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Pimp My Home Theater: Microsoft’s Ultimate Install Contest

Pimp My Home Theater: Microsoft’s Ultimate Install Contest

Microsoft just announced that they will be holding a contest to find the most creative home theator setup that incorporates Windows Media Center. Here is a quote from the site. “Microsoft is looking for the finest and most creative installation utilizing Windows Media Center in a residential system. Submit your best Windows Media Center project [...]

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Stream (almost) Any Video Type in HD from your Computer to Your Xbox 360 via Transcode360

Stream (almost) Any Video Type in HD from your Computer to Your Xbox 360 via Transcode360

This tutorial is for anyone running Windows Vista or Windows Media Center 2005. In case you haven’t noticed, the Xbox 360 is very limited to the video types that it is able to play. These types include .avi (only certain ones), .mpeg, and .wma. I think it’s pretty lame that they don’t natively support more. [...]

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Windows Vista Running on a Mac – Easily!

Just wanted to share that windows vista runs perfectly on a mac using boot camp. Here is the video for evidence and the tutorial to follow. The Tutorial: How to Install Windows Vista on a Mac – Apple Computer Want to do it yourself? Very simple! Just follow these instructions. Note: Make sure you are [...]

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Playing Non-native video files in Windows Media Center / Windows Media Player 11

This tutorial will be helpful for those of you wishing to view video files such as .mkv, .ts, .m4a, .mp4, etc… in Windows Media Center. When you launch media center and navigate to the Video section, try adding a folder that contains video files other than .avi, .mpeg, or .wma. You will notice that these [...]

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Get Your Xbox360 to Play HD Files or Play HDTV From Vista via Windows Media Center

Get Your Xbox360 to Play HD Files or Play HDTV From Vista via Windows Media Center

That title probably took 5 minutes to write, but it explains exactly what I wanted to do and I’m sure what you want to do as well. There a a lot of sites that explain this, but I want to make it as SIMPLE as possible. So here we go! overview: Get your xbox 360 [...]

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Vista, Vista, Vista… What’s so great about Vista?

Vista, Vista, Vista… What’s so great about Vista?

Today marks the 3rd week that I have been converted 100% from Windows XP to Windows Vista, and it is sure time to ask, what is so great about Windows Vista? I will give you my list of Pros and Cons, and I guarantee you they will not be the same things on other peoples [...]

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Wireless HDTV in Windows Media Center Using the Xbox 360

I have seen numerous posts out there that you cannot have a wireless hdtv signal broadcast to your xbox 360 when using windows medi acenter. All I gotta say is that’s crap! Becuase I have done it! And frankly, it is simple! Here is how to get a wireless, High Definition signal from your Windows [...]

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