Boxee Beta has already brought us broad commercial content via Hulu and You Tube, but now it has integrated content such as B-movies, Indie, documentaries, and Independent films.
Boxee has achieved this via a new Movie Library for streaming online content. The sources are EZTakes, Indie Movies Online, MUBI* and Openfilm . Boxee states they plan to add more movie conent providers; both free and paid for sources.
I’ve changed the theme of paujroberts dot com today. Yes, it’s the default WordPress Twenty Ten theme, but I could not find a simple and minimal theme that could easily be altered to meet my needs.
I’m in the middle of using this default theme as the base and will customize its appearance and form over the next few weeks. Continue reading →
As the post title suggests, the new MS Security Essentials Beta will now install on Windows Home Server V1 and Vail Preview (beta) in both 32 & 64 bit flavors!
Now, it’s not officially stated by MS as being supported, but it does install and run without a hitch where the current public release of Security Essentials does not even install. Theory is that if it were a bad thing to install, MS would not allow it to do so. Continue reading →
I think it’s time to stir things up here at Paul J Roberts dot com. Yes, time for a blog face lift on a few levels i.e. new theme and change up some of the topics.
Need new cleaner Word Press blog theme. Simpler and more stark I think. Also, I think it’s time to fire up the business posts more often. Oh sure, I’ll still chat up HTPC, Boxee Beta, Acer Revo 3610, etc. But, I think that time has come and I’m ready to get down to business again.
Got some theme or business topic suggestions? If so, hit me in the comments.
Did you install Flash 10.1 Public release on an older system and now flash video plays even worse? Yeah, I put it on my old AMD Athlon 3600 single core XP box with an old GF 5600 4x AGP card and it is lag-0-ramma!
So, I used the Flash Remover Tool for Windows and then installed Flash 10.0.45.2 and the old GF 5600 is liking flash once again. Still pegged at 100% cpu, but it’s fairly smooth again. Continue reading →
Sale expert Jeffrey Gitomer walks you through techniques to close every sale that you try. I’ve been a long time follower and reader of Jeffery’s Sales Caffeine news letter and blog. He has a real no nonsense approach to sales that strategically analyze what motivates sales people and customers.
There have been several news posts out there stating that NetFlix is now streaming in HD via PC and Mac. Well, it seems that the Netflix player is now loading the HD icon in the bottom corner where the user can toggle the HD stream. Seems that it is not fully implemented as of yet though. Most are reporting spotty or no HD performance as of yet. But I bet this is all a work in progress and the full HD experience is just around the corner.
I finally finished the Boxee Beta on Acer Revo Review videos and uploaded to Youtube. These are broken into three parts:
Part 1 Flash Beta 10.1 RC-4
Part 2 Silverlight, Netflix and Apps
Part 3 Flash Beta with IE-8 Hulu and MPC-HC 64 with HD 1080p .mkv files
I tried to cover most everything that applies to Boxee Beta and the Revo 3610 in general. With so much material to cover, I visit each area briefly. So, you’ll see Flash Beta 10.1, TV shows, Netflix, music, pictures, and applications. Then I give a general demo of the Revo 3610 playing Flash on IE-8 and then finally some 1080p & 720P H264 and MKV files using MPC-HC 64 media player. A good taste of GPU acceleration and how smooth the playback really is for the doubters out there. There’s a lot to look at with nearly 25 minutes total video time. Continue reading →
This nettop from Zotac is a bare bone DIY system that will require: memory, hard drive and OS. At an estimated $260.00 US, it will be nearly $500 once you’re done adding a hard drive, memory chip and Windows 7 Home Premium. Wow.
Aside from the cost, the New HD-ID11 is one of the first units to be released using the Nvidia ION next gen video chipset with 16 graphics cores. It also includes the Intel Atom D510 Pine Trail dual core processor, HDMI & DVI outputs, 1 eSata, 6 USB 2.0 ports, audio in/outputs and a 6-in-1 memory card reader.
Seems like a nice step forward for the Atom ION combo and I’d be interested in testing this unit. Asus is due to also put out the EeeBox 1501p that will have the same hardware. Both are not available in the USA just yet, but are due out soon.
Below is a video with the unboxing of the unit in the UK and the install of the ram and SSD hard drive. Along with an XBMC installation promo.
Ok, I know…I know. I was supposed to make some Revo 3610 Demo vids month ago, but I had access to a crappy digital camera that also shot crappy video and then had technical and life delays. Now I got my hands on a Flip 1080P camera and will start shooting some usage vids for all the doubters out there. LOL.
I’ve got Flash 10.1 RC and the Nvidia 197 Drivers and Boxee Beta EA installed on the Revo 3610. So I’ll demo flash video, HD and Boxee functionality. Should be nice to get some real nice video up for you guys to see. Seriously, over the weekend I should have some postings going up.
