Like many, I now have tons of digital media besides my recorded TV and ripped movie stuff. I have all the digital photos on one desktop PC, along with misc Word, Excel etc documents. I want to move these off of one PC and into more of a network environment. I want to be able to download pictures...

I think if you have to boot to a separate OS and it doesn't have a native 10' UI, then it will be a feature' of the Echo that will have no interest to me. I can get an AppleTV for $89 and it is a best of breed digital media player. Ceton is struggling to make the Echo a best of breed Media Center...

This article amuses me on several levels. There's the surface level, of course. But then there's that list of bullet items, delivered as if they were personal affronts to each and every Facebook user.

But of course, no one is forcing anyone to use Facebook. And everyone knows (or SHOULD know) that...

Damn a 3TB drive takes forever to format!!! I'm at about 5 hours now and am at 90%...

So I have found that Neflix online version has a really limited content. Now that I have done away with my cable boxes, VOD for Time Warner is not an option. In the US, what are the best options for streaming new(er) movies? What interface do you use? I am looking for movies and not TV shows....

I have been using windows media center xp 2005 for several years & I like it over the vista & up versions

I have 3 media centers & my main PC networked on gigabit lan for PC to PC streaming if wanted or file transfer for video editing or archiving, this all works great however I am looking to size...

The free space on my small SSD has mysteriously shrunk down to nothing. I've tried a few tools but can't seem to find the culprit. Any good suggestions for finding large files wasting space?

Over the past couple of days, I've had major disappointments, not so with my machine, but with the broadcasters.

Being a Greek guy, living in Belgium, I'm pretty much screwed if I want to watch TV. Belgium is a country that is historically very much cabled. In the analogue days, we used to get (by...

Ok it's not much... yet! But it's up and running. I finally got rid of the default WP header. I wanted to learn WP and blog about my windows 8 WMC ceton infiniTV experience.

Every few days I think about deleting it all... I have about a million other things I should be spending my time on. But...

relative to this:

is anyone buying this for his wife:

:D

Given that Microsoft just dropped everything to chase google/apple in the phone/tablet market.
I thought it only fair that I point out to them google/apple's forays into TV....
Maybe they should recognise they already have a great remote friendly product that just needs a bit of love, before they...

Fun times...

Please grizzled vets ignore this.

But I have been on other boards and personally I like when newbies post a hello world post before asking for vague help like my tuner isn't working what should I do? heh.

I recently stepped into the HTPC arena after MANY YEARS of thinking about it. What kept me...

Nasty nasty job.
My hands are still sweating.

I currently have a haupaugge hvr-2250 tuner card installed in my computer downstairs next to my 52 tv. I feed it 50 over-air-channels from my townhomes antenna jack at the same location, half the channels are HD and all are in excellent reception.

Upstairs in my loft I have my main computer with...

i'm thinking of getting a 2TB drive to back up my movie library... it's starting to swell up quite a bit.

1-800-EXPLODE-MY-HEAD

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A good morning's sleep.

Remember, it's just another day in 99.9% of the world, and virtually 100% of the universe. Nothing to see here. Move along.

only the greedy can get conned.

I've just upgraded my Internet service to 20Mbps down/2Mbps up. I've been running an old Linksys WRT-54GL for years. It has DD-WRT on it, and it isn't fast enough for my new Internet service. I need a router that is compatible with DD-WRT because I have several custom things setup that won't be...

So, I'm in the market for a smallish tablet, no particular ties to any platform. I used to use an iphone 3gs, but only have a few apps that I bought, currently on windows phone on a lumia 800.

I'm looking for a tablet to be doing some browsing, emails etc, maybe some music. All my music is drm...

My last HTPC was a Dell XPS 420, ATI Tuner and Windows 7 Media Center. I was wondering what has changed lately ? My biggest pain building my HTPC was finding the Dell OCUR BIOS patch, which I still have if somebody is needing it. Right when I left the cable card tuner that could hold 4 tuner cards...

