I really wish Microsoft would come out with a Windows Phone 7 device sans phone like Apple does with the iPod Touch. I love the look of the UI and want to dig into some of the WMC apps that developers have been putting out on the platform without having a cell phone tied to controlling the living room. Media […]
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Plex started life as a media center style program based on XBMC for the Mac. Plex is aiming a bit higher now. Over the last few days, while I was preoccupied with piles of Halloween candy, Plex was rolling out a series of updates to their growing lineup of applications. First out of the gate was myPlex. MyPlex is a […]
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Even before Microsoft released the Windows 8 Developer’s Preview at the Build Conference, Steven Sinofsky had let the world know that although Windows Media Center would be returning with Windows 8, we would not see it in the first pre-release builds. One of the questions that was left unanswered was whether Media Center would return in essentially the same integrated […]
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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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The folks over at DVB logic have issued a new version of DVB link. Version 4 is built off of a completely new architecture and forms the basis for future development and extention of the product. Updates in this version include: the ability for 8 virtual tuners in Windows Media Center as well as support for live TV in Boxee, […]
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‘Tis the season of updates. Fresh on the heels of the updates to My Movies and Media Browser comes an update to Media Center Master, one of the more popular metadata editors that serve to complement those media management programs so well. The basic version of Media Center Master is available for free, but one of the best features of the premium […]
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Media Browser and My Movies, two of the most popular media management plugins for Windows Media Center, have received updates. The My Movies updates are relatively minor pre-release updates consisting primarily of bug fixes and small feature updates, but the updates are spread across all of the major current My Movies products. My Movies for Windows 7 Media Center and My […]
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It’s quite amazing that anyone believed Microsoft was removing Windows Media Center (WMC) from Windows 8. There has been absolutely no evidence to suggest that it would be yet, apparently due to leaked private Windows 8 builds not including WMC, some Chicken Little-types decided that was their smoking gun. Steven Sinofsky of Microsoft confirmed in today’s edition of the Building Windows […]
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Another day, another post from Steven Sinofsky on the Building Windows 8 blog. For the second day in a row Sinofsky has touched on a subject that I think Media Center enthusiasts might want to be paying attention to as the steady march toward Windows 8 continues. For today’s blog post Sinofsky has kicked off the first of four major […]
Read moreSo a few weeks ago we saw a leaked build of Windows 8 that basically had Media Center in it, but it hadn’t changed at all. I guessed that this was a BAD sign, but other blogs took it as a good sign since it was at least in there in some form. Read between your own lines here, remember […]
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