Building Your Home Media Center MCE 2011

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16. Mostly in iTunes\n
17. iTunes as the "digital hub"\n
18. Music\nMovies\nTV Shows\nStreaming media from the Internet (also Hulu, Vudu, Amazon Instant Video, and others)\nBuy or rent movies & buy TV shows from iTunes for use on the Mac, iPad, iPhone or Apple TV\n
19. Sports, both live and games on demand\nMajor League Baseball\nBasketball\nHockey\nFootball\n
20. Sports, both live and games on demand\nMajor League Baseball\nBasketball\nHockey\nFootball\n
21. Sports, both live and games on demand\nMajor League Baseball\nBasketball\nHockey\nFootball\n
22. Sports, both live and games on demand\nMajor League Baseball\nBasketball\nHockey\nFootball\n
23. Sadly, no coverage of the coolest sport of all.\n
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30. • iTunes is a decent way to manage your files, especially if you want to get media from the iTunes Store. But it's not the only way, as we'll see\n• 2 TB drives are the sweet spot now; you can get external ones for as low as $80\n\n
31. • iTunes is a decent way to manage your files, especially if you want to get media from the iTunes Store. But it's not the only way, as we'll see\n• 2 TB drives are the sweet spot now; you can get external ones for as low as $80\n\n
32. • iTunes is a decent way to manage your files, especially if you want to get media from the iTunes Store. But it's not the only way, as we'll see\n• 2 TB drives are the sweet spot now; you can get external ones for as low as $80\n\n
33. • iTunes is a decent way to manage your files, especially if you want to get media from the iTunes Store. But it's not the only way, as we'll see\n• 2 TB drives are the sweet spot now; you can get external ones for as low as $80\n\n
34. • iTunes is a decent way to manage your files, especially if you want to get media from the iTunes Store. But it's not the only way, as we'll see\n• 2 TB drives are the sweet spot now; you can get external ones for as low as $80\n\n
35. • Big hard drive (in our case it's a NAS)\n• Feeds into a Mac running media server software\n• Media streams over your wireless or wired network\n• To your living room hardware\n• And finally via HDMI to your A/V receiver or TV\n
36. • Big hard drive (in our case it's a NAS)\n• Feeds into a Mac running media server software\n• Media streams over your wireless or wired network\n• To your living room hardware\n• And finally via HDMI to your A/V receiver or TV\n
37. • Big hard drive (in our case it's a NAS)\n• Feeds into a Mac running media server software\n• Media streams over your wireless or wired network\n• To your living room hardware\n• And finally via HDMI to your A/V receiver or TV\n
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39. Need video and audio adapter cables to use Macs; get them at Monoprice.\n
40. Need video and audio adapter cables to use Macs; get them at Monoprice.\n
41. Need video and audio adapter cables to use Macs; get them at Monoprice.\n
42. Need video and audio adapter cables to use Macs; get them at Monoprice.\n
43. • BD650 has wired Ethernet and same other features for about $30 less\n• Streaming doesn't include the Blockbuster streaming service at this time, but it could be added by LG via a firmware update\n• We've got DLNA server software built into our NAS, so we can stream all kinds of stuff directly from the NAS, at the best quality, but it has a poor user interface\n\n
44. • BD650 has wired Ethernet and same other features for about $30 less\n• Streaming doesn't include the Blockbuster streaming service at this time, but it could be added by LG via a firmware update\n• We've got DLNA server software built into our NAS, so we can stream all kinds of stuff directly from the NAS, at the best quality, but it has a poor user interface\n\n
45. • BD650 has wired Ethernet and same other features for about $30 less\n• Streaming doesn't include the Blockbuster streaming service at this time, but it could be added by LG via a firmware update\n• We've got DLNA server software built into our NAS, so we can stream all kinds of stuff directly from the NAS, at the best quality, but it has a poor user interface\n\n
46. • BD650 has wired Ethernet and same other features for about $30 less\n• Streaming doesn't include the Blockbuster streaming service at this time, but it could be added by LG via a firmware update\n• We've got DLNA server software built into our NAS, so we can stream all kinds of stuff directly from the NAS, at the best quality, but it has a poor user interface\n\n
47. • BD650 has wired Ethernet and same other features for about $30 less\n• Streaming doesn't include the Blockbuster streaming service at this time, but it could be added by LG via a firmware update\n• We've got DLNA server software built into our NAS, so we can stream all kinds of stuff directly from the NAS, at the best quality, but it has a poor user interface\n\n
48. • BD650 has wired Ethernet and same other features for about $30 less\n• Streaming doesn't include the Blockbuster streaming service at this time, but it could be added by LG via a firmware update\n• We've got DLNA server software built into our NAS, so we can stream all kinds of stuff directly from the NAS, at the best quality, but it has a poor user interface\n\n
49. • BD650 has wired Ethernet and same other features for about $30 less\n• Streaming doesn't include the Blockbuster streaming service at this time, but it could be added by LG via a firmware update\n• We've got DLNA server software built into our NAS, so we can stream all kinds of stuff directly from the NAS, at the best quality, but it has a poor user interface\n\n
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61. • Plex server and client can be the same Mac, hooked directly to your TV or AV receiver via HDMI\n
62. • Plex server and client can be the same Mac, hooked directly to your TV or AV receiver via HDMI\n
63. • Plex server and client can be the same Mac, hooked directly to your TV or AV receiver via HDMI\n
64. • Plex server and client can be the same Mac, hooked directly to your TV or AV receiver via HDMI\n
65. • Plex server and client can be the same Mac, hooked directly to your TV or AV receiver via HDMI\n
66. • Plex server and client can be the same Mac, hooked directly to your TV or AV receiver via HDMI\n
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