https://www.neowin.net/news/tag/htpc/ Neowin News Feed for: Htpc en-us Neowin Ignition News editor@neowin.net (Managing Editor) developers@neowin.net (Neowin Developers) 5 https://www.neowin.net/images/pegasus/icon.png https://www.neowin.net https://www.neowin.net/reviews/ugreen-nasync-dh2300-review-an-ultra-low-powered-personal-cloud-and-streamer-nas/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2025/10/1761740365_20251027_142558_medium.webp" alt="" /></div>UGREEN is back with a small, low-powered NAS that wouldn&#039;t look out of place on a bookshelf, quietly sipping away at a few watts, even when in use. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/reviews/ugreen-nasync-dh2300-review-an-ultra-low-powered-personal-cloud-and-streamer-nas/">Read more...</a> Steven Parker Wed, 29 Oct 2025 23:00:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/reviews/ugreen-nasync-dh2300-review-an-ultra-low-powered-personal-cloud-and-streamer-nas/ #UGREEN #NASyncDH2300 #NAS @aSteveParker https://www.neowin.net/news/this-windows-10-pro-tiny-intel-mini-pc-is-selling-for-a-great-price-for-today/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2022/01/1641585189_awow_mini_pc_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>The AWOW Mini PC AL34, a tiny Intel Atom mini PC with Windows 10 Pro installed is selling for 15% off on Amazon. The Mini PC is powered by a capable quad-core Atom, 8GB of DDR4 RAM, and 128GB SSD. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/this-windows-10-pro-tiny-intel-mini-pc-is-selling-for-a-great-price-for-today/">Read more...</a> Sayan Sen Fri, 07 Jan 2022 20:28:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/this-windows-10-pro-tiny-intel-mini-pc-is-selling-for-a-great-price-for-today/ #AmazonDeal #MiniPC #HTPC @ssc_combater007 https://www.neowin.net/news/amd039s-new-rx-6500-xt-and-rx-6400-limited-to-just-pcie-x4-lacks-av1-decode-and-hevc-encode/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2022/01/1641479415_6500_xt_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>AMD&#039;s new Navi 23-based budget cards, the Radeon RX 6500 XT and the RX 6400 are limited to just four channels of PCIe bandwidth. The cards also lack AV1 decoding and H.265/ HEVC encoding support. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/amd039s-new-rx-6500-xt-and-rx-6400-limited-to-just-pcie-x4-lacks-av1-decode-and-hevc-encode/">Read more...</a> Sayan Sen Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:24:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/amd039s-new-rx-6500-xt-and-rx-6400-limited-to-just-pcie-x4-lacks-av1-decode-and-hevc-encode/ #rx6500xt #rx6400 #AMDRadeon @ssc_combater007 https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-222--1230/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/12/media-portal_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>MediaPortal is a free open source media center software, ideal for turning your PC into a very advanced multimedia center, or Home Theater PC, to view all your digital media in your living room. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-222--1230/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:26:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-222--1230/ https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-175-released-for-download/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/07/kodi_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Kodi is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. Kodi is available for Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-175-released-for-download/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Mon, 23 Oct 2017 11:00:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-175-released-for-download/ https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-174/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/07/kodi_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Kodi is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. Kodi is available for Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-174/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:34:02 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-174/ https://www.neowin.net/software/the-first-release-candidate-of-kodi-174-is-out/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/07/kodi_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Kodi is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. Kodi is available for Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/the-first-release-candidate-of-kodi-174-is-out/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:10:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/the-first-release-candidate-of-kodi-174-is-out/ https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-1170/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/12/media-portal_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>MediaPortal is a free open source media center software, ideal for turning your PC into a very advanced multimedia center, or Home Theater PC, to view all your digital media in your living room. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-1170/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Mon, 03 Jul 2017 11:16:02 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-1170/ https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-173-released-for-download/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/07/kodi_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Kodi is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. Kodi is available for Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-173-released-for-download/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Thu, 25 May 2017 13:10:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-173-released-for-download/ https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-172-released-with-important-security-bug-fix/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/07/kodi_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Kodi is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. Kodi is available for Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-172-released-with-important-security-bug-fix/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Tue, 23 May 2017 20:04:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-172-released-with-important-security-bug-fix/ https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-171/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/07/kodi_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Kodi is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. Kodi is available for Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-171/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Mon, 20 Mar 2017 21:28:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-171/ https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-170/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/07/kodi_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Kodi is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. Kodi is available for Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-170/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:50:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-170/ https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-161/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/07/kodi_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Kodi is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. Kodi is available for Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-161/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Sun, 24 Apr 2016 18:44:02 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-161/ https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-1140/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/12/media-portal_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>MediaPortal is a free open source media center software, ideal for turning your PC into a very advanced multimedia center, or Home Theater PC, to view all your digital media in your living room. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-1140/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:22:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-1140/ https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-160/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/07/kodi_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Kodi is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. Kodi is available for Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-160/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Sat, 20 Feb 2016 21:38:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-160/ https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-1130/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/12/media-portal_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>MediaPortal is a free open source media center software, ideal for turning your PC into a very advanced multimedia center, or Home Theater PC, to view all your digital media in your living room. