Backdraft (Jane Jenkins and T.B.D.)
Apollo 13 (Geoffrey Blake and Jane Jenkins)
Forrest Gump (Markus Alexander and Geoffrey Blake)
Clear and Present Danger (John Lafayette and Markus Alexander)
Patriot Games (Richard Harris and John Lafayette)
Gladiator (Tommy Flanagan and Richard Harris)
The Saint (Val Kilmer and Tommy Flanagan)
Top Gun (Michael Ironside and Val Kilmer) [70]
Starship Troopers (Neil Patrick Harris and Michael Ironside)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (John Cho and Neil Patrick Harris)
American Pie 2 (Casey Affleck and John Cho)
American Pie (Jason Biggs and Casey Affleck)
Jersey Girl (Jennifer Schwalbach Smith and Jason Biggs)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Kevin Smith and Jennifer Schwalbach Smith)
Dogma (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith)
Chasing Amy (Brian O'Halloran and Jason Mewes)
Mallrats (Jason Lee and Brian O'Halloran)
Enemy of the State (Alexandra Balahoutis and Jason Lee) [60]
National Treasure (Don McManus and Alexandra Balahoutis)
Hannibal (Frankie Faison and Don McManus)
Silence of the Lambs (Anthony Heald and Frankie Faison)
Red Dragon (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Anthony Heald)
Almost Famous (Rainn Wilson and Philip Seymour Hoffman)
Galaxy Quest (Jeremy Howard and Rainn Wilson)
Men in Black II (Brad Abrell and Jeremy Howard)
Men in Black (Will Smith and Brad Abrell)
I, Robot (Simon Baker and Will Smith)
Shanghai Noon (Lucy Liu and Simon Baker) [50]
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Chia Hui Liu and Lucy Liu)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Michael Bowen and Chia Hui Liu)
Jackie Brown (Laura Lovelace and Michael Bowen)
Pulp Fiction (Linda Kaye and Laura Lovelace)
Reservoir Dogs (Steve Buscemi and Linda Kaye)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Keith David and Steve Buscemi)
The Replacements (Faizon Love and Keith David)
Blue Crush (Michelle Rodriguez and Faizon Love)
S.W.A.T. (Benjamin King and Michelle Rodriguez)
Lethal Weapon 4 (John Harms and Benjamin King) [40]
Lethal Weapon 3 (Marian Collier and John Harms)
Lethal Weapon 2 (Patrick Cameron and Marian Collier)
Lethal Weapon (Paul Tuerpe and Patrick Cameron)
Maverick (Stephen Liska and Paul Tuerpe)
Conspiracy Theory (Christo Morse and Stephen Liska)
Hackers (Wendell Pierce and Christo Morse)
Ray (Rick Gomez and Wendell Pierce)
Three to Tango (John C. McGinley and Rick Gomez)
Se7en (Lennie Loftin and John C. McGinley)
The Sum of All Fears (Stefan Kalipha and Lennie Loftin) [30]
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Pat Roach and Stefan Kalipha)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Frank Marshall and Pat Roach)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Alfred Molina and Frank Marshall)
Ladyhawke (Ken Hutchison and Alfred Molina)
Straw Dogs (Dustin Hoffman and Ken Hutchison)
Rain Man (Ray Baker and Dustin Hoffman)
Without a Paddle (Bruce Phillips and Ray Baker)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Stephen Ure and Bruce Phillips)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Katie Jackson and Stephen Ure)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Viggo Mortensen and Katie Jackson) [20]
Crimson Tide (Gene Hackman and Viggo Mortensen)
Superman IV (Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman)
Superman III (Jackie Cooper and Christopher Reeve)
Superman II (Ned Beatty and Jackie Cooper)
Superman (Robert O'Neill and Ned Beatty)
Twelve Monkeys (Bruce Willis and Robert O'Neill)
Mercury Rising (Chi McBride and Bruce Willis)
The Terminal (John Williams and Chi McBride)
Star Wars: Episode VI (Anthony Daniels and John Williams))
Star Wars: Episode V (Peter Mayhew and Anthony Daniels) [10]
Star Wars: Episode IV (James Earl Jones and Peter Mayhew)
The Hunt For Red October (Stellan Skarsgård and James Earl Jones)
Ronin (Jean Reno and Stellan Skarsgård)
Godzilla (1998) (Ben Bode and Jean Reno)
Empire Records (Liv Tyler and Ben Bode)
Armageddon (Owen Wilson and Liv Tyler)
Permanent Midnight (Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson)
Keeping the Faith (Edward Norton and Ben Stiller)
Rounders (Edward Norton - Starting Film)

URL: Markus Alexander

While the Harmony is still charging (nice rechargable battery needs to get fully charged before first use), I got the HTPC playing DVDs and all my TV shows are working perfectly (though one cover needs to be switched). Next up: Getting the remote working perfectly. I originally bought the Harmony because I was upset with the iMon remote that came with the case - but since I restarted the computer - the remote works much better.

