Asus has released a few devices over the years designed to turn your TV into a media center. But the Asus CUBE is the company’s first device based on the Google TV platform. That means you can hook it up to your cable box and TV and use it to blur the lines between internet […]
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Mizuu media center app hits 2.0, adds support for Google TV, Samba sharing, more
Mizuu is a media center app for Android which lets you manage and watch movies, TV shows, and internet video on an Android device. The 99 cent app may not be quite as versatile as XBMC, but it’s easier to set up, and it was available for Android first. Like XBMC and other media center […]
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$79 GameStick video game console becomes a media center with XBMC support
The GameStick is an upcoming device which lets you turn your TV into a video game console by sticking a $79 stick into the HDMI port to run Android video games which you can control using a wireless gamepad. But like many other game consoles, you’ll also be able to use the GameStick as a […]
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OpenELEC 3.0 released: Light-weight OS brings XBMC to more devices
OpenELEC is a Linux-based operating system designed to support the XBMC media center application. It basically turns a PC into a media center which brings audio, video, pictures, and more to your TV. The OpenELEC team has released version 3.0, which is based on XBMC 12.1 and which includes versions which support the Raspberry Pi […]
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XBMC 12.1 improves Android, iOS, Raspberry Pi performance
The XBMC team has released an updated version of the popular cross-platform media center application. While it brings bug fixes and improvements to Windows, Mac, and Linux, XBMC 12.1 also includes a number of improvements for mobile and low power devices such as the Raspberry Pi, Apple TV, and Android and iOS devices. Among other […]
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XBMC 13 Alpha media center now available for PC, mobile devices
It seems like just over a month has passed since XBMC 12 was released (because that’s how long it has been), but the developers of the popular media center software are already hard at work on XBMC 13. The first alpha builds of XBMC 13 are available for download for Windows, Linux, OS X, Android, iOS, […]
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This is what XBMC looks like on the $99 Ouya game console (and it looks good)
The Ouya $99 video game console should begin shipping soon. It’s designed to be an inexpensive box for playing Android games in the living room — but it can also function as a cheap media center. Ouya’s developers announced last year that the device would support the popular XBMC media center app, and now one […]
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Archos Video Player app now available for free (with ads)
The Archos Video Player app hit the Google Play Store a few months ago, letting anyone with an Android 4.0 or later device (and $4.99 to spare) run the media center app. Now there’s a free version of the Archos Video Player which you can try before deciding whether to spend your money. You can […]
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Plex for Android gets a makeover: Turns phones, tablets into media centers (and media servers)
2 Comments on Plex for Android gets a makeover: Turns phones, tablets into media centers (and media servers)Plex is a popular media center app which lets you navigate photos, music, and movies on a computer — or stream that content to other devices including phones, tablets, smart TVs and set-top boxes. Up until recently the Plex team’s Android app was functional, but kind of dull. But that will change when a brand […]
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Raspbmc hits 1.0: Turns a $35 Raspberry Pi into a media center PC
The Raspberry Pi is a tiny computer with a low-power processor and a low price tag. Originally designed to give schools an inexpensive tool for teaching kids to program and use computers, the $35 computer has a cult following among hobbyists who use it for everything from controlling robots to streaming internet video to a […]