Update: Check out this article from Phoronix which runs benchmarks and compares Flash 10.1 with 10.2 on similar hardware (Atom 330 Ion system). While I don’t really want this site to be about reporting new releases of software, I believe this is a special case because it directly affects the performance of Linux-based HTPC’s. Believe [...]
If you’re plugging your HTPC into your HDTV Television, one of the things you might have noticed is overscan issues, that is, things not quite fitting on the screen correctly. Programs like Boxee and XBMC have their own ways of dealing with overscan from inside their programs. This, however, is not very useful if you [...]
When I first went out and purchased my Zotac MAG HD ND01, I had an idea in my head about exactly what I wanted in my HTPC Media Centre. My ideal situation was to have a system that booted up into a default program, but gave me ability to launch other programs from the comfort [...]
For the most part, Boxee has been great with recognizing my TV Shows that I have stored on my external hard drive. However, I noticed recently that a couple of new TV shows weren’t showing up under the standard TV show section (Outsourced and Shit My Dad Says) but were showing just fine under the [...]
In recent years, we have seen more and more video content being added to the Internet. Sites like Hulu, BBC iPlayer, Fox, CBC, etc. now make many of their TV shows available free as an online stream. Due to rights restrictions though, the majority of websites introduce a geography-restriction where you have to be in [...]
