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The Media Center Show #191 – Vidabox and Netbooks

Listen Here (mp3) This week I have the final interviews from CES, Vidabox’s Steven Cheung talks about the touchpad, bluray servers and their Media Center systems and Warner Crocker talks Netbooks and the demise of UMPCs I also have email and a round...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 11:26 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Podcast, The Media Center Show, CES 09

The Media Center Show #190 – The Awards Show

Listen Here (mp3) I have a great show this week, I have an interview with Microsoft’s Scott Evans talking about the New American Home which includes a whole home Media Center solution and I have The Digital Lifestyle.com Awards show recorded live...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 10:23 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Podcast, Windows Home Server, The Digital Lifestyle.com Awards, CES 09

Pictures from the New American Home 2009

As you will have seen from the press release Microsoft had a lot of Media Center technologies in the New American Home, I saw at least 8 Media Center screens as well as a load of Xbox 360 being used as Extenders, a fantastic home theatre system and a...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2009 5:18 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES 09

Video: Random collection of videos from CES

While at CES I carried a little Flip Mimo around with me and recorded various random clips from the show floor. Here are the things included in the video (or order of appearance) Bloggers HP photo frames, netbooks and TouchSmart Logitec Harmony 1110 Lenovo...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2009 3:33 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES 09

The Media Center Show #189 – CES Interviews

Listen Here (mp3) I had a great time at CES, it was good to see Windows Media Center looking so well on Windows 7. I have an interesting selection of interviews taken from CES. There is Gordon van Zuiden from Cybermanor , Lenovo talking consumers products...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 8:00 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Podcast, Windows Home Server, The Media Center Show Awards, Windows 7, Windows Live, CES 09

NextGen home at CES

For the last 3 years I visited the NextGen home at CES, this year due to timing issues I had to give it it a miss (and I saw something way better that I can’t talk about yet) Fortunately Microsoft’s Pete Brown captured some video : 2009 CES...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2009 5:03 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES 09

On10 show off Windows Media Center at CES

On10 have a video of Windows Media Center with Microsoft’s Ben Reed. Ben shows off the UI in Windows 7,some of the new TV features,Turbo Scroll and Play To CES 2009: Windows Media Center on Windows 7 with Touch

Published Tue, Jan 01 2009 5:30 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Windows 7, CES 09

Video: Vidabox vPad8 Touch Tablet at CES

Vidabox had a great suite at CES, they have a great range of products for high end installs including a 16TB RackServer, wall mounted touch panels and a great 8 inch touch tablet called the vPad8 . In this video Steven Cheug gives us a demo of the vPad...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2009 2:10 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Vidabox, CES 09

Video: Allio 42-inch HDTV with Integrated PC and Blu-Ray Player

If you want the full power of the PC on your TV but want to keep things simple then the Allio all in one HDTV PC could be want you want. On the show floor I saw a demo of the Allio 42 inch unit and the Allio 32 inch which has an integrated touch screen...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2009 4:20 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES 09

Leaving CES and heading home

It’s the end of a long and tiring week but it has been fantastic. As ever one of the best things about CES is catching up with old friends. The highlight for me was The Digital Lifestyle.com party, it was great to meet everybody. The facilities...

Published Sun, Jan 01 2009 4:50 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES 09

The Digital Lifestyle.com Party

At The Digital Lifestyle.com Party last night we had a great time, we recorded a round table and talked through the results of The Digital Lifestyle.com Awards (you will be able to hear the results on The Media Center Show in a couple of weeks) It was...

Published Sun, Jan 01 2009 6:00 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES 09

Video: GridSearch Demo at CES

I have talked about Grid Search on the podcast before and today I met Jonathan Bowes from Grid Search at CES. Jonathan game be a demo of how it works and its an application that needs to be seen to understand. You can very easily find the segment in a...

Published Sun, Jan 01 2009 2:22 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES 09

Video: Using Touch with Windows Media Center in Windows 7

I think Windows Media Center is the best way to experience touch in Windows 7, the big buttons are ideal. In the beta build of Windows 7 Microsoft have enabled the touch with in Media Center and it works very well. This video shows if off much better...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2009 10:58 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Windows 7, CES 09

Ben Reed shows of Windows Media Center in Windows 7

If you want an overview of how Media Center looks in Windows 7 checkout Ben Read’s video taken by Joseph Tartakoff of Seatle PI LAS VEGAS -- Ben Reed of Microsoft's Connected TV Business showed off for me this morning what Windows Media Center...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2009 7:34 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES 09

Windows Media Center at CES

Today I chatted to a number of people from Microsoft,OEMs and enthusiasts about Windows Media Center announcements at CES and I was disappointed that Media Center wasn’t shown in the keynote but Microsoft’s Ben Reed point out to me that in...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2009 8:22 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Windows 7, CES 09

Windows Home Server at CES

Today I interviews Todd Headrick from the Home Server team, the interview will be included in a future show but I thought I would post a couple of thoughts and some pictures of the Home Servers on show in Microsoft’s Press room. The first thing...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2009 7:16 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Home Server, CES 09

Media Center Pictures from Microsoft’s Booth at CES

Microsoft had plenty of screens showing Windows Media Center at CES, in terms of Extenders there was only an Xbox 360 which speaks volumes for what is happening in that area. They had a HP TouchSmart showing off the touch elements of the new build of...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2009 4:08 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES 09

Toshiba’s prototype Media Center Extender

I managed to track down Toshiba’s new Media Center Extender yesterday, it looks like a standard DVD player and in terms of performance from the very brief demo I saw it looked very much like Linksys or D-Link extenders. The pictures are of the prototype...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2009 3:38 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Extenders for Windows Media Center, CES 09

