The Daily Button – June 25th, 2008

There has been a LOT of Vista Media Center news floating around the web the last few days. Here is my chance to catch you guys up on some of the good stuff. As always, I will take this time to point you guys to our advertisers if you are in the market for HTPC parts, great plugins for your Vista Media Center install or an Extender.

Cyberestore.com – Carries HTPC related stuff such as tuner cards and the HDHomeRun

Big Screen Global – Has 10′ plugins such as Big Screen Weather, Big Screen Photos, Big Screen Contacts& Big Screen Headlines

HP/Microsoft – They are currently holding a series of webinars dedicated to the release of HP’s newest extender.

The build log has screeched to an ugly halt right now. Everything seems to be going a bit haywire, as such, I am going to spend the next few days carefully reinstalling WHS and VMC from scratch and get back to my Avermedia Bravo review and building my digital library :).


VMC News: Update to provide broader support in Media Center extenders and newer TV STB @ Microsoft

VMC News: Has Media Center been a "Miss" for Microsoft? @ Chris L

VMC News: 2008 Olympics to be a new online spotlight @ TV Tonic

VMC News: Vista Media Center – Continued improvement @ Floppyhead

VMC News: MceFM 1.0 Released @ MceFM

VMC News: Movie Collector 5.6 is out @ Collectorz.com

BTV News: Beyond 4.8.2 @ BeyondTV

Display Device News: Mitsubishi launches laser based DLP TVs @ Electronic House

Display Device News: The Pros & Cons of LCD TVs @ Electronic House

Video Card News: AMD HD 4800 series vid card review @ Hardocp , Elite Bastards , Tech Report

Misc News: Brand HDD dock review @ Madshrimps

Cooler News: Zerotherm Zen FZ120 Cooler review @ Hardware Logic

Optical Drive News: Lite-On EZ Dub review @ Overlockers Online

PSU News: OCZ EliteXstream 800W PSU review @ APH Networks