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HP are launching two new Windows Home Servers, the EX485 (750GB) and the EX487 (1.5TB). These are nice incremental updates to their MediaSmart range, as well as having hardware refresh HP have also updated the software adding a lot of additional features. When you first see the box it looks very much...

I love the HP TouchSmart range and this is an unboxing video of the latest model. The HP IQ816 is a sleek all-in-one with a a 25.5” screen, Blu-ray and TV tuner. In this video I unbox the TouchSmart, run through the setup and take a first look at the HP TouchSmart UI The price on HP’s site...

Tranquil PC make some excellent Windows Home Servers like the T7-HSA I reviewed in November last year . In October Tranquil launched the SQA-5H (also know as Squash) and last week I nipped down to Tranquil’s office in Manchester and pickup one of the new home servers for a review. This is my unboxing...

I had been meaning to take a look at the Windows Media Center sideshow gadgets for some time now and since Windows Mobile can host Sideshow gadgets I thought I would give it a try on my HP Mobile. The first part of the installations is to download and install the release version of the Sideshow gadgets...

This is a quick first look a the new Vidabox Premium Wireless Keyboard . Last year I reviewed the previous version of the keyboard and this new keyboard has the following new features: Includes a "Green Button" Hotkey that Launches Media Center Reception through obstructions such as People and Walls...

HP's new TouchSmart PC is a fantastic bit of kit and what makes it so great is the innovative touch UI. I have already recorded an unboxing video so in this video I wanted to show off the Touch UI and how along with music, pictures and videos you can browse the web, read RSS feeds and run standard Windows...

HP are launching a new Media Center Extender products called the MediaSmart Connect . It is not just a Media Center Extender it is also a digital media adapter that can stream content from both Vista and XP. One thing I like is from the Connect UI content from multiple devices are pooled together so...

Listen Here Two interviews this week. First up is Scott Evans from Microsoft talking about the 2008 Ultimate Install Contest for custom AV installers , he will be explaining all about the competition and the prizes on offer. Then I will be talking about AMD Live! with AMD . We will be finding out what...

In this video I unbox and give a brief tour of a HP MediaSmart Windows Home Server . It's a very compact unit with plenty of space for adding more storage and it has plenty of expansion options. So have a look at this video and then compare it with the video I recorded of Tranquil's Windows Home Server...

The Digital Lifestyle.com video show is sponsored by Embedded Automation 10ft Media make Media Center systems for consumers and businesses, they even install systems in dentists. A few weeks ago they were on The Media Center Show and we chatted about their systems. In this video I take a look at one...

Watch the video in HQ WMV It's been a while since I did any videos, so here is the first of a couple I have coming out. This show looks at Sony's UX1 UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) It's a nice device with a 4.5" screen and slide out keyboard running Windows Vista Business. I didn't have much time to do the video...

This week on the Extra show I continue my CES coverage. First is a look at the Gyration Remote Control that was on show at CES which is a great motion controlled remote control, it was the first chance I had to play with one and I must say I am impressed. Then Ted Singh from Embedded Automation showed...

This is my first video from CES. Tim Cutting from Niveus and I walked around the Microsoft and Intel booths with the video camera. We saw HP's new touch screen PC "HP TouchSmart" with a Media Center photo application, we looked at HD-DVD on a Niveus Media Center Server and the played with the new Sideshow...

Welcome to something new on the show. The Media Center Show Extra is a video accompaniment to the Media Center Show . This week I look at some of the new applications talked about on the Media Center Show #78. FlickrMCE is a Flickr applications for Media Center and Big Screen Weather is a Weather application...

This week on the show I look at the “Z” sample application in the Windows Media Center SDK (v5.0) Z is a complete end-to-end sample application that really shows off the power of Media Center Markup lanungage. You get the source code to the whole application in the SDK. I hope it not only...

This week on the Media Center Show Extra I am showing off mceAuction the ebay application for Media Center as well as Media Center Markup Language samples and the Q application that Aaron Stebner talks about on the Media Center Show this week. View via Youtube, MSN Soapbox or direct download Links from...