Interesting idea, 2 tuners (clear QAM/NTSC) that record to the cloud. $14.99 a month for unlimited storage. I don't suspect this will take off especially with non-encrypted cable going away (right?).

How can i connect my samsung galaxy s2 to my computer internet? What i mean by my computer internet is I have reliance 3G USB stick. can i connect my android phone to my internet on laptop as i don't have router and wired internet at home.
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online checking account bad...

Completely cracked me up :D
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In an effort to reduce the number of physical servers I run at home and reduce the amount of heat build up in the equipment room I've embarked on a science project. Since the release of Hyper-V R2 we have finally gotten the ability to boot a system from a vhd file on a thumb drive. That opens up...

Thought you guys might be interested... I'm still holding out hope that Microsoft gets back into the game and starts working on Media Center in a whole new way so that we can get some really nice competition to those pieces of garbage like AppleTV and GoogleTV.

OMG.. LOL!
newfiend~

Greetings, and welcome to my first-ever post on TGB.

I thought I'd start with a total newb question.

Why does TGB exist here (ie, tgb.tv ) and there ( experts.windows.com )?

Has anyone bit the bullet and downloaded the software from itvmediaplayer.com? Seems very shady to me. They offer no trial and don't have any details on exactly what content is actually provided with the so called free TV.

A couple of stations they say they provide is AMC and TBS. Well you can't...

Robert Heron a infinity four user showed off the companion app on texzilla yesterday.

Its in the segment Ceton Companion Smartphone App at

impatiently waiting for some Ceton Echo News ? :wave:

At the beginning of the summer my wife and I moved in with my mother-in-law. We moved from Sacramento to her home town of Oroville, it's just outside of Chico. In an attempt to save money while she attended CSU,Chico. We all agreed on a place, while we were working out the details then it was...

I was hearing many advertisements on SiriusXM that Dish is offering a new Auto Hop feature to its Hopper HD DVR system that allows you to jump over all commercials in recorded prime-time programs from ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC when viewed a day after airing.

Quote taken from this CNET Review

So...

if you live in Kansas City

For me, I guess I am still stuck with Cable.

Which is your favorite Microsoft Logo?
Stole this poll idea from the Seattle Times.

I actually like the new logo. Clean, colorful, modern.

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I thought this Might be of interest. I sent an email to tekzilla/HD nation Pod cast, about the new green button and it was read on air with a nice response from Patrick Norton and Robert Heron. Its at the end of the show and can be got to directly under the segment the green Button

Title kind of says it all- I have moved from the UK to the USA- Texas in fact. I have a MCE HTPC and am asking for any tips.

At the moment I have just reawakened it from how it was in the UK. I have it plugged into my TV, and the TV is plugged into cable- basic package from Charter.

1. I don't...

I have the Droid X right now... got it back in October 2010 (ie, ancient). Now, this new Droid Razr Maxx HD is 2mm wider, 5mm longer, and 1/2mm thinner, except the screen is 4.7 instead of 4.3 , with about 50% more pixel density, and almost 3x battery life (21 hrs). I'm also happy it has dual-band...

Windows Server Essentials 2012 at $425 is not a replacement for a WIndows Home Server

Technet subscription is just $199.00... They do have sales too. I got mine for $175.00....

Just saying...

Kinda cool. Long way to go.

Hi

Anyone know much about network cables?

We've just moved our media PC into our dining room as our lounge is being damp proofed. We have a cat6 network installed throughout our house, however on one of the ports, pins 7 & 8 don't seem to work/broken cable, and the other port pin 3.

Does anyone...

Wired journalist Mat Honan, got his digital life (literally) served up to him on a plate. Scary stuff.

If you're a little lapse in this area, now is a good time to beef up your practices.

Anybody use an online backup solution? I've heard some good things about CrashPlan. Looks like it will be $5 per month for me to do unlimited backups. Any other good alternatives out there?

