’s Kuhler H20 620 as well as the Kuhler H20 920 CPU coolers. The updates are purposed to lower temperatures down another 2-4 degrees Celsius, which is the most progressive temperature yet for the series. To double the impact, they’re guaranteed to support a wide-range of current and future [...]

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Featured, Reviews

BYOPVR reviews the Scythe Shuriken Rev. B

Does the Shuriken Rev. B deliver quiet performance in any case?

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Featured, Software

XBMC for Android for the Adventurous

Perfect for the new Android set top boxes, but not yet for every one.

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Commercial Set Top Box PVRs

PVR with Wireless Waterproof Monitor

Posted on 26 April 2013

If an outdoor home theater is too much for you, but you still want to take your recordings outside. Panasonic’s latest announcement might be something for you. Continue Reading

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Praise and Guide for Raspbmc

Posted on 23 March 2013

Quite a while ago, we mentioned the XBMC port to the Raspberry Pi platform that goes by the name of Raspbmc. It was rather experimental at the time, but it looks like it now has evolved into a well-rounded package. Continue Reading

PVR News

Weekend Project: Watch Your Recordings

Posted on 22 March 2013

A study by Motorola has shown that 41% of the TV shows and movies that are recorded, never get watched. So this weekend, I challenge you to, at least, watch everything that was recorded over a year ago. Continue Reading

Commercial Set Top Box PVRs

Velocity Micro Gaming HTPC

Posted on 21 March 2013

One of the great things about building a HTPC is that it can do so much more than watching videos. With Steam now pushing big screen gaming, the time is right to upgrade that HTPC and add a controller. Continue Reading

Software

DVD Ripping Tools

Posted on 20 March 2013

If you still have a bunch of DVDs lying around, chances are good that you haven’t watched them in ages because you’re just too lazy to take them out of their box and insert them into your player. I know I am. Here are some great tools to rip them and get rid of this [...] Continue Reading

Reviews

Best Home Theater Projectors

Posted on 19 March 2013

The San Francisco Chronicle gets a little help from CNet as they show of 4 of the best projectors of the moment. The BenQ W1070 stands out as being pretty good at an affordable price Continue Reading

Small Form Factor PCs

VIA ARTiGO A800, Smallest ARM Computer from VIA

Posted on 10 March 2013

Miniature computers are highly useful in several situations, such as a HTPC client. The latest effort of VIA to promote its latest product, VIA ARTiGO A800 as an ARM small form factor (SFF) computer could turn out be a novel innovation. SFF systems are not only valuable to home theater PC enthusiasts, but also special [...] Continue Reading

Software

MediaPortal 1.3.0

Posted on 29 December 2012

The Beta Version of MediaPortal 1.3.0 was released just before Christmas, so consider it a merry time of year indeed. In case you don’t already know what MediaPortal has to offer, it’s a fully functional media system that you can use throughout your home. Continue Reading

How To Articles

The Definitive Build Your Own Guide: Software

Posted on 27 November 2012

Now that you’ve got all the hardware, it’s time to actually use that PVR or HTPC you built. Some people get by using the same software they are used to on their normal computer. But you’ll soon notice that this isn’t very optimized for usage from the couch on a big screen TV. So it’s [...] Continue Reading

How To Articles

The Definitive Build Your Own Guide: PVR Components

Posted on 26 November 2012

If you want to build your own personal video recorder (PVR), you will need most of the items on the HTPC shopping list and on top of that, you’ll need some way to tune to your TV channels and capture it. That’s what this article is all about. Continue Reading

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