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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 63: HD or Nothin...maybe

The big show returns this week with discussions on whether or not SD content is even worth it! I personally can’t imagine it but some people out there will skip content just because it’s not HD. Josh and I take time to clear out our opinions...

Published Sun, Feb 07 2010 10:30 AM by Athursby

Entertainment 2.0-Episode 62: Appletainment 2.0. Wait...what?

Even though I promised not to bring it up, Josh forced the issue and we end up spending part of this week’s show talking about Apple’s latest device, the iPad. While neither Josh nor I can personally see a lot of use for the device when compared...

Published Sat, Jan 30 2010 9:17 AM by Athursby

Entertainment 2.0-Episode 61: Handy Manny!

Back once again and trust me folks, the audio quality is much, much better this week. Skype decided to play along and you won’t have to listen to us sounding like we’re in a tunnel. Hopefully we won’t have any issues for awhile. As for...

Published Sat, Jan 23 2010 12:09 PM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 60: Revenge of the Skype

As the title would suggest, this isn’t our best week audio quality-wise. It seems that Skype simply didn’t want to work with us and as such, we’re having to provide a lower quality show to our listeners this week. Never fear however...

Published Sat, Jan 16 2010 1:07 PM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 59: 2010 Prediction Show

Welcome back and welcome to 2010! For this, our first official show of 2010, we’re joined by none other than THE Custom Integrator , Derek Flickinger. He’s bringing his industry expertise to Entertainment 2.0 for the week. For those of you...

Published Sun, Jan 10 2010 11:09 AM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 58: Goodbye '09, Hello '10

While we recorded this show on the 30th of December, today is January 1st, 2010 so this is technically a decade spanning show! We hope all of our listeners stick with us through 2010 and beyond and if you’re just getting started with Windows Media...

Published Sun, Jan 03 2010 11:02 AM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 57: Dave McCabe

It’s Christmas Eve and all through the house, not a creature was stirring. Except for Josh, Adam and special guest for Episode 57 Dave McCabe. Fresh off of our cable company round table, we’re sending out a great Christmas gift for our listeners...

Published Mon, Dec 28 2009 1:44 PM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 56 Part 2: Bit Farmin'

No real notes to speak of this week folks. For the last week before our Christmas episode you get to hear part 2 of our chat with Phil Lozen and Richard Green. If you missed part 1 be sure and go here to take a listen first. It’s well worth it....

Published Fri, Dec 18 2009 11:22 AM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 56 Part 1: The Muppets Have Landed

We’re back with another roundtable this week and as most roundtables go, this is a two-parter! You’ll hear part one this week and we’ll be sending out part two next Thursday. This week, Josh and I are joined by Phil Lozen from Seen in...

Published Sat, Dec 12 2009 1:26 PM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 54: Listener Q&A

This week we take time to catch up on the voicemail, email and comments you all have sent us. Thanks for the feedback and questions! We appreciate the time our listeners take to contribute to the show and we’ll continue to answer any questions you...

Published Sat, Dec 05 2009 9:15 AM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 54: Ceton Q&A

Not much in the way of show notes this week folks. No extra links or special treats. Episode 54 is all about Ceton and their forthcoming CableCard tuner. Josh and I had the opportunity to get some of your questions answered by sitting down with Jeremy...

Published Wed, Nov 25 2009 5:17 PM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 54 Intro: Ask Ceton your questions!

While there won’t be an Entertainment 2.0 this week due to some timing issues, we have a great Thanksgiving show coming for you. Next week, Josh and I will sit down with Ceton’s Vice President of Systems Integration, Jeremy Hammer. For this...

Published Sat, Nov 21 2009 9:35 AM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 53: Digital Cable and 3rd Party Apps

We didn’t have as much listener response this week and while we miss it, it did give us time to catch up with some of the latest Media Center news out there. We took time to discuss the Digital Cable Advisor Tool as well as several 3rd party apps...

Published Sat, Nov 14 2009 7:42 AM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 52: Quit Yer Whinin'!