Je ne suis pas la seule personne qui connaît ce problème étrange!

Hi all

Its come to my attention after I found it via a Bing search that someone has cloned my The Media Center Blog and stolen all my content and created a new blogger blog at:

My genunine URL is:

I've reported this to Google to see if I can have the fake site taken down. If anyone spots any...

Hey all,

So my brother moved to Boston (from Detroit) and is missing his Tiger games. I wanted to find a way to let him watch over the internet (live). Either from 7MC, directly from my (2) HDHR-3 and HDHR-CC, or an additional plugin that would go on my Win7 box.

Looks like Plex may have a way to...

That's cool Mr.N!

It reminds me of this.

Or indeed my surrealist fav, this.

Possibly NSFW.

Sorry... :angel:

Hi,

I have two OCUR ATI's (external) and I've been using MCE in Windows 7 for quite some time - when I originally built the machine it was running the horrid Vista.

My question is regarding the future of DIY DVRs and media centers.

As Windows 8 is approaching, and Media Center will be...

I'm just curious, is it really worth it to buy your own cable modem? I just saw another thread where the person posted that his cable company no longer sells them. I never knew that cable companies sell them, but I knew that you could buy your own from office supply stores, NewEgg and other...

(Shotgunning is fine, but) I despair for the world when they won't do the simple and straightforward thing (of opening a ticket) at all.

Ceton has a process for helping their customers in situations like this. And they are far, far better equipped to do so.

I'm sure you've all seen by now, but there has been a leak of old Xbox 720 plans from MS. Clearly they are pushing gaming and Kinnect improvements, but there are some media comments there as well:

Xbox TV
Bluray player
Xbox acting as a PVR

Clearly they are at liberty to change whatever ideas...

My UPS is making a clicking noise and at times the fan runs high but not too frequently.

It seems to function okay and no events are logged when it happens. Is my battery going bad?

I've always loved the fact that Microsoft has been practical about what is NOW in their OSes. They don't rely on forward looking nonsense that is 10 years away, and that I why I have loved media center for the past 7 or so years. It works well, and does the day to day of 10' experience better than...

I thought this was amusing, thought others might find it amusing as well.

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I was just wondering if anyone else had noticed a wee bit of a time shift recently. I first noticed it Friday June 15 around 10 pm eastern US. My first thought was maybe I had some malaware or virus so I shut down that workstation. It is not an inconvenience to me. I was just curious to know...

I was very much looking forward to verizon's shared data plans... my family of 5 does not really use a whole lot of data, so being able to share it between us would have made sense. Had Verizon followed its shared voice scheme, it would have been great: Buy a pool of minutes at a slight premium....

Hi

Just wondered if there were any XBMC / My Movies users lurking here? Been playing around with XBMC on my laptop (Windows 7) and with the My Movies XMBC scraper. Like the look of XBMC with the Aeon MQ3 Skin but man its a learning curve all round, too many settings and addons everywhere! :D

I've used the free ZoneAlarm firewall on all my PC's (except my HTPC) for years. It's been great. Recently, they released a new free antivirus, integrated with the firewall.

When my son's PC prompted him to install the new version of ZA, it asked him if he wanted to try the free antivirus. He...

Interesting article from NYT- no mention of course of WMC. Maybe MS will have the last laugh....

I bit the bullet and put up an outdoor TV antenna. It's a combination UHF/hi-band-VHF antenna. I re-purposed one of my dual-hybrid NTSC/ATSC/QAM tuners. Most of my ClearQAM channels also come OTA. I can get all the majors, including ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX. I even get WB, CW, MyNet, ION, several...

Lock up your daughters!

The malware, which is 20 megabytes when all of its modules are installed, contains multiple libraries, SQLite3 databases, various levels of encryption — some strong, some weak — and 20 plug-ins that can be swapped in and out to provide various functionality for the...

