December 1st in everyday life, save money by lencurrie .

Goodbye WDTVLive, Hello again XBMC

Ok, I should be good for a long, long time. I now have what I would like to believe as the perfect home movie theatre setup.
I followed the following guide almost to the letter and created my own silent XBMC (Xbox Media Center) on a small Nettop computer which I was only able to get from the states at the price I wanted which was $199, not even on sale at Best Buy.
I won’t re-invent of paste the instructions for [...]

October 24th in everyday life by lencurrie .

Got My WDTVLive.. a small review

New WDTVLive

For those of you whom don’t know what the WDTV or WDTV-Live is, I will give you the basic idea.. actually.. scratch that.

If you don’t know what a WDTV is, go here and check out the details.. why re-invent the wheel eh?

REVIEW

Well I should start by saying that I got it on sale as it was regularly $149.99 but I got it for $129.99 plus tax so it came to about $147 total CAD to my door. Pretty [...]

October 13th in everyday life by lencurrie .

Ditch Your DVD’s! Use Your HDTV The Way It Was Meant To Be Used..

So far I’ve purchased two WDTV‘s, and I’ve sold both of them. Certainly not because I don’t want one, it’s just that for a little over $100, it offers you a way to avoid ever having to rent or buy DVD‘s and simply download and watch everything online and there are people that I know that really wanted one, but didn’t know how or where to get one.

If you haven’t heard of what I’m talking about, take a look at [...]