Tag: Media Distribution/Extenders

If you just haven’t gotten enough extenders to choose from, you’re in luck! MVix is planning on bringing their 1080p bad boy to market. Priced reasonably and with solid specs, it will be interesting to see if this extender can take a hold on a market that has yet to really explode. Engadget We’d heard rumors Mvix USA would be […]

Have you ever wondered about the ins and outs of digital streaming? Niel Hunt, Chief Product Office of Netflix, has a lengthy post that takes you through the encoding for streaming process. I won’t spoil the exciting read, head on over the Netflix Blog and read it yourself. Netflix Today we have rights to deliver about 400 streams in HD […]

The Xbox price drops were a huge secret for us all ;). Of course this means you can get a 360 arcade for a Vista Extender for the cheap price of $199. Don’t plan on lots of file format support or DVD streaming, oh and there is that little problem of fan noise. Personally, I do not find the fan […]

More news coming out of the press conferences at E3. Looks like the Sony Playstation 3 will have a movie and tv download service as of tonight. Also, the 80GB version will have a price drop to $399 continuing to make it one of the better deals in a standalone Blu-ray player. Engadget Like, immediately — the service is getting […]

Coming out of the press conferences at E3, it looks like Netflix integration is coming to an Xbox 360 near you. Originally only supporting SD but there is somemention that as Netflix migrates to streaming HD the Xbox might support it. Engadget For now, Netflix will only stream in about-SD resolution. As Netflix transitions to HD, Microsoft said it stands […]

Switched Digital Video, whether we like it or not, is the future of cable installation. What does this mean too HTPC/TiVo owners? EngadgetHD breaks it down for us in a simple to digest article. EngadgetHD In the past, this practice has worked a-okay since each additional analog or digital SD channel only required a small amount of extra bandwidth; now, […]

If you haven’t caught EngadgetHD’s Vista Extender shootout, it is well worth the read. Ben took the three extenders available on the market today and put them through a few rounds of rigorous testing. As we have come to know, the Linksys and the D-Link make good extenders but lack the cool animated transitions that the Xbox360 is capable of. […]

Given Microsoft’s strategy of having Vista Media Center in almost every home computer, you would think the extender experience would be a top priority for the VMC team. According to Chris, it falls short in a couple of areas including file support. As Chris mentioned in his article, perhaps the biggest way for MS to make a splash is to […]