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Sat, Aug 22 2009 20:59

Going Beyond The Enthusiast Market

Charlie Owen, a former Media Center team member wrote a post this week about Media Center expanding its marketplace, specifically going from the current enthusiast market to a more mainstream market . Charlie analysis comes to the pretty simple answer...
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Fri, Mar 28 2008 21:02

Fiji Media Center Beta Inches Closer

We have been waiting for Microsoft to open the beta for Fiji, the suspected codename for the next version of Media Center for well over a year now. I first posted about it in March of last year , with invites first opening just a month after that , and...
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Mon, Jul 9 2007 20:03

Short Bits: Distributors, BSkyB, Vista SP1, Sony XL3/TP1

CE Pro says that "distributors believe Media Center Edition whole-house controls will be the most important trend" in 2007. This is a very important step in the wide-spread adoption of Media Center and PCs in general for living room use. People...
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Tue, Feb 6 2007 17:02

OS X and Linux: CableCARD, DIRECTV, Dish, HD DVD, Blu-ray?

Something that comes up often in my posts about different technologies coming to Windows Vista is why are they always limited to Windows? Well, the answer is that most of them are just not. Starting with CableCARD, the OpenCable Unidirectional Receiver...
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Sat, Feb 3 2007 17:30

Dish Network Also Developing Media Center Add-In Card?

Last month we all noticed that nothing was said about DIRECTV and Microsoft at CES, but DBSTalk.com got a Q&A with DIRECTV and they said HTPC Cards were “Still in progress, internal beta testing.” Somehow it got overlooked that Dish Network said the...
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Thu, Feb 23 2006 18:20

DirecTV Outlines Digital Home Plans for 2006/2007

DirecTV Investor Meeting 2006 | On February 22, 2006 DirecTV outlined their plans to cover the digital home in 2006 and into 2007. I have yet to listen to the Investor Meeting in order to find out more details, however the Windows Media Webcast can be...
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Thu, Jan 5 2006 20:10

DIRECTV and Microsoft Expand Digital Content Throughout the Home

DIRECTV and Microsoft Announce Long-Term Agreement to Expand the Reach of Digital Content Throughout the Home and on the Go | DIRECTV Inc., the nation’s leading digital television service provider, and Microsoft Corp., the worldwide leader in software...
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