One Voice Technologies, Inc., developer of 4th Generation voice solutions for the Telecom and Interactive Multimedia markets, today announced the availability of its new Media Center Communicator(TM) version 3 for Windows Vista Media Center. Media Center Communicator allows users to simply speak to play music, view photos and videos, watch TV, place Skype calls and control your Xbox 360. Media […]
Read moreThursday's are as reliable Media Center Show days as the Lakers are to not having a full squad on the court at any given time due to injuries. This week up, Ian's got Steven from Vidabox, makers of OEM Media Center systems. 01:00 Coming up this week 01:57 Email –Niveus Pocket Remote 03:23 Email – Webguide 4.0 03:47 Missing guide […]
Read moreCompetition's always good for the consumer, so I think this isn't a bad idea at all, since Apple does seem to be getting a little too powerful. Smith said he wanted the Beeb's iPlayer to become the platform for delivering video content over the Web. "We would be delighted if other major UK broadcasters wanted to join us and make […]
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$2600 is a lot of money to spend, but [H] Consumer has a lot of good things to say about AVADirect. I don't know though, personally, if I spent $2600 I'd be looking for a system with a little more than only 224gb, and 1 tuner. And does an HTPC really need a Geforce 8800 GTS? Nevertheless, we were in […]
Read moreI remember how difficult it was selling people on HDTV's back in the day, and now it seems TiVo's having a similar problem justifying their obscenely expensive HD TiVo unit considering there's still only a limited number of HD channels. "The other clear learning at retail is that High-Definition television sets are the most important new consumer electronics item," Rogers […]
Read moreI used to work retail tech support, and let me tell you, nothing is more reliable at breaking down than combo devices: DVD/VCR, TV/DVD, etc. So I can only imagine how happy you'd be to live without your microwave while you have to get your tv repaired. Do LCD TV's really take up so much space that you have to […]
Read moreHmm….so macrovision is the company that made your videos go lighter & darker if you tried to copy them from VHS to VHS…..and now they're trying to go for the online movie distribution? Any bets for how long until this gets cracked? Netflix, the world’s largest online movie rental service, will use Macrovision’s technology to help expand the selection of […]
Read moreI know I said I wouldn't be posting news about WHS, but I feel like I've got to give Ian the credit for taking the time to do so. I still feel there's a lot of potential for it, and HTPC's aside, if you've got several systems at home, it's not a bad way to keep a safe backup. I […]
Read moreIt'll be interesting to see how this develops. There's some interesting ways to interpret, and some good news, and some bad news. Oddly enough though, it says the new act would allow people to skip commercials? Um….pretty sure I do that already and am not breaking the law. But, there's some bad too: In fact, consumers could not copy DVDs […]
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Ian's got a post about a new feature of Orb which provides an MCE-like interface you can access from any computer, and thus stream your content. Personally, I think the design is awful. Considering all the different plugins I've seen, and considering the designs Orb's interface normally has, I'm surprised. I wonder if some developer just designed this in his […]
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