In part one, we covered how to lock down native Media Center applications so that you you didn’t have to worry about whether or not your family is being sneaking and trying to watch things they…
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Seriously, I won’t judge you if you have content you don’t want me to watch. While our minds immediately wander to some lonely guy trying to hide his extensive adult collection, our focus today is…
It is known that MKV files sometimes have issues playing inside of WMC and have even more issues on lower powered machines. They don’t show up inside of Windows Media Center by default, you…
Audio is a key part to any home theater system, but often times we spend far more effort concentrating on the television. You can have the best TV or projector on the planet, but if the audio doesn’t…
[singlepic id=17 w=320 h=240 float=left]It’s not very often that you see a mainstream computer manufacturer make a PC that seems almost perfectly intended to function as a home theater PC, but…
Its not often that a product comes along that really shakes up a niche market like ours. With few exceptions we are accustomed to every product acting like all the others. Price or brand recognition…
We used to have the full deal. Digital Cable and all the trimmings. HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, you name it. Slowly, over the years we’ve cut back. This was mainly because we realized that we simply…
With the latest Media Center update, many power users learned that their customizations aren’t supported and were removed. While MS certainly has no requirement to support community hacks, it’s too…
Yes, you can go searching around the web and learn how to build your very own PC. It’s not a difficult process and there are lots of how-to’s out there. That said, since we deal quite a bit with…
While Windows Media Center provides access to broadcast, local and internet content, sometimes it’s just not enough. Some people, like myself, want more. Conversely, we also want less. Less…
There are many methods for getting content from optical discs into Media Center. Some are more complicated than others, some are more reliable. There’s even been previous posts on this site…
Some times you just want to keep things simple or gasp keep it “Apple” like. That is the case with this nice little gem of a find. A user over at Life Hacker found out that with a simple registry…
