Black Glass HD
The Black Glass HD skin is designed to be easy to use and has a simple and clear look. It should be controlled primarily with a remote or a keyboard. The resolution is 1920x1080. BasicHome screen should be used as default home page. The skin has been developed using Theatre as layout inspiration.
The skin has a stand alone editor which lets you edit your favorite basic home buttons and customise the background color of the whole skin. You can download the editor here: Black Glass HD 2.8.1 Basic Home Editor
Fanart is supported in every screen. It can be disabled during the installation process.
Using the Extras Package HD 2.8.1, several options are available:
- Two layouts for TV/Radio Guide - 8 or 12 lines
- Two layouts for myVideos shares - Posters or Thumbnails
- Two layouts for Volume Osd - Centered squared or Top Horizontal
- Three layouts for Osd - Border, Bottom or Top-Bottom
- Three different sound schemes
- Two different OSD Keyboards
- Two different Tv Mini Guides
- Possibility to remove static fanarts
Supported Plugins
- AirPortal
- Alarm
- Anime 2
- Blu-Ray / HD DVD plugin for Arcsoft player
- Browse the Web
- Burner
- Chess
- ClickMania
- Clipta Video Search
- Connect4
- Daily Comics
- Download Central
- EarthTV
- Emulators
- Fanart Handler
- FANatic Monitor
- File Explorer
- Films
- Frustration
- For The Record
- FritzBox Manager
- GeckoBrowser
- Global Music Search
- Hexxagon
- HNBTecaj
- HTPCInfo
- IMAP & POP3 Email Manager
- InfoService
- Intelligent Frame Correction - IFC
- IRSS MP Blast Zone
- Last.fm
- Lyrics
- MediaSlayer
- MediaTip
- Meteo.hr
- Minesweeper
- Moving Pictures
- MP3D 3D Renderer
- MpeInstaller
- mpNZB
- MP-TV Series
- Music (Songs/Genres)
- Music Videos
- Music Trivia
- MvCentral
- My Power Control
- News RSS
- OnlineVideos
- Online Photos & Friends (Open Social)
- Pictures
- Plugins
- Power Control
- Programs
- RadioTime
- Rockstar
- Scorecenter
- Screen Control
- Settings
- Shoutcast directory
- ShowTimes
- Skype (Skype4Mp)
- Simon
- Sleep Control
- Smartplaylists
- Stocks & Indices
- StreamRadio
- SubCentral
- Sudoku
- Tetris
- Teletext
- Torrents
- TV
- TvWishList
- Update Control
- Videos (Shares/Titles)
- Video Editor
- Volume Control
- Weather
- Wifi Manager
- Wikipedia
- World Clock
- WorldMap
- World Weather
- Yahtzee
- Youtube.fm
Thanks a lot.
But I'd say the best thing about this skin is how many different plugins it supports. Just read that list. How many other skins can do that? It even supports some very old plugins such as MyPrograms, plus my own personal favorite, MyAnime2.
As of writing this, the current versions of the Black Glass skins need to be updated to work with newer versions of some plugins (e.g. WorldWeather) but the skin's author constantly works on it to keep up with things. Good support is good to have.
Had to go through Mediaportal setup again.
Thank you very much for your grateful evaluation on months of hard work!
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