OK, so I've been a Windows guy ever since I saw Win 3.1 for the first time back in 1992. Before that, the first GUI O/S I saw was the Mac (in high school). After high school, I used VMS on the largest VAX cluster in the world (we actually had on-site techs from DEC 24x7, we were the largest single...

So for years i have been connecting my HTPC using a DVI to HDMI cable, the reason being every time i hooked up hdmi, the screen would flash on and off over and over and I wouldn't be able to watch anything. Heck, I could hardly even troubleshoot because I couldn’t see the screen. THE DVI to HDMI...

So my system has been running perfectly fine for 4-5 years now and still is. I even turned down an offer from my dad to buy it as he wants a HTPC. He said i could then buy a new all singing and dancing one, i did think about it, but then i thought, minw does what its meant to and never misses any...

So .. Read that ^^ and tell me your thoughts... I'm Curious as to what you'll have to say..
newfiend~

DirecTV Customers With Older HDTVs May Have Trouble Watching HBO

(Bit off topic for this forum, but the inner geek in me is excited. Sorry)

OK, so I know Sky have better TV service, and they can be made to integrate into Media Centre. But I stick with Virgin for their better broadband. I can use broadband to fill in gaps in my TV coverage, I can't do the...

I may need to eat a heaping helping of crow. Please see the following post. I would like to know if Ceton can help me determine why I'm getting a problem that looks just like the known-issue of macro-blocking that causes a straight line of bad blocks to go across the screen occasionally.

Eric,...

Gotta Love Inflation. :evil:

In a thread posting here , something was said that got me interested in the topic of Windows Phone 7.

I use Android. To be more specific, I use an HTC Evo 3D. It's my first smart phone. I resisted going with a smart phone because of the cost of data plans, but my kids wanted smart phones for...

I'm interested in the possibility of putting up an antenna to get my locals using ATSC tuners instead of QAM, as I get them today.

I've been doing some reading about QAM vs. ATSC-8VSB. Basically, what I've found is that both occupy the same bandwidth of 6MHz. However, due to modulation differences...

I'm looking to simplify how my music reaches my ears, here's what I'm looking to do...

1. Purchase a song/album from iTunes on my iPad/iPod or iTunes on my laptop.
2. Song/album automatically downloads to my WHS via iTunes automatic download (via iHomeServer)
3. Song/album automatically upload to...

Ya gotta see this.. :lol:

Anybody with O2 (UK) broadband here??

If you have the O2 issued router, which version do you have??

Sad... I just watched the series finale of Chuck. What a great show. I enjoyed the ending, too. Now to perform the ceremonial deleting-of-the-series-record. Sigh.

Maybe if we'll lucky, they'll make a movie. It took multiple years, but they're finally moving forward with a 24 movie!

My laptop is almost out of warranty, so I'm starting to kick around the idea of a replacement machine, and one thing I keep coming back to is I like the 13.3 Macbook Air, specifically, I like:
Under 3lbs
1440x900 screen
IPS Panel

Unfortunately, I don't like:
Made by Apple
Firmware bugs
Bootcamp...

I remember reading a post somewhere once about recording a broadcast show, then giving copies of it to others (not selling, just giving). What's your opinion of the legality of doing so? Can you provide any links to reference material on the subject?

I recorded a show yesterday that deals with a...

And it made me chuckle :)

So.. I was wondering .. How many HTPC sites are on the net and which ones are the best that you frequent on a daily/weekly basis?
List some of your spots you surf to learn about new hardware or software or just info in general..
I like to hit ..

Thought this was an interesting read... What's your take on it?

newfiend~

I just recently got a new TV in the living room, and was able to move the temporary TV that I was using in the living room back to the master bedroom. Now I can use all four extenders and the main PC simultaneously.

I thought it might be interesting to post my performance numbers with all four...

long time user, checking in!

Just landed for 4 days. Always nice to put faces to names.

