Game of Thrones
Has anyone been watching the HBO series Game of Thrones? Absolutely incredible. Think Lord of the Rings for adults. I just watched the second episode and I am totally hooked. I am going to get the books n my iPad and start reading right away. The dire wolfs have me wonder how they are going to come into play. Very intriguing! If you have HBO and like LOTR then you must watch on HBO. Can’t wait for next week!
Read MoreThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader Trailer
Growing up The Chronicles of Narnia came only second to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books. These books were some of the first that I wanted to read at a young age. I often think about to how I felt reading those books. It was a magical time when things were new and my imagination seemed endless. The Chronicles were something special because no one told me to read them I think. I found them in my sisters room if I remember correctly. They were a little white box set of all the books. They didn’t look too long so I started reading them. They were some of the quickest...
Read MoreBacking Up Movies
I have been using Handbrake for years to make backup copies of my DVDs. The kids have destroyed my DVD collection so copying them to my media center is a must. Then I pack the original DVDs away. Handbreak has done well over the years to make DVD backups. Handbrake supports multiple formats but I create a single MKV file with some custom compression that has no noticeable jaggies when viewing even the most action packed movie. The big advantage to a compressed MKV is a much smaller file size for a full DVD and a single file. A 4-6GB movie can pre compress to 1-3GB pretty easy. The MKV...
Read MoreNetflix App on Plex
Oh boy. It just keeps getting better. I can’t even tell you how much more time I spend in the basement now that I have my media center rocking. The two things that I was missing in Plex was Last.fm and Netflix. I got the Last.fm app working last week. Now the Netflix app is finally released. Very, very cool. As I mentioned before the backgrounds/fan art that shows in the backgound when viewing moves makes Plex the sexiest media center app there is. This is carried over to the Netflix app as well. Check this screen...
Read MoreMac Mini Update: Plex or Boxee?
The Mac Mini has been in use now for more than a week. It is time to provide some details on what media center applications I am using the most. There are only two options in my opinion that are worth looking at. It comes down to Boxee and Plex. I am not going to give a full review of each app because it has been done thousands of time already on the web. If you want to learn more about Plex and Boxee just check them out on the web. What I am going to focus on is what specifically I like about each. Let’s start with Boxee. I have been using Boxee for a few months on my MacBook Pro. ...
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