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I only just posted about Sony’s 8” netbook / fully functional Media Center and it seems that Asus have trumped Sony! How? They’ve got the biggest SSD ever in this thing, 512gb – wow. It’s also slightly thinner. This one has been announced as coming with Windows 7, and a massive price...
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One of the big things at CES is netbooks, and the big trend is towards “beefier” netbooks capable of running more modern OS’s. Sony have released details of a netbook they’ve been teasing the world with for weeks. The new netbook fits inside an envelope and looks super cool, with a Black...
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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 community and look at new products. We will also be...
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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 tradeshow, marks the launch of CntrStg, ( www...
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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 his hi end solutions S1Digital HTPC Solutions...
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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, rack mounted, RAID 5 content servers ( for the home...
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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 touch control panels, home automation in the demo...
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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 Life|ware . Actors took you around the home showing...
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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 Life|ware . Actors took you around the home showing off...
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This is a very short video looking at Samsung's Media Center Extender. Samsung's Extender only works with selected models of their TVs so I tried to find out some more information, I managed to get quick chat with a PR guy on Samsung's booth. I wasn't allowed to film the face of the PR guys so that is...
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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 Bluray performance on their system, which was very...
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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 Bluray performance on their system, which was very...
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At CES Linksys where showing off their new Extenders and part of the demo was of home security using mControl from Embedded Automation. Say take a look at this video all running on an Extender showing off IP security cameras. There is a bit of flickering on the screen when showing the TV, it could be...
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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 the Windows Home Server team talking about WHS...
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At CES I interviewed Alex Thatcher from HP for the The Media Center Show . While I was there I recorded some video of HP's new Media Center Extender and their latest Media Center TV. In the video I show the user interface of HP's own MediaSmart software and how well Media Center works on it. Check out...
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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 the Windows Home Server team talking about WHS Power...
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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 will be out Thursday on The Media Center Show Sideshow...
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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 will be out Thursday on The Media Center Show Sideshow...
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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 applications and it's not just about Robotics. You...
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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 applications and it's not just about Robotics. You...
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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 and removes some other elements of Media Center...
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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 and removes some other elements of Media Center...
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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 Youtube Watch via MSN Video Watch via direct download...
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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 Youtube Watch via MSN Video Watch via direct download...
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I posted this on my blog, but I forgot to post it here and I know a lot of people subscribe to this feed for videos, so here it is. 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...
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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 Media Center Extender Ricavision's Sideshow...
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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. Think Media Center Extenders, AV Receivers that...
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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 out of Vegas and you could see the guys that had...
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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. Here is a picture of he took of me interviewing them...
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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 Media Center. When I tested Sony's Bluray Media...
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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 With their first direct to consumer offering, Life...
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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 showing Media Center and Home Automation if differing...
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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 is very simple and visual for an end user to setup...
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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 and Windows Media Center. Actors take you through...
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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 up the issues for me. The new Extenders are...
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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 event driven applications and controlling external...
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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 remotes which look very cool but could be...
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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 Server Connector will be able to be installed on home...
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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 a great place to watch it from as I got chance to...
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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 a great place to watch it from as I got chance to meet up with other bloggers and podcasters...