Tag: General Media Center News

They are having a signup for people to try the software to let iPhones, Windows mobile device, etc access  sideshow content.  Control Think ThinkRemote sets Windows SideShow content free, bringing SideShow gadgets to everyday electronic devices such as mobile phones, portable game consoles, and remote controls. With support for wired, wireless, and Internet-based connectivity, ThinkRemote keeps you connected to your […]

The time has come….did MissingRemote.com make the cut? Did your favorite MCE application win the prize? What about Chris Lanier…does he continue his reign of blog dominance?!?!? Listen in & find out!! Show Times: 01:12 Coming up this week 01:38 Would you like to see more live shows 01:56 Email -Extender and signal issues 03:18 Email – HDMI on the […]

Chris has been busy over the past few days. He even had time to post up a lengthy review of the Zune. Chris L If you have something like a Zune 80 that plenty of hard drive space it is easy to use the "Sync all my music" option, then you can have it sync new content added on the […]

The topic of Softsled is a touchy one for sure, the ability to "Extend" your Media Center experience from any computer. Well, while still not official from Microsoft, a user at Thegreenbutton, FaberFox, was able to find some success with an app called StreamMyGame to work with his Vista Media Center. I haven’t had such good luck, but a few […]

Geek Tonic, aka Brent Evans, has a post on how to setup the HDHomeRun QAm tuner with BeyondTV or SageTV. He gives links to ProjectHTPC’s BTV guide and Floppyhead’s STV guide. I am looking forward to Brent’s upcoming SageMC 16X9 guide/blog post/something or other :). I hope he waits until Mike and Flachbar releases their next version as it supports […]

mikesm, from the SageTV forums, was at CES this an managed to track down a bit more information about the Echostar/SageTV/Pioneer setup and more information about Hauppauge’s upcoming HD Capture Card. The good news is that the cap card is only a couple of months away and will capture 1080p in a H.264 format at a price tag of $250. […]

Jessica Zahn, a program manager at MS for the Media Center team sat down with TGB to discuss a range of Media Center topics. Nothing too much of susbtance except that DVD streaming will be a reality. We have no idea when, but Jessica confirmed it is already working. TGB Xbox 360 Media Center Extender Move on, there isn’t much […]

It was always pretty obvious that major departments in MS did not communicate. It never made sense to me, nor our readers, why departments that were so closely related never communicated. That recently changed here in October according to news.com.com with the combining of the IPTV department, HD-DVD and Media Center group. Any mention of Xbox 360 in there? Of […]

Vista has a big advantage in the PC DVR marketplace by being the only option for digital cable tuners. How can SageTV and BeyondTV compete? Floppyhead I wonder how much Microsoft has actually fought with CableLabs about its DRM-scheme. Publicly, they appear to be butting heads but privately, Microsoft has a lot to gain by being the only option on […]