I hope this does come off, according to Digital Spy, Microsoft are talking to the BBC about bringing BBC content to Xbox Live, it would be great to get video content down via Xbox Live, in the UK we are seriously missing out on TV content via Xbox Live and it would be a great [...]
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As I reported over the weekend I have had a major problems with my Vista Media Center PC. Basically if I recorded anything it would stop recording after a couple of minutes then start again, the log was full or errors too (see the original post for more details) Part of the fix involved deleting [...]
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My Vista Media Center has gone mad! I got home from work last night and Media Center had tried to record the same program 6 times, and reported a conflict in the event log that the TV program was causing a conflict with it’s self, and the program had been split in to 5 small [...]
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Updated: The pictures Engadget posted were of Niveus’ Media Center Server not an Extender, the screen is their companion software and now they have updated the post to say the screen shots are of Niveus’ touch screen and not the Extender Engadget have got there hands on some of the details of Niveus’ Media Center [...]
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As I mentioned in the CEDIA news post Microsoft have released some information on the next generation of Media Center Extenders and I thought it desired a post in it’s own right. I have had quite a few emails from readers and listeners pointing out that the details had been announced and that there is [...]
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By Ian Dixon (16.9mb 1 hour 11mins 42sec) Vote for the show on Podcast Alley Direct Download Link - Subscribe via iTunes - Subscribe via RSS After a week off, I am back with Mark McCall from AutomatedHome.com talking about Home Automation, the type of devices you can control, security and how you can add intelligence to you [...]
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Have a look at this video from Casey Chesnut, he is developing an application to use a UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) as a companion device to Windows Media Center. So you can use your UMPC to control your Media Center PC, surf TV channels, use it as a picture frame and browse the guide data. It makes [...]
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By Ian Dixon (16.9mb 1 hour 11mins 42sec) Vote for the show on Podcast Alley Direct Download Link - Subscribe via iTunes - Subscribe via RSS After a week off, I am back with Mark McCall from AutomatedHome.com talking about Home Automation, the type of devices you can control, security and how you can add intelligence to you [...]
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Wow lots of Media Center news in one day, and all just after I had finished getting this weeks show recorded Doh! First off Exceptional Innovation has announced a four tuner CableCARD solution at CEDIA, CE pro has all the details. CE Pro also had details of a Sideshow Remote platform using Z-wave, more on [...]
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I saw an interesting post on Bink.nu about a new development from Philips, they are going to be offering a free service for Vista that will learn users viewing preferences and then be able to create personalized channels complete with recommendations. There is going to a PC version that will be a free download but [...]
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