Use XBMC? Want CEC? Check this out..

and here:

Now.. Windows Media Center Support Please!!
newfiend~

Just wanted to pop in here and say HAPPY HOLLIDAYS!! to Everyone here!!
I hope you all have a great Holiday Season and a Very Happy New Year! :D
I have learned a lot from you all here and wanted to say Thank You to you all for your help and guidence throughout my MC Adventures. Without your help...

Worth reading for a small laugh. Nice to see that it's not just Media Centre that has EPG issues, but Virgin's Tivo has issues as well.

So why not...

Any cool, neat gadgets you're hoping for this 25th?
They don't have to be HTPC related.

I'm considering the Jawbone Up although there's a lot of comments the thing breaks...

I've been a Media Centre user for over 6 years now, and a regular on TGB, in its various guises, for around 5.5 years. You know what I finally went and bought at the weekend??

My very first HDTV! Only a cheapy one from the Best Buy closing down sale, but none the less a HDTV it is. It's not set up...

Just noticed the Christmas lights and Santa on the site logo. Nice touch. I'm all warm and fuzzy feeling now. :lol:

Step 1) Call up asking why feature is not included with laptop, even though its listed on the website.
Step 2) Tech support confirms that the website is incorrect, he will have a customer service person call me back in a few days to offer compensation.
Step 3) Customer service calls back and says...

Is anybody latching on to any of the music cloud services? I have adopted Google service to play music on my Android phone and I have to say is a bit handy to say the least. My concern though is should I actually lose my local music files, is this going to be convenient restoring all of my music?...

Thinking of getting the UX31- 13 model... what do you guys think?

So, I bought a new economy laptop from a recently opened local Walmart yesterday. It was a hundred bucks off RRP at $298 + tax. I go through laptops as if they are disposable. I tend to be heavy on them, so cheap works for me.

I grabbed it off the shelf with the big red sticker saying $298...

Was talking to someone at work today when I noticed he had eBuyer's site up so I asked what he was buying. He was looking for a case to build a brand new Media Centre PC. I couldn't believe it!

He's moving from a cabled area, where he currently uses a V+ box, to somewhere he can only get Freeview...

I need a place to complain. TGB lounge works!

Why do tv networks have to rebrand so often?! Can't they just stick with what they have! Arg! I put MCL on hiatus for a few months, and suddenly theres a new discovery kids, fear net, fox soccer, gmc, Big Ten Network (didn't they JUST become a...

Last year, I managed to snag a 64GB SSD for $64, which has been a great upgrade to my HTPC.

This year, I'm crossing my fingers for an inexpensive USB 3.0 thumb drive (for my next laptop which will undoubtedly have USB 3.0), maybe an Intel WiDi Adapter (if I'm lucky), and of course, the obligatory...

Can anyone recommend a basic How To Do It Book (Dummies type of book) on Windows Media Center FOR SYSTEM 7?
Am specifically interested in setting up and operating the DVR function aboard a new Dell XPS 15 laptop using Direct TV satellite input.

So I'm planning on writing some blogs to try and explain some of the concepts we deal with, and I'm wondering what sort of stuff you guys would find interesting. A few of the ideas I've come up with so far
Splitters and amplifiers (loss, gain, tilt, etc)
Copy Protection (CCI, RC, etc)
Copy...

So, the fool that I am, I put my name down for a black 4S 32GB when it first came out. I was number 2632 in the queue.
It arrived at my local store today.
I called them up, to see how much it would cost to replace my 4 that I had since march on a three year contract....

Take home price was $784...

I'd not heard of this before, so thought I'd share: NextPVR.

Obviously no cable card for our American cousins, but it looks a decent PVR option otherwise. The ability to record multiple channels from one tuner's stream is a definite winner, and one of the few things I think would actually improve...

Sad news tonight. A great innovator and a legacy. He's a big reason we have the gadgets we have in our homes, be they Apple devices or not.

I hope his spirit lives on inside of Apples' development of their products for many years to come.

Hey Gang!

