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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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Adding and removing a hard drive into a Windows Home Server
6I quickly realized that my new Windows Home Server “Vail” workstation had no extra disk to be used for the nightly (if configured so) backups of each workstation I have connected to it from the warnings that were popping up on the workstation and laptop I had connected to the Vail side of the house. It just so happen to turn out that Micro Center was having a sale on 1TB drives…
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Clearing up questions about TV signals – a must read!
Timothy Daleo over at Using Windows Home Server website put together a great article describing the different TV signals we have together and explains it all!
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Gizmodo recognizes the trend in Home System Integration also!
A nice article by Jason Chen that brings the beginner up to Home Automation speed but more importantly, educates the masses on this impending transformation.
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The Media Center Show renamed to The Digital Lifestyle Show, catch Show 273
Ian Dixon, of The Digital Lifestyle website has changed the name of his long running podcast to take into the account that the topics are starting to branch out from being Media Center centric and now encompass technologies throughout all of the connected home. This …
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How to create a Windows Home Server 2011 boot disk on a USB Drive.
Step by Step instructions on how to create a USB Boot disk for a Windows Home Server “Vail” testing server.
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Android enters Home Control market by way of Slingbox founder
Being pretty much completely sold on Android since getting my Evo 4G, I was pretty excited to hear the news that my good friend Louis Gray sent my way about something exiting in the home-control industry coming down the pipe here soon. Google, by way …
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10 Steps to Connect a computer to your Windows Home Server Vail
Here’s a short, sweet, and thorough tutorial on how to connect a computer (PC and / or Laptop) to a Windows Home Server Vail:
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Industry Insights – David Wilson
David, it sure is strange how the universe works sometimes isn’t it? Can you believe that it was around 10 years ago that we were “fragging” together in Quake III Rocket Arena as part of LoD? Wow…seems like eons ago. What a crazy circumstance that …
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