Oh do we have fun this week! After moving through a ton of reader email and comments (THANK YOU!), Josh and Adam get into the question of fair use and recorded TV. How long should you be allowed to keep your recordings? Can you archive them forever or...

Published Sat, Nov 07 2009 3:33 AM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 50: Happy Halloween!

It’s the week of ghosts and goblins and while you and your kids are pigging out on candy this weekend, take a listen to the latest Entertainment 2.0. If nothing else, hearing our voices should be enough to scare kids away from your house tomorrow...

Published Sun, Nov 01 2009 9:47 AM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0 Episode 50: Windows 7 Launch Party

After almost ten months of testing, reinstallations and general playing around, it’s finally time to get that retail version of Windows 7 installed and start enjoying everything that Microsoft has brought to the table in 7MC. We’ve already...

Published Fri, Oct 23 2009 7:33 PM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0 Windows 7 Launch Party!

With the launch of Windows 7 on Oct. 22nd, we’ve decided to celebrate and we want to include our listeners! First of all, on Wednesday Oct 21st, Josh and I will start broadcasting live again. You can join us starting on the 21st every Wednesday...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 9:31 AM by Athursby

Entertainment 2.0 Episode 49: Rippin' It Up

We’re finally back after a one week hiatus and hopefully it’ll be the last one we take for awhile. We hope no one missed us too much. This week we start off by running through the comments, questions and emails from the last show. Thanks again...

Published Sat, Oct 17 2009 8:26 AM by Athursby

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Episode 48: First Fireside Chat of the Season

This week, as Adam warms himself by the fire, he and Josh get a chance to cover all of the great emails and comments we’ve received in the last two weeks. You guys make our show what it is so keep them coming! There are a ton of options for contacting...

Published Sat, Oct 03 2009 1:42 PM by Athursby

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Episode 47: CEDIA 2009 Part 2

We step back to CEDIA one more time this week but this show is a bit different. This week we get a great opportunity to talk to two people who were at the show and who help provide two very different perspectives. Joining us this week is Derek R. Flickinger...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2009 3:20 PM by Athursby

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Episode 46: We Still Love You Europe

Back again and now that CEDIA is finally over we can talk about some of the other news that came out of the expo. We can’t really call this part 2 of the CEDIA series since we’re saving that title for a special show. A lot of what we discuss...

Published Sat, Sep 19 2009 12:31 PM by Athursby

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Episode 45: CEDIA 2009 Part 1

No folks, we haven’t split this week’s episode. We just figure there’s enough info to share that we’ll be spending Episode 46 talking about all of the CEDIA developments as well. Not only that but as of this episode, we’ve...

Published Sat, Sep 12 2009 8:16 AM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 44: The Listener Show

It’s a slow, slow week leading up to CEDIA folks and with not having read the listener comments and email from Episode 42, we decided it was a good idea to turn the show over to you, the listener! This week Josh and I spend the majority of the show...

Published Sat, Sep 05 2009 8:49 AM by Athursby

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Episode 43: Why Aren't HTPCs Mainstream?

Thanks for joining us for another show this week! This time we step away from discussing the latest Media Center news and even expand the show for the week to talk less about Media Center specifically and more about HTPCs in general. For Episode 43, Josh...

Published Sat, Aug 29 2009 3:15 PM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 42: The Angry Show

Back again folks! Thanks for joining us on this week of not such good news for Media Center enthusiasts. But, like any good enthusiasts, we take our lumps and keep moving! There is some good news this week amid all the turmoil however. The best (for me...

Published Sun, Aug 23 2009 2:33 AM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 41: Pete Stagman and PC Security

Back for another great week of Entertainment 2.0! This week, Josh and I are joined by Media Center MVP Pete Stagman . Pete helps us walk through this week’s news and shares his experience with PC security and making sure your home network is protected...

Published Mon, Aug 17 2009 10:18 AM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 40: Netflix, Anti-Pack and Show Analyzer, Oh My!

For being the slow time of year, there sure is some great Media Center related news out there. It’s only about one month until CEDIA kicks off and hopefully we’ll have even more to talk about then. For now though, we get a chance to talk about...

