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« Reply #135 on: March 26, 2010, 01:24:59 PM » |
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So my craptacular Time Warner DVR didn't record the first episode of the new season of Mythbusters because "channel not available". Fantastic. What's the recommendation for a place to grab it? I didn't see it last night on BTJunkie.
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« Reply #136 on: April 01, 2010, 02:12:38 PM » |
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What media scraper do you guys use? LifeHacker had a write up yesterday on Media Companion. It worked fairly well, but for some reason put the same fan art into every TV show folder. It seemed to work nicely enough beyond that...except it looks like it was written for the Windows 95 API. http://lifehacker.com/5505849/how-to-whip-your-movie-and-tv-show-art-into-shape-for-xbmc-and-boxee |
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« Reply #137 on: April 01, 2010, 04:32:57 PM » |
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What media scraper do you guys use?
As a related question; do audio scrapers exist/suck/etc? |
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« Reply #138 on: April 03, 2010, 02:13:39 AM » |
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It seemed like XBMC did it automagicly. I am probably wrong though.
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« Reply #139 on: April 04, 2010, 03:18:53 AM » |
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I'm fiddling around with Jaikos that queries MusicBrainz. So far looks to do a nice job; streamlined to only auto-correct ID3 tags and artwork. Nothing else.
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« Reply #140 on: April 07, 2010, 01:53:56 PM » |
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Lenovo has the Lenovo Multimedia Remote With Keyboard for $60 - 40% off coupon USPCA16336 = $36 with free shipping. http://slickdeals.net/?pno=32678&lno=1&afsrc=1 |
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« Reply #141 on: April 23, 2010, 03:19:30 PM » |
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« Reply #142 on: December 09, 2010, 08:26:36 PM » |
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Bumping this.
I rebuilt my little Revo box in my new house. Running XBMC. Its pretty awesomesauce.
Anyone else still toying with these?
Next step: 1080p Projector for game room.
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« Reply #143 on: December 09, 2010, 10:19:13 PM » |
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My HTPC has been running for over a year now... upgraded to Windows 7 Pro a few months ago and it's the bomb diggity. No major complaints right now.
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« Reply #144 on: December 09, 2010, 11:15:44 PM » |
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Still doing a crazy hybrid of WMC, MediaPlayer, Hulu, and some other things. Any Netflix support on XBMC yet?
For projectors, you'd be hard pressed to find a better deal than the Epson 8100. I'm rocking that in my HT now and loving it. It's 1080p, fantastically silent, full of inputs, extremely forgiving on placement, amazing picture quality, and cheap. I got mine for $1,200 shipped from Amazon.
The Optoma HD20 has comparable stats and is highly regarded in the uber-cheap yet well-built 1080p projector class. It's around $900 if memory serves.
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« Reply #145 on: December 10, 2010, 12:53:19 PM » |
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I am heavily leaning on the HD20. Good value and looks like great performance, but if I am spending damn near a grand I am not going to cheap out if the Epson is better.
At any rate, its probably going to wait till tax returns so I have plenty of time to research and hopefully see some price drops after the new year.
Did you do a ceiling mount? How did you run power/hdmi etc? Pics?
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« Reply #146 on: December 10, 2010, 04:09:40 PM » |
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The Optoma is a good unit. I spec'd it for the gout's dad's home theater when his old junker blew up. The Epson is the better unit though. More inputs, lens shift, more lumens, etc. I just checked the price and it's about $1,800 so I'd hold off til after Christmas when the prices come back down.
I have mine ceiling mounted, power and component video run through the attic and dropped down. Remind me next week to get some pictures as I'm busy getting ready for my Florida trip tomorrow.
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