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The Digital Lifestyle CES Party 2009

Attention!!! Windows Media Center, Windows Home Server and digital lifestyle enthusiasts, OEMs and custom integrators you are invited to attend The Digital Lifestyle CES Party 2009 !! This will be an opportunity to meet to share information, meet the...

Published Sat, Dec 12 2008 9:11 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: The Media Center Show, CES

CntrStg at CES 2009 Facilitates Face-to-Face Meetings and Improves Communication Between Companies and Influential Bloggers

Good friend Steven Hughes and previous guest on the show has put together an interesting event for CES, I am signed up: Austin, TX —Sept. 17, 2008— The 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's largest consumer technology...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2008 8:29 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES

S1Digital on Channel 10

S1Digital have been featured on The Media Center Show a few times now with Paul Heitlinger on the show a couple of weeks ago . Channel 10 caught up with Paul at CES and have posted the video interview. As well as a background on S1digital Paul talks about...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2008 11:10 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES, S1digital

Interset talk Media Center Systems with Channel 10

Interset make high end Media Center systems, I had them on the show a couple of years ago. Channel 10 interviewed them at CES where they talked about their high end AV Media Center systems and how they work with dealers to get them installed From 4TB...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2008 11:09 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES

Channel 10 video of Media Center and Life|Ware at CES

As I showed on this video and on last weeks Media Center Show Life|ware and Microsoft built three demo homes to show off Media Center, Home Automation and Life|ware at CES Channel 10 have have a video up showing Media Center and how it's integrated with...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 10:01 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES, Life|ware, Home Automation

The Media Center Show #141 - NextGen Home and Extenders

By Ian Dixon (18mb 50mins 428ec) Vote for the show on Podcast Alley Direct Download Link - Subscribe via iTunes - Subscribe via RSS At CES I visited the NextGen home ( see this video ), it was built to show off Media Center, Home Automation and...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2008 9:03 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Podcast, The Media Center Show, HP, Extenders for Windows Media Center, CES, Linksys, Life|ware

Video: Cutting Edge PC's Bluray / HD-DVD Media Center System

When I looked at Sony's Bluray Media Center System I thought the load time of Bluray movies was slow and that put me off it a little. So I was impressed with Cutting Edge PC'S new Media Center System on show at CES. In this video we look at HD-DVD and...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2008 1:18 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES

The Media Center Show #140 - CES Interviews

By Ian Dixon (18mb 53mins 40sec) Vote for the show on Podcast Alley Direct Download Link - Subscribe via iTunes - Subscribe via RSS Back with a full show after my CES trip and this is my first batch of interviews from CES. I have Todd Headrick from...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2008 12:55 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Podcast, Windows Home Server, The Media Center Show, CES

Ricavision Sideshow Remote (VAVE100)

I wasn't able to do a full video review as I would have liked, for some reason Ricavision would allow audio interviews and not video. You would think they want to show off their latest remotes! Anyway I did a sneak video of the remote and the interview...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 1:26 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES, Windows Sideshow, Ricavision

Microsoft Robotics Studio at CES

While everybody crowded around the Microsoft Surface demos I talked to Microsoft's Robotics team next to the Surface guys. They are doing some interesting stuff with Robotics and automation. Robotics Studio has a great visual tool for developing Robot...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2008 5:21 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES, Robotics

Fuze Media System at CES

While walking the floor with Richard Miller (a Windows Media Center MVP) we found Fuze Media's booth. They have an interesting whole home system that combines parts of Windows Media Center with some of there own code. It adds distributed audio and video...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2008 5:29 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES

Microsoft Surface at CES 2008

The biggest crowd as CES was around the Microsoft Surface demos. So I pushed through the crowd and grabbed some video. I liked the puzzle and the phone store demo. Later this year the tables should start showing up in T-Mobile stores in the US Watch via...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2008 7:06 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES, Microsoft Surface

CES Photo Gallery

Samsung Extender for Windows Media Center Media Center was everywhere, here it was at the NextGen Home All in one PC's Sony UX running Media Center and Life|ware's Home Automation , as was the HP TouchSmart Transformers! D-link's...

Published Sun, Jan 01 2008 9:18 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES

Signing out from Las Vegas

It's been a hard week, but fun. My feet do not want to walk any further! So before I head out to the airport I thought I would give my final thoughts. While there was nothing that made a big splash there was a underlying trend towards connected devices...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2008 5:35 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES

Media Center Show Dinner

My final night at CES was at The Media Center Show dinner. Paul from S1Digital arranged for a room at the buffet in the Paris hotel, where we sat down chatted had some good food and a modest amount of beer. Lots of people including myself were heading...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2008 4:33 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: The Media Center Show, CES

Interviewing jkOnTheRun

This afternoon I interviews Kevin Tofel and James Kendrick from JKonTheRun , we chatted mobile tech news from CES and how Kevin and James were covering CES. James had a HTC Advantage which he was posting pictures live on to his blog, very cool stuff....

