How To Setup a Cheap Tivo Substitute
A Tivo like system can be setup relatively cheaply if you know the hardware you need to get. We will look at how to set this up on your home PC without breaking the bank. To proceed, you will need to have your Satellite dish, receiver, a home PC and a PC TV card. We will go into the specifics of the PC TV card later, but for now these are the requirements. The idea is to be able to record TV programs from your Satellite receiver directly to your PC. You can then store your recorded TV programs as highly compressed DivX or Xvid formatted files with minimal loss of quality. The main problem with this is the fact that you cannot connect your Satellite receiver directly to your PC. This is where the PC TV card comes in handy. The PC TV ...

Watch movie DVDs and video files right on your computer with FREE AVS DVD Player.
Online Media Technologies Ltd., the owner of www.avsmedia.com project releases freeware AVS DVD Player v1.3., an absolutely free program for playing back of DVDs and video files. Thanks to the latest improvements this free AVS DVD Player gives you impressive video and audio quality with an easy navigation interface through the context menu. Apart from regular DVD (PAL, NTSC, VCD, SVCD) formats, also supported are: the entire range of MPEG4 (including DivX, XviD, etc.), MPEG1, MPEG2, AVI, Real Media video, Quick Time files, WMV files (including WMV-HD), H.263, H.264, mobile video formats (3GP, 3GP2, MP4). This strong compatibility makes free AVS DVD Player a universal player. The free package also introduces the enhanced audio featu ...

Video Converters 101
Your PC may contain hundreds of video files, all encoded differently - AVI, MPEG, RM, WMV, DVD, VCD, MOV, etc. If you are looking for video conveter tools, here are some suggestions.

Creative Announces the ZEN® X-Fi®2 – Next Generation Player Adds a 3-inch Touch Screen, Higher Quality Sound with the Latest X-Fi Tec
Creative launches the ZEN X-Fi2 portable media player with a touch screen.