So maybe the Harmony will go back...we'll just see how well it controls all of my theater components - if it works as advertised, I'll keep it, but if it can't get all of my devices to the right settings with one button, it'll go back.

URL: Logitech Products > Harmony� Remote Controls

I knew there was a reason I blogged everything and saved all my old bookmarks.

Today I picked up the Logitech Harmony 880 remote at BestBuy (shudder), but they have a good return policy, so if it doesn't work as I want it to, I can easily return it in a week or two.

To setup the remote, it's all done over the internet and then it's uploaded to the remote via USB. To setup each device, you need the make and model number.

I checked the back of my TV and had no idea what model number it was (luckily the page below which chronicled my building a MAME cabinet had the exact number). And then, I couldn't find my DVD player model number, but luckily, my old bookmarks included a link to this site where I learned how to make my DVD player region free and Macrovision free. So I've got:

Onkyo HT-R320 Receiver
Toshiba 27A41 TV
Daewoo DVD-5800
Scientific Atlanta 8000 Cable Box

Those are all setup and now...we just have to figure out how to get it working with my new HTPC - which was the main reason for purchasing the device. However, I've read that it has problems with the included iMon receiver, so if that's the case, I'll have to hack that or just take the remote back.

URL: Blake's MAME Cabinet

Windows XP Media Center Edition is here. It's running. And it works flawlessly. I've got drive letters Y: and Z: mapped to my main computer sharing Audio and Video off of the 848 gig RAID array. I've got Meedio's TV plugin working and giving me access to Arrested Development, Da Ali G Show, Deadwood, MacGyver, MI-5, Scrubs, Seinfeld, Viva La Bam, and The X-Files all on demand.

I've got 47.2 gigs of music all on demand. And there's more coming. DVDs should be able to stream without problems - just have to set those up next and then we're done.

I've got a slight audio problem which I need to adjust - the television shows are quiet when compared to the rest of the sounds and the remote is too sensitive. Hopefully I can get something like the Harmony 880 and alleviate those problems since I'm already sick of the remote jumping where it shouldn't (but I do believe the Harmony will solve all those problems). I'll keep ya updated.

URL: Meedio - Media Center PC, DVR And Automation Software For The Digital Home

Well, I think it's done. Other than one slight upgrade I want to do in the future (I want to re-install WinXP and to do so, I want to upgrade my hard drive to the recently released 147 GB Western Digital Raptor), I think it's complete.

Final Configuration of the newly-named Zeus:

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
AMD Opteron 175 Dual Core 2.2 GHz 1MB L2 Cache
Zalman 7700AlCu Cooler
74 GB 10,000RPM Western Digital Hard Drive (69.23 usable gigs)
4x300 GB 7,200RPM Maxtor Hard Drives in RAID5 Array (838.38 usable gigs)
Plextor PX-716SA DVD±RW Dual Layer SATA DVD-ROM
OCZ Platinum RAM 2x1GB PC3200
eVGA 7800 GT Video Card 256 MB RAM
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music Sound Card
Antec NeoPower 480 Modular Power Supply (Seasonic S12 600W Power Supply in the mail to be installed)
Antec P160 Case with 2x120mm cooling fans
Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
Ergodex DX1 Input System
Logitech Cordless Trackman Wheel
Klipsch 2.1 THX Certified Speakers
Viewsonic VA720 17" Monitor (to be upgraded in the future to Dell 2007FPW or 2407FPW)

Ok, so I thought I was done upgrading, but I guess I'm not...monitor definitely needs to go up in size and the Viewsonic will make a nice secondary monitor (I need multiple monitors after working on them every day at work) and the hard drive upgrade would be very nice and coming soon...

The HTPC is awaiting an operating system at this point (which is in the same shipment as the Seasonic S12 600W power supply) and then I can get it running. Stats on the HTPC:

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard
AMD XP64 3700+ 2.4GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache
Thermalright XP90 Cooler
Patriot Extreme Performance RAM 2x1GB PC3200
nVidia 6600 GT Video Card 128MB RAM
Chaintech 7.1 Audio Card
BenQ 1620PRO DVD±RW Dual Layer DVD-ROM
Samsung Spinpoint P80 80GB Hard Drive
Silverstone LC-14M Case
Seasonic S12 430W Power Supply

Can't wait to get it up and running!

URL: Zeus