Why I Won’t Buy Apple’s iTV

Dave Zatz puts his $0.02 into how he feels about Apple's new product, iTV, and doesn't pull any punches. I'm curious to see how it fares, but I think how poorly the original FrontRow software did in the market is a sign that maybe this just isn't the market for Apple. First off, early reports pegged this device at a […]

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The Media Center Show #90 CES Part 1

Ian's an absolute machine. Guy flies to Vegas for CES, stays a few days, shoots right back to England, and puts out a Media Center Show, right on schedule, without any delay. Bravo! This time up is some CES news, so check it out!  Show Times: 00:40 Coming up this week 01:36 Pictures from CES 02:00 What I saw and […]

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Windows Vista “Capable” and “Premium-Ready” System Requirements

Planning on upgrading to Vista? Well, your system better be up to par according to Microsoft. The requirements here are pretty overwhelming, as even with the Vista-Capable, you need 512mb of Ram!!!  Windows Vista Capable modern processor (min. 800MHz) 512MB system memory DirectX 9-capable graphics processor Windows Vista Premium-Ready 1GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1GB system memory Support […]

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Media Center Show Extra #5

Ian's got out his latest of his video add-on to his weekly Media Center Show podcast, so check it out if you want to see some of what he's discussed in action. On this on the all Vista show I will be taking a look at mceBackup 2.0 my backup tool for Media Center, Big Screen Headlines a RSS reader […]

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Setting up HDMI on your HDTV – nVidia vs. AMD

TweakTown has a nice little article comparing the difference between NVidia & ATI when it comes to connecting your nice new HDTV via HDMI. It's easier than you think, and by far the best quality you can obtain. Nothing like seeing Media Center software on a nice 50" Plasma in pure high definition…*drool* Because HDTV resolutions are greater than the […]

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8 features to make media centers mainstream

Floppyhead has a rather nice article about what it'll take for Media Centers to be mainstream. No doubt they're getting much closer than ever before, and I agree with most of his points….except not sure how huge "storage of movies" is to the mainstream audience. HDTV reception and recording A plug and play interface Storage of movies Media extenders without […]

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