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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

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Hulu Sourced

In our first Sourced article the spotlight is on the incredibly popular Hulu Video service. What is Hulu? Simply put, Hulu is a commercially supported online content distribution website for streaming TV shows, movies and trailers at Hulu.com and other online destination sites – all for free anytime.  The Hulu service is only available in [...]

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