Ceton previews multi-room DVR and Echo extender

Some “out of left field” news from the Ceton camp, but interesting as well. The folks over at Ceton have been busy and I mean very busy. They are inviting the press at CES to their suit to show off their new Media Center Extender, as well as their dedicated Set-Top-Box based of of Windows 7 embedded which will include their very popular […]

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Rumor: Microsoft Stuffs IPTV Group Into Xbox

I love rumors, especially when they seem to make sense with recent occurences. Normally I wouldn’t post them, but I don’t think this one is all that damaging. The Xbox team has continued to add lots of services, and we know that Microsoft’s MediaRoom platform is built off of the XBox, so it kinda just makes sense anyways. Take it […]

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HDCP “Master Key” Leaked?

End of days?  Armageddon?  Apocalypse?  Not quite, but this is very uplifting news to opponents of all forms of DRM, like myself.  There are rumblings that the "master key" has been found for HDCP, which would allow anyone to create matching pairs of keys.  If this proves true, this is most likely the deCSS of the Blu-ray era and may […]

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Microsoft: We are focusing on eight core businesses

You can either take this as good or bad news, depending on your own optimism. I think a more focused Microsoft makes for the better, as it will hopefully prevent seemingly abandoned technologies such as the Extenders. Only time will really tell what this all means, if their "TV" definition even includes MCE. Actually, Microsoft has eight core focus areas, […]

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Microsoft Unveils “Aurora” On-Premise/Cloud Hybrid Small Business Server

Aurora builds on Windows Home Server Vail’s feature set with support for a far greater number of clients (up to 25) support for Active Directory (like Windows Small Business Server, Aurora must sit at the root of the domain) as well as support for cloud-based applications. Developed alongside Windows Home Server “Vail” over the past two years, “Aurora” includes many […]

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Comcast DTA MCE Setup Steps

Very detailed step by step instructions for using a digital tuning adapter within Media Center for those in need. Many cable operators around the country are reclaiming analog space (separate from the over the air digital transition). If you have a cable set top box, nothing should change. If you connect coax out of the wall to an old analog […]

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Weekly Podcast Roundup, June 11th 2010

I’m sure you non-sports/soccer fans are going to be happy for this massive list of podcasts for the weekend and next week. Enjoy! Contrast ratio, or the ratio of brightness between full white and full black on screen can be a very revealing number.  Since most sets can go full white, it really tells you how black a set can […]

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Community WHS Add-ins: Moving to pay models?

This is another hot topic, which will most likely garner some spirited discussion.  Windows Home Server’s add-in support has been a blessing for many users, adding features which people found WHS to be lacking or simply enhancing existing features.  However, most of the community add-ins have been free, but that tide seems to be changing and Microsoft itself seems to […]

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