General Media Center News
Interesting…a sign of things to come? More tuners (officially) for all? And for those of you wondering who needs 4 tuners…you clearly are not utilizing your MCE to it’s maximum! 🙂 CE Pro Four HD cable streams? Do consumers really need that type of capacity? They do if they’re among the high-end clients served by custom integrators attending the CEDIA […]
Read moreWhere is the proper place for a media center pc? The living room, or the office? FloppyHead I am beginning to think that HD Media Center computers are not going to make the transition to the living room and be attached to a household’s primary TV. Rather, home office computers might begin to function as a second HD television set.
Read moreWell this is from a home theater site, so it must be home theater news? Right? Maybe? We will go with yes, because a Media Center is the best thing to hit home theaters since sliced compact discs. Home Theater Blog has a few generic tips to get you started in your Media Center ventures. Home Theater Blog (2) Set […]
Read moreHere’s the aftermath from the Zap2It announcement, which took away the free service of EPG guide data. TV Squad has a good assumption that because new companies are stepping up to offer the service, it won’t be at a cost of Free, which is dissapointing for the MythTV or MediaPortal users. If I had to guess tho, I have a […]
Read moreTodd Bowra….what to say about him. The bloody guy knows more about Extenders than anyone on the planet…now if only we could make him ignore that silly NDA he signed when he joined Microsoft! C’mon Todd!! Seriously though, Todd is one of the behind the scenes guys working an insane amount at getting the MCE Extender platform out there. Show […]
Read morePossibly. CE Pro So I’ll just speculate: Sometime in the near future, we’ll probably see a solution in which home automation is an integral part of Media Center. With Vista, Microsoft added some great features that allow developers to “hook” into the Media Center environment.
Read moreThe first line taken from the CEPro article is "Media Center is all but dead". This quote is taken from the Geek Squad founder. I guess this must mean we should close up shop. TGB? pfft gone! While I disagree with this guy 100%! I do think there needs to be a concentrated effort from Microsoft to step up the […]
Read moreTerracode has a review of WHS for his home server project. The site’s a little slow at the moment, probably due to it being referenced over at Engadget. A very screenshot intensive review, so hopefully it’ll give people a good idea of what to expect. Terracode] }Only one network card is supported per Microsoft since Network Load Balancing using multiple […]
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Thursday!!! So, in addition to the week almost being over…that also means it’s Media Center Show time!!! This week up, Ian delves into UMPC’s, which if you haven’t heard about by now, you’ve probably been in a cave. These are the tiny handheld devices that are fully functional computers. How does this tie into Media Centers???? Listen to the show! […]
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Ian’s got some pretty cool information about this kitchen of the future. I’m a horrible chef…but maybe if all my toys were in the kitchen I might be inspired to stay & learn a little more? Or better yet, how about I could just check out video instructions for cooking!! Ian Dixon MCEDev have developed on a interactive cookbook and […]
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