Published Thu, Jan 01 2008 1:42 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES

Cutting Edge PC's HD-DVD / Bluray Media Center

This afternoon I was introduced to Cutting Edge PC's , they where showing off their HD-DVD / Bluray Media Center PC, as you can tell from the picture it's a nice looking devices but what impressed me most is how seamlessly the HD content integrated with...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 11:07 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES

Life|ware launch entry Level Life|Media Server

Time for my first post of a CES press release, more details on the The Media Center Show as I interviewed Mike Seamans from Life|ware LIFE|WARE LAUNCHES THEIR FIRST ENTRY LEVEL LIFE|MEDIA SERVERS, INCLUDING the LMS-150 WITH DUAL CABLECARD TUNERS...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 10:52 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES

Video of The NextGen Home at CES

This is a sneek video I did while on the tour of the NextGen Home at CES yesterday. The tour takes you around a home all connected together with Home Automation from Life|ware, Media Center and Lutron lighting control. The home is staffed by actors each...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 6:23 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES, Life|ware

Linksys at CES, I think they get it

I have just come from a meeting with Paul McIntosh of Linksys and he showed me their range of Network devices. The first thing I noticed is that they seem to get digital lifestyle concept. Their new router is sleek and the built in Management Software...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 6:18 PM by Ian Dixon

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

CES Day 3

OL I am getting tried now, 3 days of walking the halls and carrying my bag is getting to me, but it's worth it to see some of the cool stuff. Today I had a tour of Lifewares Next Gen Home. This is a simulated home setup to show off Home Automation, Lifeware...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 8:41 AM by Ian Dixon

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

Clearing up the confusion on Samsung's new Extender

There seems to be some confusion over Samsung's new Media Center Extender and what TV's it will work with, on the Microsoft and Samsung's stand they were not 100% clear. This morning I interviewed Hakan Olsson from the eHome team at Microsoft and he cleared...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2008 6:00 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Extenders for Windows Media Center, CES

Microsoft Robotics Studio

I have just come from a demo of Microsoft Robotics Studio , you may think "What has this to do with The Digital Lifestyle" well for developers I think it could mean a lot. It's not just fun toys, it is a proper development platform for...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2008 5:51 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES

CES Day 2 Round Up

So another packed day at CES. This morning I talked to Todd Headrick from the Windows Home Server team about a year of Windows Home Server and what the newly announced Windows Home Server Power Pack is all about. I talked to Ricavision about the new Sideshow...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2008 8:46 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Windows Home Server, CES

Home Server News at CES

As Terry Walsh mentioned in today's The Media Center Show , Microsoft have announced Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 , this is an update for Home Server that will delivered automatically over Windows Update. Features include: The Windows Home...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2008 4:39 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Home Server, CES

The Media Center Show #138 CES Day 1

The Media Center Show #138 CES Day 1 By Ian Dixon (9mb 25mins ) Vote for the show on Podcast Alley Direct Download Link - Subscribe via iTunes - Subscribe via RSS Welcome to CES! Last night I watched Bill Gates keynote from the Bloghaus, it was...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2008 3:40 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Podcast, The Media Center Show, CES

Bill Gates Keynote live from CES

So here I am at Bloghaus watching Bill Gates final CES keynote. Bill opened by recaping on the last "digital decade" and the fact that this is last keynote by Bill. There was a nice humorous video showing Bills "last day" as Chairman...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2008 3:39 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES

Made it to Vegas

I made it to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. The direct flight from Manchester was very good much better than the transfer problems I had last year. I am sat at the Bloghaus waiting for Bill Gates keynote to start, I am sure the jet lag will...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2008 12:38 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES

What do you want to see at CES?

It's the time of year where tech journalist and bloggers flock to Las Vegas for The Consumer Electronic Show, I have had hundreds and hundreds of emails from exhibitors at CES all promising their product or service will be the "must see item of 2008"...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2008 3:41 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: CES

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The Digital Lifestyle CES Party 2009

CntrStg at CES 2009 Facilitates Face-to-Face Meetings and Improves Communication Between Companies and Influential Bloggers

S1Digital on Channel 10

Interset talk Media Center Systems with Channel 10

Channel 10 video of Media Center and Life|Ware at CES

The Media Center Show #141 - NextGen Home and Extenders

Video: Cutting Edge PC's Bluray / HD-DVD Media Center System

The Media Center Show #140 - CES Interviews

Ricavision Sideshow Remote (VAVE100)

Microsoft Robotics Studio at CES

Fuze Media System at CES

Microsoft Surface at CES 2008

CES Photo Gallery

Signing out from Las Vegas

Media Center Show Dinner

Interviewing jkOnTheRun

Cutting Edge PC's HD-DVD / Bluray Media Center

Life|ware launch entry Level Life|Media Server

Video of The NextGen Home at CES

Linksys at CES, I think they get it

CES Day 3

Clearing up the confusion on Samsung's new Extender

Microsoft Robotics Studio

CES Day 2 Round Up

Home Server News at CES

The Media Center Show #138 CES Day 1

Bill Gates Keynote live from CES

Made it to Vegas

What do you want to see at CES?