Items Tagged With media

Tranquil BBS2 Barebones Home Media Server Review

Monday, 25 May 2009

After our piece on virtual home servers, here's another alternative to saving power, money and the planet whilst still serving your media around the house. The Tranquil BBS2 Barebones Home Media Server is a low power, 5 SATA bay, barebones box. Just choose your OS and apply...

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RipServer - Network Storage and CD Conversion

Wednesday, 2 April 2008

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Belfast based company - RipFactory - have always offered a CD ripping service. But now they are selling their standalone RipServer box so you can do it yourself. The Linux based unit combines ripping software with a NAS and is available in 0.5TB and 1.0TB versions. Prices start at £599...

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New Vista Media Centre Book

Wednesday, 25 April 2007

Ian Dixon (of the Media Center podcast fame) has just released his new book - "Using Microsoft Vista Media Center". Written along with Tony Campbell the book is described as "good for beginners as it covers buying considerations and hardware components as well as seasoned users as it covers upgrading from XP and some of the advanced settings in Vista." The book is onsale now and priced at £8.99 £6.99 from Amazon.

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Control4 Interview Video

Friday, 20 April 2007

Famous podcaster, Robert Scoble interviews John Yoon, vice president of marketing for Control4, about their Home Automation system in this 20 minute video...

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Smart Home Show 2007 - Final Video

Friday, 30 March 2007

Here's our ninth and final video from last weekend's Smart Home Show. Two days in two minutes - this is a super fast tour of the best sights from around the show! We're also offering a high quality version of this video for download, which looks much better and of course can be played on your TV using XBMC or your favourite media player...

Click Here to download - SHS2007.avi (50Meg XviD)