Sometime in the last 24 hours my Cisco STA1520 Tuning Adapter was updated to the latest firmware. We knew the firmware existed and was out in the wild thanks to Ben Drawbaugh over at Engadget HD but there was no specific release date. Well I finally got my update. For those that do not know [...]
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I was very excited to share my new method for ripping my DVD’s into my collection, but it has just not worked out. From timing issues to things just mysteriously not working anymore. I installed and setup a Media Center plugin called Auto Rip n Compress. I actually ripped a few movies and it was [...]
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Engadget posted a review on the new Harmony 650 from Logitech. I have been a big fan of the Logitech Harmony series since my Father introduced it to me a few years ago. If you know my father that last statement probably took you by surprise and you had to read it twice. I personally [...]
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All I can say is Wow! The latest release of Remote Potato is a huge step forward. If you are not running this on your media center you need to go install it right now. Here is the link: Remote Potato I really thought that Big Screen EPG By Remote was going to make me [...]
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Today has been the first chance I have had to try Remote Potato outside of my own home network and I must say “What a Difference!”. The app runs at a very acceptable speed. Not sure why its so painfully slow on the home network, but hitting it from the outside provides great results! We [...]
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