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5 of the best Free HTPC Frontends

September 14, 2009

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5 of the best Free HTPC Frontends

Building a HTPC (Home Theatre Personal Computer) has never been more popular but you still need some decent software to accompany your hardware.  A good Media Centre is not just a result of its owners capability but also the functionality of the software chosen to provide the ultimate media experience.  Here are 5 of the [...]

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PS3 Media Server

March 16, 2009

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Until recently, using the PS3 as a HTPC device was a tedious and almost pointless affair.  Installing Linux was a possibility though restricting direct access to the PS3’s RSX GPU pretty much reduced the benefit of using a PS3 in this way.
Using software like TVersity was the closest you could get in turning the Playstation [...]

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XBMC MEDIA CENTER

March 13, 2009

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XBMC MEDIA CENTER

In our second Sourced article the spotlight is on the award winning XBMC Media Center.

What is XBMC?
Originally named Xbox Media Center, XBMC is now a full featured, award winning free and open source software media-player and entertainment hub for all your digital media.  I have been using XBMC since it’s transformation from xbmp (Xbox Media [...]

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