Archive for October, 2008

VMCNetflix new beta.

Well, this was the last plugin I expected to spring to life since my last post, but VMCNetflix has a new beta 1.16 available for download.  From the site:

Fixed issue displaying Instant Queue.
Fixed issue w/ listing all search items.
Updates to login page
Made install check less restrictive, now requires Vista+ instead of requiring Vista-only

I just [...]

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

VMC plugin black hole?

For the past few weeks, I’ve noticed a very discouraging trend among the majority of Vista Media Center plugin developers - they seem to be at a standstill.  There are a few that still have some life about them - the Video Library that Jack Luminous over at thegreenbutton is working on and myTV both [...]

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Harmony 670 and HannSpree TV.

I got my HannSpree Xv37 LCD TV at a really good price from Buy.com about a year and a half ago.  It’s only 720p, but the picture has been terrific and for $600 shipped, I really couldn’t have asked for much more at the time.  However, the one issue that I have had with it [...]

Friday, October 17th, 2008

New theme.

So, I got really bored with my old theme and decided to go with something new.  I didn’t feel the old theme used enough of the screen real estate, so I’m a little happier with the newer one.  I’m not really sure how well I like the sidebar layout, but I’m going to give it [...]

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

A few new ventures.

Not a whole lot has been going on lately with me on the HTPC/HT front.  I did get to install Windows 2008 Server on my NETSVR yesterday though.  I had been wanting to try it out, along with an x64 version, for a while now.  The install was painless and I’m really liking it so [...]

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008