http://www.techory.com/blog/adding-hd-to-the-entertainment-pc/ Regular Rambling About Technology Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:39:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.techory.com/blog/adding-hd-to-the-entertainment-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-32250 Upgrading the Entertainment PC – Techory.com - Regular Ramblings About Technology Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:33:21 +0000 http://www.techory.com/blog/adding-hd-to-the-entertainment-pc/#comment-32250 [...] have been real work-horses. For HD capture, I’m still using the SiliconDust HDHomerun that I wrote about a couple years back. I did change how that box routes video to the HTPC though. Previously, I had a [...] [...] have been real work-horses. For HD capture, I’m still using the SiliconDust HDHomerun that I wrote about a couple years back. I did change how that box routes video to the HTPC though. Previously, I had a [...]

]]> http://www.techory.com/blog/adding-hd-to-the-entertainment-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-20114 SnapStream Blog » Blog Archive » In the blogosphere: Techory mentions Beyond TV Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:33:30 +0000 http://www.techory.com/blog/adding-hd-to-the-entertainment-pc/#comment-20114 [...] few days ago, Scott also wrote about his experiences Adding HDTV to his HTPC with Beyond TV and the [...] [...] few days ago, Scott also wrote about his experiences Adding HDTV to his HTPC with Beyond TV and the [...]

]]> http://www.techory.com/blog/adding-hd-to-the-entertainment-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-19573 Scott Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:46:38 +0000 http://www.techory.com/blog/adding-hd-to-the-entertainment-pc/#comment-19573 @Kieran, The software working well together has been a labor of love I guess. It has taken a while to get everything talking nicely together. Plus, there is constant tweaking going on with this thing. The glue that hold everything together is a nice entertainment PC app called "Meedio" which is no longer being made (<a href="http://www.techory.com/blog/yahoo-buys-meedio/" rel="nofollow">bought by Yahoo</a>). It provides a lot of control for external applications to be called within a clean "remote-controllable" interface. I should post about the software that runs on this thing sometime in the future. Much of it is based on <a href="http://www.techory.com/blog/jons-htpc/" rel="nofollow">Jon's HTPC</a> with a few odds and ends of my own thrown in to keep things working. @Kieran,
The software working well together has been a labor of love I guess. It has taken a while to get everything talking nicely together. Plus, there is constant tweaking going on with this thing. The glue that hold everything together is a nice entertainment PC app called “Meedio” which is no longer being made (bought by Yahoo). It provides a lot of control for external applications to be called within a clean “remote-controllable” interface. I should post about the software that runs on this thing sometime in the future. Much of it is based on Jon’s HTPC with a few odds and ends of my own thrown in to keep things working.

]]> http://www.techory.com/blog/adding-hd-to-the-entertainment-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-19570 Kieran Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:09:56 +0000 http://www.techory.com/blog/adding-hd-to-the-entertainment-pc/#comment-19570 I'm sure your new video card will solve your resolution issues. It's impressive your different software bundles work so well together, you must have been planning this for a while. I like the slim design of the HDHomeRun box, who needs another huge component taking up shelf space? I’m sure your new video card will solve your resolution issues. It’s impressive your different software bundles work so well together, you must have been planning this for a while. I like the slim design of the HDHomeRun box, who needs another huge component taking up shelf space?

]]> http://www.techory.com/blog/adding-hd-to-the-entertainment-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-19475 Scott Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:29:06 +0000 http://www.techory.com/blog/adding-hd-to-the-entertainment-pc/#comment-19475 @Daniel Yah, that's what I've seen - now the drives just need to drop in price a bit. I'd probably get a dual format anyway just to be safe. It's still a ways off, so we'll see. I ended up with a 37" Magnavox. It was consumer electronics' #2 set. So far it has been treating us well! @Daniel
Yah, that’s what I’ve seen – now the drives just need to drop in price a bit. I’d probably get a dual format anyway just to be safe. It’s still a ways off, so we’ll see. I ended up with a 37″ Magnavox. It was consumer electronics’ #2 set. So far it has been treating us well!

]]> http://www.techory.com/blog/adding-hd-to-the-entertainment-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-19472 Daniel Stout Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:47:17 +0000 http://www.techory.com/blog/adding-hd-to-the-entertainment-pc/#comment-19472 It sounds like Blu-ray has pretty much won the format war. They've got 75% of the new releases now with Warner Bros on board vs. 25% for HD DVD. Just curious, what brand of HDTV did you go with? It sounds like Blu-ray has pretty much won the format war. They’ve got 75% of the new releases now with Warner Bros on board vs. 25% for HD DVD. Just curious, what brand of HDTV did you go with?

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