All Posts Tagged With: "XBMC"

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XBMC Coming On OS X And Linux. Plus, I Need Advice With New PC Spec

I’m a big fan of XMBC, the great open source media center for Xboxs. But, I stopped using it over the last 12 months because my needs had out-stripped the capabilities of the Xbox, which can’t support native HD content. Because of this, I now use PCs running Windows Vista Media Center [...]

11Feb2008 | Everton | 1 comment | Continued
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Building a Home Server Part I

I’ve decided to build a proper home server as at the moment my files are scattered between different machines (pics of my home setup as requested below) and I want to centralise them, as well as creating a proper remote access solution. I’m not sure yet if Windows Home Server is the right OS yet, [...]

11Nov2007 | Everton | 13 comments | Continued
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Microsoft Advertising For Xbox360 Media Center Extender

Do you use your Xbox360 together with your Media Center? According to Microsoft not enough do and more importantly, Microsoft thinks it is because women doesn’t allow their men to do it.
A new ad campaign for Media Center Extender is going to change that, though I have my doubts.
The ad is attempting to appeal to [...]

16Jun2007 | Dennis Bjørn Petersen | 2 comments | Continued
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Last.fm Sold for £140m

Last.fm was sold yesterday for £140m to CBS Corporation, making it the largest-ever UK Web 2.0 acquisition.  Great news for the company, as Last.fm had definitely reached the point where it needed an owner with deeper pockets to fund its continued expansion.

31May2007 | Everton | 1 comment | Continued
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Team Executor Confirm Leaked HACKED Xbox 360 Pics

I’m so glad that Team Executor have confirmed that the pictures below showing Avalaunch running with a larger HDD installed on a HACKED XBOX 360 ARE GENUINE!!! My Xbox 360 has spent over a year waiting for this news, as the main reason I purchased it was because I wanted to run XMBC [...]

11May2007 | Everton | 6 comments | Continued
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I Built A New Home Theatre PC This Weekend

One of the reasons I’ve been so quiet over the weekend is I’ve been building a Home Theatre PC, which when finished will totally solve my HD video issues.
It’s just about finished (read about my problems below) and it looks very cool in the Antec Fusion case pictured, although I’ve decided I need to buy [...]

15Apr2007 | Everton | 14 comments | Continued
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What Are My Options For A HD Media Center?

My regular readers know that I love my modded Xboxs running XBMC. However, the problem I’m facing currently is that my poor old Xboxs don’t have enough power to handle HD content.
I bought a Xbox 360 in 2005 for two reasons, to play Halo 3 and to get a new HD media centre.  [...]

16Mar2007 | Everton | 4 comments | Continued
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MC360 Skin For Xbox Media Center Out Of Beta

The MC360 skin for the best media centre on the planet, Xbox Media Center (XMBC) came out of beta on Friday and after running it over the weekend all I can say is it is amazing. I have to take my hat off to Blackbolt (who funnily enough randomly left a comment 30 mins [...]

18Feb2007 | Everton | 2 comments | Continued
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Ditching iTunes For Windows Media Player And Vista

I think Apple are playing a dangerous game by, in my opinion, deliberately not providing Windows Vista support for all of their products including the iPod and iTunes. My own experiences with iTunes and Vista so far have been so bad, that I’ve decided to stop using iTunes and switch to Windows Media Player [...]

10Feb2007 | Everton | 11 comments | Continued
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My HD Plans For 2007

I read 3 stories yesterday that have helped to shape my HD plans for this year. At the moment I have a great setup for music, pictures and normal DVDs and movies with my media center PC which has oodles of storage, and my Xboxs running XBMC which are connected to my my Plasma [...]

6Jan2007 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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