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The beta only came out yesterday but Niall has his applications updated already . Good work Niall! I’ve just updated all of the Big Screen Product Installers on bigscreenglobal.com so they now support Windows 7 (just tested on the Windows 7 Beta1 Build 7000 – officially released today). These installers...
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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.com Addin Reviews can now be posted directly on...
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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 the tip Toshiba to Build on Its Collaboration...
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I have blogged about iPhone remotes, even EEE PC remotes but this is the biggest Media Center Remote I have ever seen. Built using a PS2 Dance mat and some C# code. Checkout the video: via Entertainment 2.0
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I got an comment on my blog about a tweaked version of ngRC remote control software working on a touch screen enabled EEE PC. This is a great idea and I thought worthy of a post. The EEE PC 901 was first modified to add touch screen capabilities and then ngRC was used as the remote control software,...
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Microsoft have put out an interesting video showing the history of Windows Media Center including a look at where it’s going in Windows 7. It’s interesting to see Windows XP Media Center again, it’s been a while. Evolution of Windows Media Center Evolution of Windows Media Center via...
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Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to Windows expert Ed Bott about Window 7, there is a lot to look forward to in 2009 with Windows 7 and I talk to Ed about the new version of Windows and how the development process for Windows 7 differs from Windows Vista. I also have email, news items and some...
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It’s that time of year to reflect on the last twelve months, so I wondered what has been good and bad for you in the Windows Media Center ecosystem. TV Pack (the update known as Fiji) came and maybe due to the way the project was handled and the expectations of the community the release was a big...
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Listen Here (mp3) Welcome to the Christmas edition of The Media Center Show, this week I am talking to Patrick Hunt of Tingz . Tingz are fun little applications, or widgets, designed to make everyday tasks just a little bit easier and one of the platform Tingz supports is Windows Media Center so I will...
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I have seen a few people try running Windows Home Server as a virtual machine on Windows Vista as a way of combining WHS and Media Center together (with limited success) but I haven’t seen it done ther other way round. Andrew Grant posted about running Vista Media Center on Windows Home Server...
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I love Niall’s Big Screen applications such as Big Screen Headlines and Big Screen Photos and for a limited time you can get 40% of his great applications. For the details head over to Niall’s blog
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Listen Here (mp3) Welcome to the Christmas edition of The Media Center Show, this week I am talking to Patrick Hunt of Tingz . Tingz are fun little applications, or widgets, designed to make everyday tasks just a little bit easier and one of the platform Tingz supports is Windows Media Center so I will...
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For a while it looked like the Ricavision Sideshow remote I saw at CES back in January would be the Media Center remote I wanted, I love the idea of the Sideshow but the Ricavision remote is no more and neither is the company . The other option is using a Windows Mobile device ( see this video ) and...
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IS NOT CODECS. Ok now I have got your attention time for what our friends stateside like to call an OpEd - an opinionated editorial. I read a lot of Ian Dixon's post where he talks of the Media Centre as a server hidden away somewhere with extenders delivering content to the TV. It is a very well...
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Recently when asked what wireless keyboard I would recommend for Media Center use I have been mentioning the RK-278 MCE Keyboard from Maplin here in the UK. I really like these keyboards they have a good full size keyboard which balances nicely on your lap; a good selection of media center specific keys...
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When DIRECTV announced the Media Center tuner work had been suspended we all wondered what had gone on for a project that has been in the works for over two years to get suspended so close to being ready. Chris Lanier has posted a time line of the events around the project and some thoughts on what went...
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Julie Jacobson on CE Pro has an interesting couple of articles on how with Windows 7 Microsoft are focusing on the TV features of Windows Media Center . The post With Windows 7, Media Center is All About the TV points out how Microsoft is improving on the TV features of Media Center for the new release...
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Julie Jacobson is reports that DirecTV may have suspended development of the HDPC-20 tuner. Julie picked up a report on Gearlog saying that after missing out on going in to TV Feature Pack DirecTV have decided to suspend the project. DIRECTV has suspended the development of the HDPC-20 tuner project...
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Windows Media Center users in Australia have always suffered from a lack of EPG data and have to use 3rd party apps to get the data in to Media Center but TV Feature Pack broke some of the 3rd party EPG solutions. The good news is that SBS Australia are now transmitting 7 days worth of EPG data over...
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Ed Bott links to two updates for Windows Vista: KB959485 “resolves issues with Media Center for Windows Vista” (the 64bit version is also available), the knowledge base page is not up yet but I believe it fixes a problem where TV shows recorded on CableCARD end up with just the audio. The...
