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Boxee releasing in November

Saturday, June 12, 2010

The upcoming HTPC replacement media device, The Boxee Box is set to ship this November in the US and Canada. Now word on a local release as of yet. The Boxee Box is a standalone set top device utilising the popular multiplatform Boxee HTPC frontend software. The hardware is being manufactured by D-link, offering an [...]

Windows Media Center XBMC integration

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

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Not content with integrating only Boxee, Teknowebworks have made the same integration possible with the project that started it all, XBMC. BMC Integration 1.0 provides an easy way for users to go back and forth between Windows Media Center and XBMC. When clicking on XBMC in Windows 7 Media Center, the software automatically closes Windows [...]

Windows Media Center Boxee integration

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

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If you have a Windows 7 powered HTPC, Boxee Integration 1.0 provides an armchair viewers way to control the excellent Boxee app directly within Media Center. Boxee Integration 1.0 provides an easy way for users to go back and forth between Windows Media Center and Boxee. When clicking on Boxee in Windows 7 Media Center, [...]

Boxee Beta Revealed

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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The popular xbmc fork with a social networking twist, has just had its impressive beta unveiled at an event at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The Boxee team will open up this Beta to the public on Jan 7th (at CES) and over the next 4 weeks will gradually release invitations to our early access [...]

Android Remote for XBMC

Monday, October 12, 2009

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Ever wanted to control your XBMC Media Center with an Android powered device like the HTC magic or the HTC dream? Now you can, The Android Remote for XBMC makes controlling your XBMC powered HTPC or Xbox a slick affair. Just a word of warning, This software is still considered as "in development". Once the [...]

Windows 7 and Vista Audio Changer

Thursday, October 8, 2009

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I have recently updated my main HTPC to the RC of Windows 7 and unlike Windows XP, it is not currently possible to set the default sound output device for the entire system through software. With my previous HTPC build, My Auzentech DTS X-Plosion card would encode DTS on the fly for stereo sources and [...]

ProjectM Visualisation in XBMC

Friday, September 25, 2009

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This is ProjectM, an opensource alternative to Milkdrop running on the XBMC front-end. The hardware is powered by an Athlon 4400 Windows XP HTPC based system with a cheap ATI radeon 4350 HD HDMI graphics card. I set the visualisation playlists to change every 5 seconds which highlights the different results each ProjectM preset can [...]

5 of the best Free HTPC Frontends

Monday, September 14, 2009

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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 [...]

XBMC HTPC Windows Quick Setup guide

Monday, September 7, 2009

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XBMC Quick Setup Guide Updated 29-1-10 As highlighted with our previous XBMC introduction article, I have been using XBMC since it's transformation from XBMP (Xbox Media Player) and was the sole reason I purchased the original xbox. This day and age the focus is on High Definition formats and the original Xbox just doesn't cut [...]

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Boxee releasing in November

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XBMC HTPC Windows Quick Setup guide

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