From: GeekTonic by Brent Evans
I’m in the market for a new big-screen HDTV and watching the deals. Lots of LCD and Plasma deals are beginning to crop up. Here’s several from Dell:
Sharp 42 LCD HDTV for only $799 after $600 Instant Savings! Expires: 11/27/08
Save $500 on Sony 46” 120Hz 1080p LCD HDTV! Coupon Code: S7K3PXQHP8474Q Expires: [...]
From: GeekTonic by Brent Evans
Photo of Windows 7 Media Center with Touch Interface (from Gizmodo)
The guys at Gizmodo were in Redmond this week and have a quick video showcasing Windows Media Center 7 controlled by touch. That would be touch control integrated into the OS so no 3rd party software needed. It looks smooth and [...]
From: GeekTonic by Brent Evans
MythTV, the popular Linux-based HTPC software is nearing release for its latest version of MythTV (version 0.22). And gunaxin.com has several screen-shots of the new interface.
This new version of MythTV will include a significant rewrite of the user interface which will open up significant benefits to developers (code [...]
From: GeekTonic by Brent Evans
Most of us think of DVD software when we think of CyberLink, but the company is now branching out to show off the PowerCinema 6 HTPC software. It handles TV, Photos, Music etc as you would expect and includes H.264 support as well. Nothing here is going to peel away current [...]
From: The Green Button
Greetings Masters of the Green Button:
I wanted to introduce myself and this new blog for you. Media Center and Me is a blog that documents my life living with Media Center in a family of four in the American middle west.
I like to think of it as one part enthusiast, one part [...]
From: GeekTonic by Brent Evans
Amazon (affiliate) brings us the XBox 360 60GB Holiday Bundle.
This includes
Lego Indiana Jones
Kung-Fu Panda
Lego Batman game
1,600 Microsoft Live Points Card
Xbox 360 Console Holiday Special All this for $300 (enter coupon code: 360OFFER )
From: GeekTonic by Brent Evans
XBMC was just updated and now Plex, the Mac fork of XBMC has a new version as well. This new Plex Version 0.7.0 “Seven” was released late Sunday night.
Here’s a few of the new features of Plex Seven:
Simplified Settings
Auto-update (Integrated Sparkle) and Battery Monitoring for laptops [...]
From: GeekTonic by Brent Evans
It’s officially mid-season for the TV world and time to check in on the Fall 2008 TV shows. Which ones are finished? Which ones are on life support? Read on for a fairly long list of television shows that are either ending after this season or being cancelled prematurely.
SHOWS [...]
From: The Green Button
This week I have been playing with the Media Center sideshow gadgets on my Windows Mobile phone and Windows 7, taking to Jason Dunn about the Zune updates and talking Windows 7 with UMPCPotal. Here are the highlights from TheDigitalLifestyle.com over the last 7 days
Listen to me being interview on UMPCPortal.Com
Sites [...]
From: The Green Button
By now you have most likely seen what some
of the new features of Media Center in Windows 7 are, but don’t think it
stops there. In this series I will go
over some of the upcoming features of Media Center in Windows 7. These features should start appearing in
later builds, although some of them [...]