From: The Green Button
Missing Remote has had several great articles and review
this week including an article
on SDV and what it means to your CableCARD PC. In addition to that Mike reviewed
TVTonic for Media Center and D-Link’s
DSM-330 DivX Connected Extender (non Media Center Extender).
Ian Dixon got one of the new HP TouchSmart panels to play
with and
gives [...]
From: The Green Button
DivX made its name as the first truly popular way to
pirat…err….watch compressed movies over your computer. It caused
tons of hassles for those of us who had built lower powered HTPC’s,
only to have lip sync or stuttering problems as our poor left over
400MHz CPU’s could not handle it. My how times have changed… DivX [...]
From: The Green Button
Listen Here (mp3)
This week I am chatting with Engadget HD’s Ben Drawbaugh. We will be talking about Windows Media Center, Home Automation, remote controls and the recent Extender shoot he did for Engadget HD. I also have your email and a round up of the weeks news.
Please keep the email coming show [...]
From: The Green Button
Adding to the long list of mControl add-ins, drivers, and
plug-ins is
their text to speech beta driver that allows the Microsoft Speech API to
make your Vista machine speak text as part of a macro. The speech commands are specific to Windows
Vista, so the client will not work on MCE 2005 (the controller part [...]
From: The Green Button
I recall the days when the government passed a bill
back which forced the cable companies to play fair and allow for users
to access the entire library of channels with the use of a Cable Card.
The idea was simple: Cable Companies have a monopoly on regions and
services for cable television, and were essentially [...]
From: The Green Button
I had a day off with the kids and managed to put my back out so that delayed me unboxing HP’s new TouchSmart but I got there in the end and recorded a video of my first impressions and what a fantastic system it is. Here is a roundup of some of [...]
From: The Green Button
Recently QWebL announced their
intentions to bring their home automation software to Media Center and
other platforms including touchpanels, phones, and more. A week or so ago they also announced
a contest in which they are giving away two $1,000 American Express gift cards
for video entries on your frustrations with remote controls for your home [...]
From: The Green Button
Listen Here
This week Microsoft put out Power Pack 1 for Windows Home Server, this includes a fix for the data corruption bug, x64 support and extra backup features. Also HP put out an update for the HP MediaSmart Server so HP’s Allen Buckner joins me to talk about PP1 and what is [...]
From: The Green Button
Samsung Electronics America Inc., the leader in the U.S.
digital television market, lets consumers view PC-content on a Samsung HDTV with
the retail launch of the company‘s MediaLive adaptor.
Samsung‘s MediaLive delivers digital content (including
HD content) in real-time from Windows Media Center on a PC running Windows
Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate operating systems [...]
From: The Green Button
Time for another MCE Plugin quick review!! This time up, TVTonic!!
Video podcasts within your Media Center simply make SENSE! It makes so
much sense, that even Microsoft developed their own application to let
you enjoy some online programming, for free–Internet TV Beta. That
being said, Internet TV really is more of a “push” technology, with
very [...]