Quick Review: Boxee Box
December 27, 2011 – 12:22 am | 3 Comments

Some of the technical issues with Boxee Box could have been fixed if the dev team was paying more attention to addressing the bugs rather than adding “features” of dubious value. In the final analysis, for the price and ease of use, Boxee Box is the best in its class and price range. You just need to be mindful of its limitations and buy it in hope of future improvements to its usability.

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Converting 1080i to 720p for XBMC
January 23, 2011 – 7:22 am | No Comment
Converting 1080i to 720p for XBMC

If you are using XBMC as your video player, you might have encountered a problem playing 1080i AVCHD (*.ts or *.m2ts) videos. When playing such files, you may see just a gray screen with some …

Building a Home Theater Computer
December 24, 2009 – 7:23 am | 2 Comments
Building a Home Theater Computer

Ever wanted to build a kick-ass home theater computer? Here we have some highly detailed instructions for putting together just such a device. It is not a DVR like TiVo or your Verizon HDTV box. …