Got a busy weekend ahead and I'm looking for suggestions/ideas/gotchas that you might suggest or point out.

1) Pretty sure I've got this covered, but I want to run it past you guys anyway. My primary system only has an 80GB OS drive installed (nearly full). I've been meaning to swap...

was just trying out dvblink since i saw somewhere that it could be used to watch livetv in boxee. one thing i've noticed is it seems every other pvr software out there is a pain in the butt to get up and running. always having to jump through hoops just to get something working. can get the...

Now that we know WMC will be in Windows 8, I thought I'd go ahead and start this thread. After all, if I don't do it, someone else will. Being the helpful guy I am, I thought I'd save everyone the trouble.

:lol:

i was messing around today and decided to try the more info tab next to tasks and it actually worked. now i don't know if i'm the only person who hasn't had this working but this is the first time it has brought anything up since i first tried it like 3 years ago. this may be nothing but if it was...

Would like your thoughts if google will integrate sagetv and motorola dvr to conquer the living room.?

No matter how good you may be at it or no matter how many times you do it. Cleaning up and re-routing calbes always sucks. That is all.

For those that peruse the WEC, they implemented some layout changes:

--The activity section is now on the bottom of the page
--The user info for each post is now on the top of the post instead of the side
--The old TGB logo is on the top of the page

I wish they would remove that sidebar on the...

Not sure how I missed this one but Google bought SageTV last month. Kinda brings new life into a system that I never liked, article below.

Sorry if I missed it but I didn't see any other posts. Hack7mc.com has posted its first new article in quite some time. The site is a fantastic resource for media center users so I'm just happy to see it's not dead.

Not really impressed by Episode 1, Fairies and witches? Not really my cuppa tea.

Pros

TheBreenButton Branding rather than just another Windows function
Easy to use
May attract some members that gave up on TheGreenButton.com

Cons

Splits the community
All the old material is over there
Need to search in two forums
Posts will be duplicated on two sites
Will never pick up the...

Maybe you were just trying to get rid of me?

A quiet word would've sufficed, you didn't need to go to all that trouble, y'know shutting down forums, moving to some odd and practically unuseable website that google doesn't like, and THEN not letting me transfer my profile from the old TGB.

Anyway,...

I'm curious if anyone else feels the same, but two factors have really caused me to rarely search HTPC forums anymore.

#1: Ceton. I cannot believe how well my InfiniTV 4 works! This puppy just plain works, all the time, day & night. I no longer need to go digging around for arcane solutions to...

I'd like to start up a thread regarding shows you are hooked on.
Drama, Doc, Sitcom etc. you name it. It would be nice to get a feel of everyone's favs. I'll use this info to add yet more recordings to my schedule :roll:

I'll start with some (in no particular order);

Curb your Enthusiasm...

Hello

OK enough people have asked me now, so I thought I'd better signup and take a look at the new TheGreenButton.tv

So where are the usual suspects? Say hello :D

Stuart

aka CW-KID

It's pretty unanimous about WEC... :roll:
Everywhere you go you see these comments.

The tech we have created will be in charge one day...

Interesting stuff from the Beeb

I love their reference to 'wiping and resetting' the web lol.

So, here it is.

Plain and simple. I'm about 2 hours a day on average, perhaps a tickle more. I like to chill in the late evening, feet up and wind down. Ah yes :D
Please feel free to reveal your quirky self, and any comments welcome!

Interesting stuff, I just bumped into it half way through, but it is on agaIn at 2AM EST. Set to record!

Well, this is much better than the half-@rsed attempt that Redmond has forced upon us. I am a long-term lurker of the original Green Button, but since they've moved over to the 'Expert' (yeah-right!) community I find it really difficult to find any of the information I'm after.

A real shame it had...

Everyone, quiet now....

Google Feedfetcher is here, 12:25 AM EST.

Mute the sound on your rig, and open up your ears.

Can you hear the rustling?

I think it's mating season. :D