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My Rooms: My Lounge Room 22 Aug 2011 | 10:00 pm
I spend a great deal of my time in my lounge room as it is the space I use to watch TV, movies and listen to music. It is also the space that I use my computer. I thought about what would make it the ...
How to: Remove commercials from recorded TV automatically 12 Apr 2011 | 08:00 pm
As technology is evolving, more and more people are recording TV shows to watch at a more convenient time. Fast forwarding or skipping through the commercials is becoming a simple task, but it is stil...
Windows Software: Automatically convert .wtv to .dvr-ms with WtvWatcher 11 Apr 2011 | 01:00 pm
Windows Media Center 7 saves files by default to the .wtv format. This format is capable of storing the highest quality broadcast. The only problem is that it is not compatible with some programs writ...
How-to: Use an arcade controller in your chair to trigger voice control 9 Apr 2011 | 12:00 pm
I am very confident that voice control is the way to go when it comes to controlling my home theatre setup into the future, because I am currently using it and benefiting from the huge advantages it o...
How to: Control TV, VCR, DVD, cable and more with voice using USB-UIRT 27 Mar 2011 | 07:00 am
Once I was able to voice control my home theatre PC, I still needed to use my remote control to turn on the TV and receiver. I wanted to rid my lounge room of remotes altogether, so I needed to find a...
My Projects: My Gadget – One button to control everything around the house. 7 Mar 2011 | 10:00 pm
Soon after I figured out how to voice control my media centre, I realised that I needed an easier way to trigger it. The trigger would set the volume of my media centre to a level I could naturally ta...
How-to: Voice control Windows Media Center 1 Mar 2011 | 12:00 pm
I have been interested in the voice control of computers for a long time. My first attempt was around 10 years ago, and I had some success with it. In the right environment, I was able to say commands...
Windows Software: Windows Media Player 22 Feb 2011 | 09:00 am
Windows Media Player was a program that I never gave much respect to, until I recently found a new use for it. Windows Media Center relies on Windows Media Player to playback most media files. This me...
My Projects: My Home Theatre PC 21 Feb 2011 | 01:00 pm
With Analog TV being turned off in Australia and around the world in the next couple of years, set top boxes, PVRs and Tivo are all going off the shelves and into peoples homes very quickly. Many peop...
How-to: Use batch files to organise recorded TV automatically 15 Feb 2011 | 09:00 am
When I built my Windows Media Center PC, I was able to have the majority of features working as I wanted them to. This was using Windows Media Center 7, and a bunch of free applications working togeth...