Video: Windows Media Center content sharing in Windows 7

One of the main benefits for Windows 7 for Media Center users is the Home Group feature. This enables content sharing between machines and you can use the Play To feature to play music or video on another devices or PC on your network. Today at CES Microsoft’s...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2009 2:31 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Windows 7, CES 09

VidaBox Unveils Touch3.6, vPad8 Touchscreen Tablet

I have a meeting with Vidabox while I am CES so I will be interviewing Steven Chung and recording some video of the new products, the tablet looks great. If you have any question for Vidabox leave a comment and I will pass them on the Steven. Here are...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 5:35 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Vidabox, CES 09

Photos from Digital Experience at CES

Last night I went to Digital Experience a kind of mini CES for press. I took some photos and video and here are a selection of the photos including the new Harmony 1100 remote View Full Album This is the first time I have tried the Windows Live...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 3:23 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES 09

Microsoft Mediaroom Gets More Power and Gives TV a Reverse Gear

The Mediaroom team have some interesting stuff coming out, I will take a look at it today and this is their Press Release: LAS VEGAS — Jan. 8, 2009 — At 2009 International CES today, Microsoft Corp. unveiled Mediaroom Anytime, a groundbreaking feature...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 2:36 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES 09, Mediaroom

The Media Center Show #188 – CES 2009 Keynote

Listen Here (mp3) This week I am at CES in Las Vegas and so I thought I would do a wrap up of the news since the last show, my thoughts from the keynote and a couple of interviews some familiar faces I bumped in to. You can watch the keynote on Microsoft...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 2:15 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, The Media Center Show, CES 09

Windows Home Server Hardware News

The news continues to come out from CES and on The Home Server Blog there are details of some of the new Windows Home Server OEMS and existing OEMS that are updating there ranges. It’s great to see new manufactures like Acer and Shuttle joining the Home...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 6:45 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Home Server, CES 09

Windows 7 Beta Announced

Microsoft have announced the availability of Windows 7 beta: Windows Helps Consumers Connect to the Digital World At CES 2009, Microsoft announced advances in Windows 7 beta, Windows Mobile, Windows Live – all designed to help consumers connect and live...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 2:59 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows 7, CES 09

CES Keynote Live Blog

Published Thu, Jan 01 2009 1:04 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES 09

Notes from the Samsung Press Conference and not an extender in sight

I have just come from Samsung's CES Press Conference and what that noticeable was the compete lack of Media Center Extender. They annoucned a new range of LED HD TVs that have Yahoo's TV widgets built in that enables web content on the TVs, things...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2009 10:55 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Samsung, CES 09

Toshiba to Launch AV Devices with Network Player and Microsoft's Extender for Windows Media Center Technology

This came a bit out of the blue, it looks like Toshiba are to build extenders in to some of their TVs and standalone units. It’s great to see a new Extender coming out and hopefully I will be able to see it in person while I am CES. Thanks to Derek for...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2009 8:59 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Extenders for Windows Media Center, CES 09

D-Link all in one router / photo frame

I seem to have hundreds of press release emails about CES but this one looked interesting. D-Link are bringing out a all in one router / photo frame, NAS and Media Server. This would be either a genius or a complete disaster, I will be taking a look at...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2009 6:44 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: D-Link, CES 09

Arrived in Las Vegas

Almost 24 hours after leaving my house I have arrived in Las Vegas for CES. This is the first time I travelled with the EEE PC and I was impressed with how handy it was while I was sat in departure lounges, combined with a 3G dongle and it was great for...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2009 6:01 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES 09

HP Unveils New Innovations at Consumer Electronics Show

The first of what should be many press releases, this is from HP. HP are announcing new entertainment notebooks that would make very nice Media Center machines, as well as a new netbook. I will try and find out some more info on the notebooks from the...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2009 8:35 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES 09

Heading out to CES

I get one day back in the office and then off to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, its an amazing and crazy week where I always seem to be running behind schedule and in the wrong location. This year I am talking to the Windows Media Center...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2009 5:37 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES 09

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The Media Center Show #191 – Vidabox and Netbooks

The Media Center Show #190 – The Awards Show

Pictures from the New American Home 2009

Video: Random collection of videos from CES

The Media Center Show #189 – CES Interviews

NextGen home at CES

On10 show off Windows Media Center at CES

Video: Vidabox vPad8 Touch Tablet at CES

Video: Allio 42-inch HDTV with Integrated PC and Blu-Ray Player

Leaving CES and heading home

The Digital Lifestyle.com Party

Video: GridSearch Demo at CES

Video: Using Touch with Windows Media Center in Windows 7

Ben Reed shows of Windows Media Center in Windows 7

Windows Media Center at CES

Windows Home Server at CES

Media Center Pictures from Microsoft’s Booth at CES

Toshiba’s prototype Media Center Extender

Video: Windows Media Center content sharing in Windows 7

VidaBox Unveils Touch3.6, vPad8 Touchscreen Tablet

Photos from Digital Experience at CES

Microsoft Mediaroom Gets More Power and Gives TV a Reverse Gear

The Media Center Show #188 – CES 2009 Keynote

Windows Home Server Hardware News

Windows 7 Beta Announced

CES Keynote Live Blog

Notes from the Samsung Press Conference and not an extender in sight

Toshiba to Launch AV Devices with Network Player and Microsoft's Extender for Windows Media Center Technology

D-Link all in one router / photo frame

Arrived in Las Vegas

HP Unveils New Innovations at Consumer Electronics Show

Heading out to CES