Subscriber Bill DePierri wrote recently to ask about using a PC to record television. I’m already doing that with my home theater pc, which Bill has seen: Terry: We recently got a Cox DVR. It is pretty clunky with little flexibility. This got me to thinking about your comments about your PC-based DVR’s, especially since [...]
HTPC Software
May 7, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Rather than focus on the standard features of SageTV, which have been covered in many reviews and on the SageTV site, I’ll show some of the modifications I like. One features I really like about SageTV is the ability to use different menu layouts and even additional functions. Don’t get me wrong, the SageTV program [...]
Home Theater PC – the hardware
March 10, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Simply, it’s standard PC, including an AMD Athlon XP 2500+, an Abit AN-7 motherboard, a cheap video card with S-Video Out, hard drives, DVD drive and three Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 TV encoding cards and one PVR-150.. My HTPC case case is a standard Antec tower case. This is not designed for the HTPC service. Tired [...]
Followup – NBC’s new Heroes
October 5, 2006 By Leave a Comment
After watching the first episode of NBC’s new “Heroes” show, I wasn’t too impressed. The second episode was a lot better. This show seems to be pulling itself together quickly, with major plot steps quickly. We learned in episode 2 that there’s a world-changing event happening in a month (we also learned exactly what it [...]
Battlestar Galactica – Sci-Fi Channel
September 21, 2006 By Leave a Comment
The third season return of the Sci-Fi Channel’s dark, haunting remake of Battlestar Galactica is almost here. There’s a big time jump between seasons, though. The SciFi Channel is running a series of mini “webisodes” on their web site so that we can learn what’s happened between seasons and make the transition successfully. That’s really [...]
How to choose the best for your home theater system
September 17, 2006 By Leave a Comment
New Star Wars TV Series to come!
March 21, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Under the Tuscan Sun
March 12, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Just finished watching the movie Under the Tuscan Sun, which my Home Theater PC recorded for me over Valentine’s weekend. While this was definitely a “chick flick” (that is, full of emotion and low on action), I recommend it for rental, viewing on television or purchase. Why? The photography in the movie — whether the [...]
Terry’s Home Theater content
October 25, 2005 By Leave a Comment
The new <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=862&entry_id=166" title="http://www.terryshometheater.com" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.terryshometheater.com';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Terry's Home Theater</a> site has:<br /> <ul style="margin-bottom: 5px; list-style: none;"><li><a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=863&entry_id=166" title="http://www.terryshometheater.com/home-theater-systems.php" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.terryshometheater.com/home-theater-systems.php';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Home Theater Systems</a> — the first step in building your home theater is the audio system</li><li><br /> <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=864&entry_id=166" title="http://www.terryshometheater.com/wireless-home-theater.php" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.terryshometheater.com/wireless-home-theater.php';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Wireless Home Theater</a> — would you rather get [...]
Home Theater PC presentation
August 20, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Had a lot of fun today at Cajun Clickers. At 9am, I lead the Web Design SIG (special interest group). We had 7-8 people attending. Topics included the free, open-source WYSIWYG <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=562&entry_id=125" title="http://www.nvu.com" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.nvu.com';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">web design program Nvu</a>, tutorials for Nvu, comparing Nvu and FrontPage, images in web pages, when and why [...]