AV&Home Theatre
Start Vista Media Center In Media Only Mode
Windows Vista Media Center is a very good media center, and best of all it’s free. One nice feature within Windows Vista MCE is the media-only mode which gets rid of the windows minimise/close buttons in the top right so that your full screen is dedicated to your media.
Unfortunately there isn’t an option within [...]
Auzentech HDMI X-Tension First Card To Support HDMI 1.3 And Dolby TrueHD
I’ve been beating myself up a bit this week as I thought I’d wasted my money on a Auzentech Prelude 7.1 videocard in my new media center PC, as it wouldn’t help me play the new HD audio formats like Doly TrueHD and DTS HD, that offer superior sound quality over older Dolby formats.
However, after [...]
New PC And Media Center Spec
I pulled forward yesterday building a new media center, because my main PC died. I’m moving into a new flat soon with a bigger ‘office’ that I’m also going to use a games room, hence the need for a second media center PC to go with my current media center PC in the front room.
24Mar2008 | Everton | 3 comments | Continued
Now My Main PC Has Died As Well!
I’m really not having a good time with my PCs at the moment. Last week my Windows Home Server died, taking with it a lot of my music and photos. Now my main PC has died and won’t boot into Windows. I don’t know why all my bits and bobs are all [...]
23Mar2008 | Everton | 15 comments | Continued
I Love Using My Nokia N95 Mobile To Shop
I’m in the process of buying a new home and I’m hoping to move in next month. I’ve been making a list of new ‘toys’ to buy as I’m going to upgrade my AV and home network and one of the items on my shopping list is a new big plasma.
I’d picked out the TV [...]
