Bring me the iPad remote!

Come become a fan of the new Facebook page!

I've made a Facebook page, so if you're on Facebook, become a fan! I think it'll be a good place to chat about things as well.

Click here to go to the Mac Mini Home Theater Facebook page.

New version of Transmission is out and looks nice.

I'll be downloading the update and checking it out...

Transmission 1.8 released, now featuring support for magnet links


Transmission, the venerable BitTorrent client for Mac, has just received an overhaul in the form of a "huge listen-to-the-users release." From the release notes the following enhancements are included:

Added support for magnet links
Added support for trackerless torrents
Redesigned tracker inspector tab
Quick Look restored for Snow Leopard users
According to the release notes there are over 100 changes that have been sourced from the users. Transmission is free and open source and can be downloaded here.

Engadget reporting ESPN 360 coming to Xbox

Wow, that would be a huge move. Read on directly here, or below

ESPN streaming coming to Xbox 360?

By Ross Miller posted Jan 18th 2010 9:51PM

As if you needed another impetus to abandon cable and satellite TV, The New York Times is reporting behind closed door dealings are afoot between Microsoft and Walt Disney Company, with order of business being ESPN streaming via Xbox 360. According to the anonymous source, live streams of sporting events à la the now aptly-titled ESPN360 could come to the console on a per-subscriber fee, along with related interactive games. The thing with secret meetings, of course, is that they can never be confirmed and, should talks fall through, amount to nothing in the future -- just keep that in mind before you get too excited and cancel Comcast a bit prematurely.

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Intervew with Plex original creator, Elan Feingold

CrunchGear just published a great interview with Elan Feingold, the original designer and current lead of the Plex project. Its pretty interesting to read, and there are good indications that Plex .9 is on the way in the near future. Also looks like the library is being rebuilt from the ground up, so good things to come in 2010.

Click here to read the interview.

MacMini out of your budget? Look for the new Boxee Box

Finally official, the new Boxee Box is pretty cool. I think it is at $199, and is a self contained media player - with remote. Basically, Plex and Boxee are the two main XBMC ports, and while we're obviously partial to Plex on this blog, that doens't mean Boxee is bad. If anything, I'd love to see more on the remote they have - really nice! I wish Harmony would make a remote like that!
So what do you guys and gals think of it? Comment away!

Click here to read all about it.

Click here for more screenshots of the layouts.

UPDATE - Here is a youtube of the beta:


It is definitely cool that you pick the show and Boxee scans all online sources for the show. The first "con" that comes to mind though, is if you rely on that for new shows (like CSI, in the example), often times networks will only keep an episode online for a little bit of time. But, that's just a thought - what do you guys think?

One of our TV and Sound Bar Installations in Gallatin, TN !

The before and after pictures speak for themselves.

This customer located in Gallatin, Tn, finally got tired of watching their TV on the floor. They owned a 42" Vizio TV and a Vizio Sound Bar. For right around $300 for the Sound Bar with a wireless subwoofer we where very impressed with it's preformance and sound. They also owned a Sony Blu-Ray player a Sony 400 disc CD player, a Wii and an HD cable box. All we provided was the TV Mount, Cables and Installation.

We ran (2) HDMI cables (1) for the HD cable box and (1) for the Sony Blu-Ray Player, an AV cable for the Wii and an audio cable for the CD player to the cabinet below and to the left of the fireplace. The sound bar is connected to the TV via an analog audio cable due to the TV only having an analog audio output. This is actually very convenient because it allowed for the sound bar volume to be controlled by the cable box remote which was programmed to the TV. A wireless Wii bar was also used.

The customer will be purchasing a Nevo C3 RF remote in the future so the cabinet doors can remain closed.

AND, SO, Another Happy Customer!

New Apps released for Plex

Check out these great new apps released today:

Feed Me – Written by Jonny Wray

Create a library of your favorite video and audio podcasts using ‘Feed Me’. This plugin allows you to build and view content from a collection of sources by browsing the integrated podcast directory sites or by entering RSS URLs directly.

Universal Sports – Written by Jonny Wray

Universal Sports is the premier Olympic and lifestyle sports network featuring coverage of the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, World Championships, World Cups, Grand Prixs and more.

DR – Written by Nikki

DR is a danish public service tv and radio government owned company.

This plugin supports streaming of videos and audio from dr.dk/Podcast and dr.dk/bonanza and live streams of DR1, DR2, DR Update, DR K, and DR Ramasjang tv channels. It also supports TV On Demand.

TV2 – Written by Nikki

Streaming of videos from video.tv2.dk – TV2 is a danish tv channel.

Lens – Written by Elan

Lens is the photography blog of The New York Times, presenting the finest and most interesting visual and multimedia reporting — photographs, videos and slide shows. A showcase for Times photographers, it also seeks to highlight the best work of other newspapers, magazines and news and picture agencies; in print, in books, in galleries, in museums and on the Web.

Live Music Archive – Updated by Billy Joe

This isn’t a new Plug-in, but rather a really awesome update to an existing one. This new version of Live Music Archive supports looking at your iTunes artists and presenting you with concerts for matching artists. This is a really innovative way to find live recordings of your favorite artists.