For me, the most interesting thing about 802.11AC Wi-Fi comes down to bandwidth. While it can’t quite deliver the same speed and bullet-proof reliability as a full Cat6 wired installation, its capability comes at a fraction of the cost and much greater flexibility; dropping in an AC1750+ router + media bridge enables the same kind of “heavy” media consumption possibilities […]
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Even with a fancy new 802.11AC Wi-Fi router, it is almost impossible to avoid having a few dead spots in a house. Unfortunately, those corners where the wireless does not quite reach reliably also makes a great place to put a bean bag chair for some casual web browsing or over-the-top (OTT) media consumption. Now that this market has matured […]
Read moreI honestly don’t quite know how to feel about this finally officially confirmed news that the new XBox One won’t include the Media Center Extender infrastructure. I always suspected that this was the case, but officially hearing it is a sad ending to this journey. Windows Media Center is clearly not in the company’s plans in the future. Sad day. […]
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Have you ever wanted to play those games from your Android smartphone on your big screen? Pivos is relying on a significant amount of these types of users with the introduction of the Pivos XIOS DS. This is a tiny device which runs either a version of Android or Linux and is a crossbreed between being a media player […]
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Hot on the heels of sharing fantastic news about the Ceton Companion App extending its reach to the Nook, comes some less welcome news. Ceton has shared some updates on the Ceton Q and the Ceton Echo. Unfortunately, the Ceton Echo has been delayed a little bit. The beta units will not be shipped this week as the alpha testing […]
Read moreVerizon got in the holiday spirit last year by dropping a short video that gave a taste of the future for Verizon FIOS subscribers; a future in which Verizon would serve TV streams to every room in subscribers’ homes via a media server. There were even seemingly pie-in-the-sky scenarios as the media server was depicted streaming out to game consoles, […]
Read moreWe learned a lot about Ceton’s future plans at CES, when they unveiled previews of their Mobile Application and their Media Center Extender called “Echo.” Well while most people will be good continuing to wait until these hit the market for sale, a lot of enthusiasts will appreciate that they just announced they are accepting beta registration at http://beta.cetoncorp.com for […]
Read moreThere was a booth setup in a small little corner of the Eureka section of CES. It was from a company called Wi3. They are offering a home solution that you install a box into your house and using MoCA specs you can send wireless and make a AP or you can send Ethernet, or you can send HDMI connections. […]
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Every day there are more and more interesting things coming out of the Windows Phone platform. One of the enticing ideas for me is having seamless integration with my xbox, Media Center, and Windows Home Server all into my phone. Being able to control my content, and seamlessly share it one thing I am extremely interested in. One developer, TheMediaCenterProject […]
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You probably know by now that Windows Media Center extenders have been on life support with only Microsoft supplying the Xbox 360 as the sole extender product available in the retail market. The de-emphasis of the extender continues with the latest Xbox 360 Media Remote revealed by Major Nelson. Sadly for Media Center extender users, there is no more Green […]
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