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Microsoft, Media Center Integrator Alliance Announce 2009 Ultimate Install Contest

Co-sponsoring this year’s contest with Media Center Integrator Alliance, Microsoft again seeks best residential project design based on Windows Media Center in custom installation industry. ORLANDO, Fla. — March 12, 2009 — Today Read More

posted Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:10 AM by Chris - Moderator | 0 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center, Home Automation

Media Center Gets More Web Marketing

Pete pointed to some excellent new marketing videos that were done for Microsoft and I noticed one thing that just keeps coming back to me. None of them have anything to do with connected home entertainment! What do they have to do with? Read More

posted Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:08 AM by Chris - Moderator | 0 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center

VidaBox vAutomation adds Powerful, Semi-Automatic LiteTouch Lighting Integration

Westbury, NY - March 11th - VidaBox is proud to announce support for LiteTouch®, an innovator in residential lighting controls, on their vAutomation™ control and integration platform. All of the standard lighting controls can be integrated Read More

posted Tuesday, March 10, 2009 8:03 AM by Chris - Moderator | 0 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center, Home Automation

VidaBox Launches the Affordable RoomClient:SE Media Server

Westbury, NY - March 4th - VidaBox has launched the new RoomClient:SE system, an entry-level, Vista-based media server. Starting at $2248, the RoomClient:SE stores movies, pictures, music, and more for on-demand access via an on-screen, remote Read More

posted Wednesday, March 04, 2009 8:14 AM by Chris - Moderator | 2 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center

Short Bits: DivX, Links, News

You might have noticed I’ve been quiet for the past month, sadly that might continue for another month but I’ll be sure to try and fill the gaps (meanwhile tons of other Media Center blogs covering everything new out there). I’m not Read More

posted Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:08 PM by Chris - Moderator | 0 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center

CableCARD Takes First (Unofficial) Step to DIY PCs

A fair amount of headroom has recently been made for CableCARD support on non-OEM machines. CableLabs regulations have limited only Microsoft approved OEMs to build and sell CableCARD machines using well outlined stipulations including a special Read More

posted Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:50 PM by Chris - Moderator | 0 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, CableCARD, Media Center

Unlikely That Hulu is Holding Out for Microsoft

Julie Jacobson at CE Pro speculates that Hulu (who has been all over the news for killing third party apps) is holding out for Windows 7 Media Center support. As great as this would be, don’t get your hopes up. Hulu has very few reasons Read More

posted Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:39 PM by Chris - Moderator | 0 Comments
Filed Under: Media Center

Short Bits: Power DVD, Sage TV, Updates

Engadget HD got some shots of PowerDVD 9, or rather what we now know is the extent of the "native” Media Center Blu-ray integration announced CES. Native is a bit of a stretch as I figured it might be. Instead of native playback Read More

posted Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:30 PM by Chris - Moderator | 0 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center, Blu-ray

I’m on The Media Center Show

A few weeks ago I did an interview with Ian Dixon for The Media Center Show. We covered everything from CableCARD, to the TV Pack, to Windows 7. The interview is a bit short on substance and time in my opinion (my fault completely), but Read More

posted Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:19 AM by Chris - Moderator | 1 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center

Yes, The Green Button is Having Issues

Microsoft appeared to have fixed one of the issues I was having on the backend, but that fix has caused the entire site to come to its knees with wonderful message like "Value cannot be null. Parameter name: relativeUrl" when attempting to make a new Read More

posted Saturday, January 31, 2009 11:44 AM by Chris - Moderator | 12 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center, Other

Microsoft Focuses Media Center Marketing, Platform to Follow

The first sign of a business in trouble is when you must reinvent yourself to stay alive. Microsoft might not actually be reinventing Media Center, mostly becasue you can't reinvent something that you never actually defined a market for in the Read More

posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 7:38 PM by Chris - Moderator | 9 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center

Microsoft Loses the Online Content Fight

I shouldn’t actually call it a fight because that implies one actually gave effort, but CES 2009 has shown that Microsoft is effectively out of the race to provide a platform for streaming and downloadable content via the PC. I say via Read More

posted Friday, January 09, 2009 7:44 AM by Chris - Moderator | 3 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center

Media Center Gets Blu-ray, Just Not From Microsoft

I’ve talk about Microsoft and Blu-ray more times than I can count and it never fails I end up saying they will not be the ones to build Blu-ray support in Windows. My thoughts have officially come true with yesterday’s announcement Read More

posted Friday, January 09, 2009 7:37 AM by Chris - Moderator | 5 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center, Blu-ray

Ceton Gets Official with Industry First MOCUR

Microsoft might not have hit on it in their Media Center-less keynote, but there is one big change getting ready to happen. Well over a year after it was first spotted, Ceton is out with the news that they will be shipping an MOCUR in 2009 (Via Read More

posted Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:47 PM by Chris - Moderator | 1 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, CableCARD, Media Center

Ceton Announces Development of Next-Generation Cable TV Card for PCs Running Windows Media Center

(Via Media Center Blog) LAS VEGAS, NV -- 01/08/09 -- Ceton Corp., a Seattle-area technology company, today announced the development of the next-generation Ceton cable TV card for Windows Media Center-enabled PCs. PCs incorporating the Ceton Read More

posted Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:27 PM by Chris - Moderator | 1 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, CableCARD, Media Center