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- About HSIHome System Integration was born out of the desire to share and learn new ways of connecting the different technologies many of us have throughout the home. From connecting a game console to a surround sound receiver to setting up a streaming media server, there seems to be a multitude of way in accomplishing these tasks. The crew at Home System Integration (HSI), being a group of IT professionals with an affinity for home theater and home technology, thought this would be a great place to share what we know in hopes that the rest of the world will share what they know in return! That idea has evolved into creating something bigger. This isn’t just a website with reviews and articles, this is meant to be interactive! This is about creating a community where no matter what your skill level, no matter how obscure the question, there will be someone here that can answer it! So please, come visit often! Share your opinions, knowledge, and especially your “lessons learned” about how to create something technologically stunning in your homes! Home System Integration Team Member Bio’s Tom Abell (a.k.a. Billy) – Editor in Chief Put simply, Tom loves technology! He’s…
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Experience Windows Home Server Vail on a Virtual Machine
1Are you chomping at the bit to check out the newest version of Windows Home Server codenamed “Vail”, but don’t have the extra hardware to build a new server? (remember, it needs to be 64bit hardware!) Well, our friends over at Using Windows Home Server …
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How much machine does it take for a great HTPC experience?
Having just given you a little taste of what Windows Home Server (WHS) has the capability to do, especially as we introduce some of the features brought by WHS “add-ins”, I figured it might be a good time to have a brief discussion about what …
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Enhancing your Windows Home Server functionality with Add-ins
With as busy as people seem to be these days, it’s easy for me to understand being tempted to just throw in one of the many NAS (Network Attached Storage) solutions out there that support UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) protocols. Briefly, adding UPnP support …
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Boxee – a serious contender for your Media Streaming bandwidth.
For the past 3 years a small group of 11 people have quietly worked with Mr. Avner Ronen, the CEO & co-founder of Boxee on an idea born from a group of 5 friends who began using Xbox Media Center (XBMC – open source software …
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How will Hi-Def Streaming Media affect the cable and satellite companies?
A few weeks ago I did an article about Hulu’s announcement to introduce a paid service in addition to their now existing free content. This “Plus” service, which will cost $9.99 could very well be just one example of how things are about to drastically …
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Will Netflix’s latest moves concerning streaming media be enough to compete with the new contenders?
Netflix has come out with two major announcements over the past two weeks detailing strategic moves that will certainly solidify their position at the top of the heap in the rapidly changing world of Streaming Media. While these moves certainly mark a continued shift in …
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