January 19th, 2009

MGG 008 Home Media Centers

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Is a Home Media Center right for you? Is your TV ready for the Digital Transition? Are YOU ready? Moms Gone Geek discusses alternatives to cable TV, Mac Mini or desktop PC versus the Apple TV, resolution, hardware required, and other details we ponder when thinking about replacing traditional TV with streaming internet and digital content. This episode has out-takes at the end.

Examples of Home Media Centers

HP Media Center

Apple TV

Western Digital

Cutting the Cord
(instead of coax cable, use free internet TV and content for entertainment)

Boxee

Front Row

iTunes

Hulu Desktop

DTV Coupon

What You Need to Know About the Digital TV Transition (via FCC)

Hardware

EyeTV250 by El Gato

EyeTV Hybrid – USB TV Stick

Hopage

ATI

Vocabulary Terms

VGA

DVI

HDMI

Edit Note: at the time of this recording, Boxee was not working with Hulu. That has since changed. Also, Hulu Desktop has been released.

http://momsgonegeek.net/2009/06/mgg-018-one-way-or-another/ MGG 018 One Way Or Another « Moms Gone Geek

[...] On a previous episode of Moms Gone Geek – Episode 8 Home Media Centers, we discussed preparing for the digital television transition (DTV), alternatives to cable TV and different methods for putting together a media center using a computer and TV. We’ve since elaborated on that concept and have been putting it into practice. [...]