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Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to Gordon Van Zuiden from Cybermanor , the winners of the 2008 Windows Media Center Ultimate Install Contest. They installed a fantastic integrated solution based on Windows Media Center and Life|ware and we talk about the solution and the components used. I also...
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Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to Gordon Van Zuiden from Cybermanor , the winners of the 2008 Windows Media Center Ultimate Install Contest. They installed a fantastic integrated solution based on Windows Media Center and Life|ware and we talk about the solution and the components used. I also...
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Simon May has an interesting poll up: What do you want to do in Media Center but can't? We all have things we want Media Center to do that it can’t but if you could pick one thing what would it be? I would like to see shared tuners and I know lots of people want better codec support, so have your...
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Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to Christian Steenberg from Denmark about this Windows Media Center installation, the troubles he faced and the furniture he used to make his solution. I have email, news items and details of the massive new competition TheDigitalLifestyle.com is part of. Addin...
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Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to Christian Steenberg from Denmark about this Windows Media Center installation, the troubles he faced and the furniture he used to make his solution. I have email, news items and details of the massive new competition TheDigitalLifestyle.com is part of. Addin...
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I keep meaning to record some video showing the Windows 7 version Windows Media Center running on my Xbox 360, I should have it down later this week. In the mean time Gizmodo have a nice top 10 list of Media Center features in Windows 7 . The screenshots aren't great but the list is good. Some of...
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MceZone.com have released another useful Media Center application, V-Mail for MCE enables Vonage users to view, play and delete voices mails all from Media Center. The addin is a for Vista Media Center and if you find it useful don’t forget to donate. Donwload from mcezone.com V-Mail for MCE allows...
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I spotted an interesting post on PocketNow.com explaining how to sync Recorded TV with your Windows Mobile device. It’s been a while since I have done this as I use my Zune for taking recorded tv with me but this guide will be very handy for anybody with Windows Mobile device and wants to take...
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Okoro Media Systems Now shipping 2009 LX100 CableCARD Media Center Okoro Media Systems, manufacturer of Digital Entertainment Systems for the high end audio video market, is pleased to announce the availability of the 2009 OMS-LX100 Digital Entertainment System. The new 2009 LX100, part of the “Low Profile...
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Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to the Home Server Show’s David McCabe about his top Windows Home Server addins including addins for enabling Windows Media Center integration. I have email on HD Home Run, Extender DVD playback and Sideshow gadgets, plus a roundup of the Media Center news...
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EngadgetHD managed to grab some photos of DirecTV tuners working on Media Center in Microsoft’s lab at Redmond. As Ben says just because it’s being tested in Microsoft’s lab does not mean it will end up in production but it’s nice to know its being tested Microsoft invited us, with a few others, to tour...
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Gizmodo have a nice video showing off Windows Media Center in Windows 7 being controlled by touch. This feature must be disabled in the PDC version as I couldn’t get it to work in my Q1. The UI looks very smooth and the scrolling reminds me of how HP’s TouchSmart UI works. I can’t wait to try this out...
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It looks like TheGreenButton has a new blogger, Pete Brown’s new blog is aiming to “documents my life living with Media Center in a family of four in the American middle west.”. Pete is working for Microsoft and it looks like his brief is to see how Microsoft can improve the communications with the community...
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Over on TheGreenButton Microsoft are looking for potential Media Center beta testers. It doesn’t necessarily mean there is something to test as Microsoft from time to time like to update their database of potential testers but if interesting in testing future updates then put your name forward...
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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...
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Ed Bott has an interesting find about DirecTV and Windows 7. Long time follows of Media Center will remember that DirecTV announced they were bring DirecTV to Windows Media Center back at CES in 2006. Up to now there have been plenty or rumours but no real evidence it was ever going to happen, but Ed...
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Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to Microsoft’s Charlie Owen about the new version of Windows Media Center that will ship as part of Windows 7. Last week Windows 7 was shown off for the first time and Charlie posted details of the updated Media Center on his blog . We will be talking about...
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Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to Microsoft’s Charlie Owen about the new version of Windows Media Center that will ship as part of Windows 7. Last week Windows 7 was shown off for the first time and Charlie posted details of the updated Media Center on his blog . We will be talking about...
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I noticed in a PDC session Doug Berrett had a Webguide icon amongst his Live Mesh shortcuts and as we have heard nothing about the future of Webguide I was very pleased to see this on10 video showing a demo of Webguide running as a Sliverlight app on Live Mesh. The Webguide part of the video is about...
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Brian Binnerup has updated My Movies to 2.48 and released the 1.0 version of My Movies for Windows Home Server , you can listen to Brian talking about his new application on The Media Center Show #176 . For installation and configuration instructions head to the My Movies Wiki which details the installation...