General Media Center News
With Vista now officially released, expect to see a lot more tips & tricks to get everything you want out of it. Found this one at Mike Brown's blog, a nifty hack if you need to distribute your recorded shows to other systems on your domain. One such benefit of a domain is the ability to grant computer accounts permissions […]
Read moreEvery time there's a product launch, especially for a Windows OS, the question arises about what is OEM and why is it so much less expensive than retail. Well, ARSTechnica has taken some of the guessing (and fun!) out of it & explained a bit in detail what differentiates it. OEM editions of Windows don't come in pretty boxes, nor […]
Read moreEver since Vista was RTM'd, many people have battled with the debate of risking their perfectly tweaked/configured XP MCE2005 system in order to upgrade to the new Vista. Is it worth it? Ian really liked Vista after he went to CES, so he took the plunge & blogged about it. Are you going to be upgrading? I decided to do […]
Read moreSome handy videos for those of you that hate to read, basically offering some details about the Xbox360 & the teases we've seen about IPTV within it. Confused about what this IPTV stuff is supposed to be? Then watch these two videos, from 1up.com. Microsoft execs Chris Satchell and Albert Penello break it down and walk us through the interface. […]
Read moreChris Lanier has a great post basically dispelling so many myths about Windows Vista. People are terrified of the new technology for what it means to their pirat…errr….free usage. Well, as you can see from his link, not much is really going to change as far as the power you have over what you used to in XP: There are […]
Read moreWe're all kinda just being teased with promises of what SideShow can do. I can't wait til hardware developers really get a grasp of the capabilities of it & then we really see some amazing devices. With the release date of Windows Vista™ drawing ever closer, ASUSTek Computer Inc. (ASUS) is now offering 4 motherboard models that are designed especially […]
Read moreThis guy's a machine. Coming straight outta England, here's Ian Dixon's latest Media Center Show Podcast. As if you hadn't heard enough about CES, Ian finishes up his CES podcasts with the following: Show Times: 00:36 Coming up this week 01:21 Email – How to fix up your tags – Album Art fixer 02:44 Email – GPRocks.Net 04:02 List of […]
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There is a lot less skin then the Debbie Does …. series but for HTPC geeks its just as entertaining. They cover all of the proper HTPC and silent computing companies. Arctic Cooling, Antec, Seagate and a host of others can be found by clicking the link. From the article: Featured at the presentation were two new cases derived from […]
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Well I should know better then to forget the latest MCE show in my news, but everyonce in a while it slips by me. This week Ian talks with Todd Headrick from the Windows Home Server team. He also had the chance to talk with the a TVTonic rep. Podcast Summary: Listen Here: As you may have seen Microsoft are […]
Read moreReporting to you LIVE from Miami, Florida, I just saw this news & had to post it. Bravo for Sage for really jumping on this & making a nice mark. So don't be sad just because WINDOWS VISTA MCE won't work great with WINDOWS Media Server. 😛 "The SageTV Media Server running on the AMD LIVE! Home Media Server platform […]
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