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Sage TV on the Windows Home Server

The promise of Windows Home Server is to centralize all of your media, files, and important things in your life. Through a huge library of add-ins and other programs, WHS has mostly come through on that promise to make all of your digital life centralized in one location. HTPC users have leveraged the power of WHS to point their software of choice to the network shares or use UPnP to stream music, video and pictures to devices around the house. For long time HTPC users, the introduction of a WHS into the home network allows people to make sense out ...

The Indestructible ioSafe External Hard Drive – Ready For Anything?

At CES 2o1o, a couple of us Home Server Show guys (Dave and I) had the opportunity to hang out with the folks from ioSafe for a demo of the almost total destruction of one of their new SSD external drives. If you are new to ioSafe products, their Solo line is a rugged external hard drive that brings disaster protection to the average home user. Their standard claim has been that their drives are both water and fire proof. The SSD model adds another special bonus, shock and crush proof. Really? That is asking a lot of one ...

Windows Home Server spotted at CES 2010

CES 2010 was not a huge year for the Windows Home Server product but there were some sightings on the show floor. Before I show you the servers I should first mention the omissions. The Keynote speech by Steve Ballmer was the first snub. No server seen, no server spoken about. I didn’t really expect a big mention so that wasn’t a major deal. At least Windows Media Center was; pardon the play on words, front and center. The biggest Windows Home Server player missing was HP. HP elected to staff meeting rooms instead of a larger booth presence this year. They ...

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Deals that make you want to build!

HITACHI Deskstar 2TB 3.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Retail – $139! Don’t forget the code. Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive COOLER MASTER ELITE 335 RC-335-KKN1-GP Black Computer Case ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AMD Motherboard USB 3 Goodness! And Lastly, the 5Big. No, it’s... [Read on...]

The Home Server Show 81

The Home Server Show 81 – News and Add-Ins In today’s episode we go over everything that has happened this week including anti-virus for WHS, Mozy, Drive Balancer and more. New Eye-Fi Manager released WHSClamAV DoubleTwist Install Subsonic on WHS Entertainment 2.0 – AJ discusses Windows Media Center Mozy to work on WHS How to setup... [Read on...]

HD HomeRun and Hard Drive Deals

Newegg has some good deals on gear. HDHomeRun for $124.99. 1TB and 1.5 Hard drives deals are killer! SiliconDust HDHomeRun Network-based Dual Digital HDTV Tuner Ethernet Interface – $124.99 w/ Free Ship! Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB 3.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive – $81.99 w/ Free ship! Don’t forget the... [Read on...]

Core I3–530 HTPC

For quite a while now I have been enjoying my HTPC with everything working perfectly. I finally got lossless audio (TrueHD and DTS-HD) as well as the Blu-Ray integration I was looking for, working the way I expect them to. My HTPC has been the center of all my entertainment needs for quite some time and I consider it one of the more critical components... [Read on...]

The Home Server Show 80

The Home Server Show 80 In today’s episode we go over all the latest news and releases for Windows Home Server. HP and Tivo are in the news and is Avast for WHS recognizing their new 5.0 client? Add-In updates and more. Icy Dock MB662 Avast for WHS recognizing the new 5.0 clients? HP and Tivo WHS Health WHS Quicken, Quickbooks, Add-In Central Chris’s... [Read on...]

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