The Media Center Show No.178 – Tranquil PC

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This week I am talking to David Thompson of Manchester based Tranquil PC about their new Windows Home Server the SQA-5H, its is a Intel Atom powered cube based server with space for 5 drives and plenty of innovations including a one touch backup button that backs up the shares to an external drive. I also talked to David about their Windows Home Server based Music ripping box. I have email, news items and news of the updated website

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Show Times:
00:50 Coming up this week
01:42 Email: Internet TV Stutter
03:59 Email: Zune and Media Center
04:33 Email: Feedback
04:59 Email: Powered USB hub fixes USB tuner stutters
05:30 Details of the Media Center updates
08:10 EventPhone – Control Media Center from an iPhone and EventGhost
09:00 Video: A quick look at the Gyration Air Mouse
09:46 Windows Media Center Sideshow Gadgets Released
12:20 TheDigitalLifestyle.com Upgrade – Wikis, new blogs and more
14:26 Welcome to David
15:10 The market
16:44 Bad press because of the bug
18:00 The first server
20:29 New Product
27:33 Front Display
28:33 Shipping and costs
31:00 RS3 – Home Server Music Ripper
38:50 Future developments
41:40 See you next week

Music by Ian Dixon

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