Published Sun, Aug 09 2009 7:13 PM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 38: Catching up and More Giveaways!

Back again and it’s time for another show! We spend this week catching up on the news since Josh has returned to the work-a-day world. Not only that but we’ve got another giveaway for you! This week we take time to talk about some recent reviews...

Published Fri, Jul 31 2009 9:09 AM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0: Episode 38-The Soothing Sounds of Josh Pollard

We’re back for another week! No special guests joining but the show is still worth it, trust me. This episode was actually recorded a week ago so you’ll notice we cover some stuff that’s been out there for a bit. Josh is on vacation...

Published Fri, Jul 24 2009 5:17 PM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0: Episode 37-PC vs. Extender: Part 2

Welcome back to part 2 of our discussion on PCs and Extenders with Ben Drawbaugh and Josh Shenkle . We continue right where we left off last week and this half is a bit longer. Just chock full of great info though so listen closely. We still want to hear...

Published Fri, Jul 17 2009 7:14 PM by Athursby

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Entertainment 2.0: Episode 37-PC vs. Extender: Part 1

You read that title right. This week is the first half or so of a two part episode. We had so much fun with our guests Josh Shenkle and Ben Drawbaugh that we ended up going for over two hours. This week we talk about the PC vs. Extender models for running...

Published Tue, Jul 14 2009 3:38 PM by Athursby

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Episode 36-Derek Flickinger

This week we’re joined by one Derek Flickinger. You might know DrFlick from The Custom Integrator Show over at The Digital Lifestyle . He has some great insight into how to use Media Center for whole home solutions and he was nice enough to share...

Published Fri, Jul 03 2009 10:36 AM by Athursby

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Episode 35: Media Browser

If you usually join us for our live show each week you’ll have noticed already that there wasn’t one. Luckily we have a really good reason for that! Josh and I had the opportunity to speak with Jas Manghera and Sam Saffron of Media Browser...

Published Sun, Jun 28 2009 10:07 AM by Athursby

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Episode 34: MCE Problems and Debacles

Yep, Media Center had some troubles this week and we talk about them on this week’s episode. First, Media Center made the news as an HTPC solution which couldn’t handle the DTV transition here in the U.S. It’s not as though it was a...

Published Sat, Jun 20 2009 8:18 AM by Athursby

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Episode 33: MKV and Twitter. Wait, what?

We’re back for another week and though news all over the site has been slow this week, we think you’ll enjoy the latest episode of Entertainment 2.0. We cover a few topics this week and really get into some codec and container talk with a...

Published Sat, Jun 13 2009 11:57 AM by Athursby

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Episode 32: Pop Pop!

Time for another show here during the first week of June, 2009. Thanks once again to those who joined us live. Unfortunately they probably got the best listening experience this week as the title of this week’s show references the fact that you’ll...

Published Fri, Jun 05 2009 8:39 AM by Athursby

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Episode 31: So...

After taking a bit of a break, we’re back this week with number 31 of Entertainment 2.0. While there hasn’t been a whole lot of news since the last show, Josh and I cover several things that have come about including the talk about the just...

Published Thu, May 28 2009 9:25 PM by Athursby

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Episode 30: The Longest Episode EVAR (But Totally Worth It)

You read that title right. This week we went over 2 hours but I have to say, you’ll want to listen to the whole show. This week, Josh and I are joined by Ben Drawbaugh of EngadgetHD fame for a great discussion on a lot of Media Center topics (with...

Published Fri, May 15 2009 4:08 PM by Athursby

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Episode 29: More Cable Card and New Toys

We were able to go live again this week and it is fun! Josh and I both missed the live show last week so it was good to have the chat room there while we recorded. Once again, we talked about Cable Card this week. You can find the link in the show notes...

Published Fri, May 08 2009 9:31 AM by Athursby

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Episode 28: Gotcha Cable Labs

This week’s show focuses a lot on content. Tools for getting it and breaking the rules. First off though, we want to thank Greg from the UK for sharing a setup he made for his parents on the Entertainment 2.0 drop . You can find a picture of the...

Published Fri, May 01 2009 3:32 PM by Athursby

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