Mini Display Port to HDMI now available

You can now get a mini Display Port to HDMI from Monoprice

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or you can buy it here

Another new reason to cut cable

Should you not want to mess with Torrents, Hulu, is growing by leaps and bounds. ABC might be close to being on Hulu.

Click here for the official link, or read below:

It seems another network’s shows just might be ending up on Hulu sometime soon. In fact, Disney is supposedly discussing the move to show their ABC TV shows on the website. However, other Disney-owned shows might make it over as well.

TV shows like Lost might be making their Hulu debut soon. But Disney Channel shows and other Disney network programming could be shown as well. There’s no word on how close Disney and Hulu might be to making a deal, but the company is much more interested than before, now that Hulu has jumped in popularity.

Should this deal go through, Hulu would then have three of the four major networks on their web video service. This could make the site a more viable option than even iTunes. However, Steve Jobs is on Disney’s board of directors, so we’ll just have to see how this one turns out.

More about cutting cable

Macworld just posted a new article on cutting cable. You can read it here.

Stark: The new Aeon skin

Is looking SO amazing....look at the interface here...

Sharing the Screen

While thinking about keyboard ideas for the mini, I ran across a thread where someone noted they just share the screen of the mini onto their desktop/laptop and don't even use a keyboard with the mini.

I never really messed with share much, but, it really is so cool. Just go into the mini, open preferences, check the option to share the screen and that's it. Go to your laptop/desktop, on the same network, and connect to the mini, click share screen, and it will ask you for the mini's login and password and you're there! Now you can conduct all mini maintenance without sitting on the floor with a keyboard plugged in, or far away on the couch.

Here's a pic to see it in action :)

Plex and the Harmony 550 Remote

In researching remotes, and based on emails from people in response to the blog, it seems the Harmony remote is the way to go. The main ones are the 500 series, 800 series and the Harmony One. For cost, and from positive ergonomic reviews, I think I will go with the Harmony 550, which is well reviewed at rogermj.com's blog here. The nice thing it is seems last December, Logitech added Plex as an officially supported device, so it looks like the way to go.

I'll report back when I have it up and running...

The new Aeon skin is coming soon

The new Aeon skin preview pics look amazing. Right now they're calling for a March 30, 2009 release for the XBMC and shortly there after for the Plex (what us mac mini users / mac users will want).

Right off the bat, I see a much improved Movie preview section. Looks like they're bringing in some of the best parts of the standard Plex skin and making it look even better. I see fan art incorporated and best of all, i HOPE that trailer link works!






Here is a music screen shot:



I'll keep the blog updated when released!