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Fixing Overscan on Ion-based HTPC’s

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 [...]

Nvidia ION Media Centre with Boxee, XBMC, Chrome and More!

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 [...]

How To Create a Bootable Windows 7 Install USB Flash Drive

With the recent popularity of Nettops, Netbooks and other types of mini-pc’s and laptops, it isn’t uncommon anymore to have a computing device that has no optical drive.  The lack of optical drive not only cuts down on price and size, but also on the amount of battery that gets used by forcing you to [...]

Control Remote Mouse Pointer Over SSH

In the coming few days, I will be going through the process of setting up a HTPC in my living room using the Zotac Mag HD mini-pc.  So, I have been spending a bit of time researching some of the things I wanted to do with it.  I had previously just had a laptop connected [...]