General Media Center News
As UMPCs become smaller, lighter & more affordable, it’s a natural transition to want to use them in a Media Center/Home environment. If you consider how much fancy remotes cost, the cost of a full blown UPMC really isn’t that much…and with software like this, soon it’ll be even more powerful. Chris Lanier Mirage will allow two-way control of Media […]
Read moreThursday, woooot! Time for Ian’s show. Windows Mobile up this time, see how it interacts with your Media Center. The Media Center Show This week Steven Hughes a Windows Mobile MVP joins me to talk about Windows Mobile devices. We talk about Windows Mobile 6, mobile devices and how to get your Media Center content on to your mobile device. […]
Read moreThursday already, hope everyone had a great 4th holiday. So now that you’re back in the office, make sure you listen to Ian’s latest Media Center Show Podcast. This week he’s got Sony up to bat. Disagree with their pricing all you want, but you gotta admit Sony makes some droolworthy MCE products. Show Times: 00:49 Coming up this week […]
Read moreTim Ellis is up to bat this week, so if you’re interested in Home Automation, definitely check out the show & give Ian some love for all the hard work! Show Times: 00:56 Coming up this week 01:17 Email – Can you record TV direct to a NAS? see this thread 02:55 Email – How to manage your music collection […]
Read moreWhat what? It's Thursday already? That's right folks, and just like you know you have to go to happy hour tonight, you also know it's time for Ian Dixon's Media Center Show Podcast!! This week up he's got Richard from HiPE PC systems, which are doing some pretty innovative things with Media Center and cars. So have a listen & […]
Read moreSuuure you could pick the easy way and buy a HP computer pre-configured with Vista Home Premium and call it good, or you could risk life and WAF and go the Ubuntu MythTV route :). Phornoix For those that have never tried out MythTV before, it is much more than just a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) for Linux. MythTV is […]
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I thought the PMCE's were a great idea, just poorly implemented. When a company like Creative releases their brick-sized PMCE, and then shortly after released a NON-PMCE device that's much smaller & better, that's a sign that companies never really were behind it. And then all the other devices just have so much more to offer. Engadget Toshiba just […]
Read moreThursday!!!! One day left til Friday!! And of course, Ian's Media Center show! This time he's got Jason once again, from the Ice House MCE Jukebox, doing some pretty nifty things. Show Times: 00:50 Coming up this week 01:20 Email – Update on the Vidabox keyboard given away on show 97 02:03 Email – Does the Media Center Keyboard work […]
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Out of nowhere, Babgvant (Andy) has released a pretty cool little app which allows you to control your Windows Media Player library without being at the actual machine. Pretty nifty! Babgvant This solution interacts with Windows Media Player, instead of Window Media Center. The client application search for albums by title, artist or genre and control playback on the […]
Read moreWe have a celebrity amongst us folks, Chris Lanier is mentioned in this article on the Ny Times in response to the convergence of more mainstream to HTPCs. I agree with Chris on this one, seeing an article like this (even as basic as this one) is really reassuring for someone like myself who's been a loyal HTPC advocate for […]
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