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-1130/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Thu, 24 Dec 2015 15:54:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-1130/ https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-151/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/07/kodi_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Kodi is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. Kodi is available for Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-151/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Sun, 16 Aug 2015 18:54:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-151/ https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-150/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2015/07/kodi_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>Kodi is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. Kodi is available for Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-150/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Wed, 22 Jul 2015 12:26:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/kodi-150/ https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-ecs-liva-64gb-mini-pc-review-a-tiny-efficient-htpc-kit/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2014/11/post_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>On top of being so inexpensive and compact, the ECS Liva is efficient -- so much so that it can be powered by a USB power bank. It has a fanless design and promises to deliver smooth 1080p playback. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-ecs-liva-64gb-mini-pc-review-a-tiny-efficient-htpc-kit/">Read more...</a> Julio Franco Mon, 03 Nov 2014 08:54:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-ecs-liva-64gb-mini-pc-review-a-tiny-efficient-htpc-kit/ https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-fanless-htpc---intel-bay-trail-d-pentium-j2900--asrock-q2900-itx-review/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2014/09/8_post_medium.jpg" alt="" /></div>The Asrock Q2900-ITX ships with a Pentium J2900 on a Mini-ITX board for $104, pricing it straight against AMD&#039;s Kabini Athlon 5350 and aimed at people looking to build a fanless HTPC. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-fanless-htpc---intel-bay-trail-d-pentium-j2900--asrock-q2900-itx-review/">Read more...</a> Julio Franco Mon, 29 Sep 2014 09:14:01 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-fanless-htpc---intel-bay-trail-d-pentium-j2900--asrock-q2900-itx-review/ https://www.neowin.net/software/xbmc-132/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/97288997XBMC.jpg" alt="" /></div>XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/xbmc-132/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Sun, 17 Aug 2014 20:29:27 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/xbmc-132/ https://www.neowin.net/software/xbmc-130/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/97288997XBMC.jpg" alt="" /></div>XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/xbmc-130/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Sun, 04 May 2014 17:34:07 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/xbmc-130/ https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-170/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/258058650MediaPortal.jpg" alt="" /></div>MediaPortal is a free open source media center software, ideal for turning your PC into a very advanced multimedia center, or Home Theater PC, to view all your digital media in your living room. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-170/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:06:23 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-170/ https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-asrock-vision-ht-420d-htpc-review/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/1911151343.png" alt="" /></div>The tiny Vision HT 420D has plenty of HTPC-friendly features including Blu-ray support, a remote control, Asrock&#039;s spin on MHL and Intel&#039;s Haswell architecture. At $660 without OS, is it worth it? <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-asrock-vision-ht-420d-htpc-review/">Read more...</a> Julio Franco Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:32:41 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-asrock-vision-ht-420d-htpc-review/ https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-160/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/1324427396MediaPortal_Icon.jpg" alt="" /></div>MediaPortal is a free open source media center software, ideal for turning your PC into a very advanced multimedia center, or Home Theater PC, to view all your digital media in your living room. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-160/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:40:42 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/mediaportal-160/ https://www.neowin.net/software/xbmc-123/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/97288997XBMC.jpg" alt="" /></div>XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/xbmc-123/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Tue, 24 Dec 2013 23:45:53 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/xbmc-123/ https://www.neowin.net/software/xbmc-122/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/97288997XBMC.jpg" alt="" /></div>XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/xbmc-122/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Fri, 03 May 2013 20:01:22 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/xbmc-122/ https://www.neowin.net/software/xbmc-110/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/97288997XBMC.jpg" alt="" /></div>XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. <a href="https://www.neowin.net/software/xbmc-110/">Read more...</a> Razvan Serea Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:41:28 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/software/xbmc-110/ https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-asrock-coreht-252b-htpc-review/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/1911151343.png" alt="" /></div>Asrock had a hectic showing during this year's Taipei Computex, armed to the teeth with various new products including motherboards based on newfangled chipsets such as the Intel Z68 and AMD 990FX. Despite showcasing a... <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-asrock-coreht-252b-htpc-review/">Read more...</a> Julio Franco Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:33:52 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-asrock-coreht-252b-htpc-review/ https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-asrock-vision-3d-htpc-review/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/1911151343.png" alt="" /></div>Asrock's Mini PC line has expanded with the recent introduction of the Vision 3D HTPC, by far their most ambitious model yet. Asrock went back to the drawing board and came up with the Vision 3D... <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-asrock-vision-3d-htpc-review/">Read more...</a> Julio Franco Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:05:16 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-asrock-vision-3d-htpc-review/ https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-patriot-box-office-media-player-review/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="/images/news/logos/1911151343.png" alt="" /></div>The digital age has brought about a new breed of media players designed to handle all your music, movies and television shows in a small compact package. With the growing popularity of Internet-based broadcasts, as... <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-patriot-box-office-media-player-review/">Read more...</a> Julio Franco Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:30:40 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/techspot-patriot-box-office-media-player-review/ https://www.neowin.net/news/siguardian-15-beta-build-197/ <div style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"><img src="" alt="" /></div>SIGuardian is the only tool that allows you to fully control health of your HDDs and prevent data loss from failures. Using S.M.A.R.T. technology included in all modern HDDs SIGuadian predicts the end date of... <a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/siguardian-15-beta-build-197/">Read more...</a> Daniel Fleshbourne Tue, 30 Oct 2001 13:13:18 +0000 https://www.neowin.net/news/siguardian-15-beta-build-197/ @dfleshbourne