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What happened to home theater PCs?

At its core, an HTPC is the combination of a PC and a TV, or at least some sort of AV (Audio-Visual) technology. This goes ...
In case you missed it during the early days of Windows 8, the era of the home theater PC (HTPC) is over—at least for Microsoft. When Windows 10 rolls out this summer it will not be able to run Windows ...
In what may be an interesting development for the future of Google TV, the folks at Mountain View have purchased SageTV. The HTPC software has been doing its media center thing on multiple platforms ...
Over the past few years Plex has largely become a media streaming company, offering thousands of ad-supported movies and TV shows that you can stream to a smart TV, mobile device, or a computer. But ...
I'm looking at building an HTPC and the main reason I'm considering going through the trouble is to avoid commercials.<BR><BR>I'm looking for HTPC software that can skip commercials completely ...
SageTV's HD Theater 300 media streamer has graduated from pre-order to finally shipping, and it's arrived alongside the new version of the company's HTPC software. SageTV Version 7 gets a new UI and ...
With Blu-ray drives for PCs selling for less than $150 -- and only getting cheaper-- many HTPC fans are left wondering, what is the best HTPC Blu-ray software? While the old favorites were the first ...
Boxee, everyone’s favorite HTPC software, just announced that the company just partnered with its first CE company. But that’s all the company is saying. We don’t know anything else. However, there is ...
Build your own HTPC with a Mini PC and Linux for total content control of your media library and a commercial-free viewing experience. A Raspberry Pi is enough to get started on a budget, but for ...
I used LinuxMCE for about a year. It definitely has a lot of problems, especially when it comes to installation and anything network related. Recently it had stopped being remotely accessible via the ...