Tag: Windows Home Server

The Home Server Show 184

The Home Server Show 184

How do you use your Windows Phone with your server?  We talk a little bit about the Lumia 800 from Nokia.  We also go over the big news of the week which is Seagate acquiring LaCie and what it means to storage enthusiasts.  Also, if your looking to grow your server from Windows Home Server [...]

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BYOB Episode 86

BYOB Episode 86

Short show this week, but we pack it full of hardware info. PCs on a Stick, AMD Trinity update, nVidia releases the GTX 670 Kepler GPU, Dirt cheap hi-res monitors? Server issues all around, Mike & Mike talk about their hard drive server issues on this weeks BYOB Podcast. Is That A PC In Your [...]

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The Home Server Show 183

The Home Server Show 183

We are back with another edition of The Home Server Show.  It’s episode 183 and this week we will be talking with Patrick Kennedy from servethehome.com. He goes over all the new options on the Intel Ivy Bridge platform.  We also have some cloud news, follow up, and more.  Enjoy. You can also view this [...]

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The Home Server Show 182

The Home Server Show 182

We can’t stop talking about Windows 8 and Media Center. It all comes back to storage though. Plenty of server conversation as well as some follow up on cloud options and HD Home Run streaming.  This show was recorded on Google On Air Hangout and we had a lot of fun with it.  While your [...]

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BYOB Episode 85

BYOB Episode 85

Special Guest Chris Barnes from the DMZ podcast thEndUsr joins us to discuss his systems. We’ll also tackle nVidia’s GTX690. Amazon plays me too with their cloud drive. Playon is told to move on. Welcome to Episode 85 of the BYOB Podcast. Special Guest – Chris Barnes Chris Barnes is host to the thEndUsr Podcast [...]

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PlayOn–Some things never change

PlayOn–Some things never change

A couple of years ago I tried using PlayOn to stream media to my my devices.  I always thought the concept was good but back then, I had many issues getting things to work correctly.  I do not remember all the details only that it would consistently disconnect, lock up my system, and was generally [...]

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BYOB Episode 84

BYOB Episode 84

Z77, Ivy Bridge, Windows 8 talk, SplashTop, and Cloud Drives.  Tonight we have some in depth discussions on the new Ivy Bridge CPU’s and the Z77 chipsets.  We also hash out some differences on the various cloud drives such as Dropbox, SkyDrive, and G Drive and talk about the pros and cons of each.  We discuss [...]

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BYOB Episode 83

BYOB Episode 83

We have a special guest, Michael Ross, filling in for Tim this week. Mr. Ross has some really impressive systems. We’ll also discuss his thoughts on media and cutting the cord. Its an All Mike episode on this weeks BYOB Podcast. Office PC My old P5B lasted me nearly 6 years with a minor upgrade [...]

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The Home Server Show 177

The Home Server Show 177

Adam Thursby joins the podcast and we will talk about moving data from one PC to a Windows Home Server 2011 box and we’ll try not to lose any data in the process.  We also go over backups and redundancy options for Adam.  A little bit of news as well. Enjoy. Audio experimentation continues with [...]

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The Home Server Show 176

The Home Server Show 176

We have new toys! Isn’t nice to get a new server and start tinkering with it? John and Jim seem to do it often and we are talking about it.  We also have a little on Drobo, Synology, and John has a great Windows 8 storage tip for you as well. This one has a [...]

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