May 22, 2013
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Photo credit: Greg Povey, @topfife CC-BY-SA (official photo) Today at the Thinking digital conference in Gateshead, we (BBC R&D) launched the latest prototype for Perceptive Media. Perceptive Radio, is a project collaboration between BBC R&D, Mudlark and MCQN ltd. It … Continue reading
April 28, 2013
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I was at a party yesterday and someone reminded me of the mini series – Ikea Heights. Ikea Heights is a melodrama shot entirely in the Burbank California Ikea Store without the store knowing. Wonderful and cleverly done… Not super … Continue reading
April 3, 2013
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Yatse my favourite xbmc remote just launched a new plugin, which makes streaming locally to the android device, super simple… If you have enabled UPnp in your Xbmc installation and are Wifi connected to the same network as Xbmc you … Continue reading
March 19, 2013
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I saw this while waiting in line at Booths today… and thought The cord cutting group think is starting to take root… Of course i’d advise against it Interesting to see the whole cord cutting thing is starting to come … Continue reading
February 17, 2013
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Thanks to @richard79d – for dropping me a little pointer to Yatse the xbmc remote. I’m thinking about paying for the complete version already and removing the official xbmc remote. It has all the same features but its just well … Continue reading
February 12, 2013
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I won’t lie, I’ve already seen Cloud Atlas a few times. I couldn’t wait and I’m very glad I did, as the film is so complex and very true to the book. Everytime I see it I’m amazed in how … Continue reading
February 10, 2013
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Just about to make a number of changes to my ageing network. First up, its time to upgrade my XBMC box in the living room, to something more modern and smaller. Right now I’m using a Lenovo Thinkcentre A55 mini … Continue reading
January 10, 2013
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Following my last post … Theres a another interesting thing Gabe said in his interview about the steam box, Do you envision a Steam Box connecting to other screens outside the living room? The Steam Box will also be a … Continue reading
December 29, 2012
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I’ve been doing this type of list [1][2][3] for a while but when I saw filmstate’s Top 5 movies 2012 you may have missed. I was in total agreement with so much of the list, I felt 5 was too … Continue reading
December 25, 2012
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I recently bought a Raspberry pi from RS and it actually came before Christmas, so during the holidays I hooked it up and installed OpenElec after reading about the different XBMC versions you could install. I decided to replace my … Continue reading
September 8, 2012
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My Samsung LCD gave up the ghost recently and although its fixable with a soldering iron and new capacitor. I pretty much decided a while ago that its time for an upgrade. I bought the Samsung almost 6 years ago … Continue reading
August 27, 2012
by ianforrester
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UKNova has always been a interesting place for a clue about the future (specially when they use to share the data of how many people were downloading what, and from which country). Its existed way before bbc iplayer, 4od and … Continue reading
August 11, 2012
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I had the pleasure to experience the BBC Ultra hight definition and NHK’s Super Hi-Vision again today. There has been enough wrote about about Super Hi-Vision on the R&D Blog but I wanted to give my view on it. 16 … Continue reading
July 14, 2012
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I always wondered why XBMC wasn’t available on Android, its been on iOS for a long while now. I assume its the different types of hardware which might have caused the massive delay? Well its happening and today there was … Continue reading
July 7, 2012
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Some of you may know the struggle I’ve had over years to find a home media server solution. I’ve tried many things but in the end I just run Ubuntu LTS because I know it well. Over time, I tried … Continue reading