Dec
13
X10SDV-F: VMware 6.0 Passthrough Fail (Part 1)
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I recently picked up an X10SDV-F to use in my home lab. The goal was to replace some aging components, including an older virtual server and my loud and power hungry firewall. The X10SDV features an 8-core/16-thread 45W CPU, and can support up to 128GB of ram, has two 1GB NICS, two 10GB NICS and [...]
Jun
22
NextPVR and XBMC
Filed Under Home Server, Media Center, Projects, Storage Server, Television | 1 Comment
This weekend I had a bit more time to poke around with the HDHR Prime. Since this is a network streaming device, it works great for watching TV, but in order to use it as a DVR it takes a little bit of extra work. I initially looked at using an old MediaPortal installation, since [...]
Jun
20
HDHomeRun Prime
Filed Under Home Server, Home Theater, Projects, Television, Virtual Server | 2 Comments
Six years ago I built a Media Center that used a Hauppauge WinTVHVR1600 TV Tuner. This was great at the time, when HD was not really a concern. However, I have since come to find HD-content as a standard rather than an upgrade, and my old analog tuner hasn’t been in use for years for [...]