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Thu, Jan 8 2009 9:57

VidaBox Unveils new Products at CES 2009

VidaBox Releases New vPad8, an Enhanced Ultra-Mobile Tablet Designed for Automation VidaBox LLC, a manufacturer of digital entertainment and control solutions, is proud to present the vPad8™, a thin and light ultra-mobile tablet PC. Running on Windows...
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Mon, Dec 22 2008 21:44

Short Bits: SideShow Remote, Big Screen Savings, Video Testimonial Program, More

Ricavision is officially dead now, but Phillips is sort-of taking their place with the SRM7500 SideShow Remote . Hardly the eye candy that the Ricavision was, but at least it is shipping with a much lower price tag. Clear downside here is the screen which...
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Sun, Oct 26 2008 19:20

Review: Vidabox Premium Wireless Keyboard with Laser Trackball

Just about a year ago I reviewed Vidabox’s Premium Wireless Keyboard with Optical Trackball and came to a pretty simple conclusion; great inexpensive wireless keyboard that didn’t have a Green Button for Media Center use. The fact that it...
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Wed, Oct 22 2008 6:51

Microsoft Releases Media Center SideShow Gadgets

Microsoft has officially released their Media Center SideShow Gadgets for public download. The Gadgets, previously in beta , allow you to use a SideShow device to browse the EPG, schedule recordings, start playback of content (TV, music, videos, pictures...
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Tue, Oct 7 2008 20:36

Update: Ricavision Misses SideShow Remote Ship Date, Again

It sure has been a long wait to get a SideShow enabled remote control. The once cool feature of Windows Vista was going to allow inexpensive devices with external displays to grab content from the PC and control it remotely. This technology still has...
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Fri, Sep 12 2008 14:25

Media Center SideShow Gadgets RC Gets Extender Support

Early this year it was confirmed that the Media Center SideShow gadgets would support control of Extenders. However when the first public beta for the gadgets came out Extender support was missing (along with good SideShow devices). We still really don’t...
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Tue, Sep 2 2008 20:58

Embedded Automation Announces Commercial Release of mPanel

Newest Product in the mHome Family Integrates Digital Media and Digital Home Control Surrey, BC – September 2, 2008 Today, Embedded Automation announced commercial availability of mPanel, the newest member of the mHome Product Family. mPanel will...
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Tue, Sep 2 2008 20:51

VidaBox's vAutomation Platform Tightly Integrates Media Center & Automation Technologies

VidaBox Partners with Charmed Quark Systems to create vAutomation™: Complete Media Management & Automation Solutions for the Mid-to-High-End AV Market Westbury, NY - September 2nd - VidaBox LLC proudly presents its new line of automation and...
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Mon, Jul 21 2008 19:40

Short Bits: Media Center U, Media Center Show, SideShow, More

I’ve been extra busy the past week and have kind of skipped covering everything that I wanted too, but now I’m back! Check out part 4 and part 4 of the Media Center University sessions at EHX. In these two sessions Todd Rutherford from Microsoft...
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Fri, Jul 18 2008 19:28

VidaBox Releases the vController - Hardware Solution Integratable with Software Automation

VidaBox Releases the vController - a Solid, Feature-Rich Hardware Solution Integratable with Software-Based Automation packages ‏ Westbury, NY – July 17th – VidaBox is excited to offer the vController, a powerful rack-mountable automation...
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Wed, Jul 2 2008 19:46

Microsoft Starts Media Center SideShow Gadget Beta

Microsoft has finally unwrapped a beta of the long rumored Vista Media Center SideShow control gadget. First spotted by Stuart , you can apply for the beta on Microsoft Connect and get started starting, but so far it looks pretty much like basic in terms...
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Tue, May 13 2008 16:09

Short Bits: Sideshow, Netflix, Media Manager

Mike did a great comparison of all of the different Netflix plug-ins for Media Center, and Alan seems to be doing good with his semi-recent CableCARD purchase. Ricavision looks like they are getting ready (again) to release their Sideshow remote. While...
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Wed, Apr 30 2008 8:26

mControl Gains iPhone/iPod Touch Control Interface

Embedded Automation is on the urge of releasing mControl v2.1 which already adds several new features and improvements, but it looks like one last feature it sneaking its way in, an iPhone/iPod Touch UI ! I will have more about mControl later this week...
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Fri, Apr 18 2008 11:17

Short Bits: Managed Copy, Media Center University, Sideshow

The dream of legally copying a Blu-ray Disc to your hard drive and streaming it to other devices might be over before it starts. Managed Copy, the cornerstone of the AACS content protection system might never actually get off the ground, reports Consumer...
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Wed, Mar 26 2008 13:37

Short Bits: Life|ware, Harmony, MyNetflix

Interesting how Mike Seamons leaves Exceptional Innovation and their focus turns to everything but Media Center. Life|ware now runs on a RTI T-2C RF remotes , so you can have an XPe Life|controller and not even use Media Center as a part of Life|ware...
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Mon, Feb 25 2008 9:23

ThinkRemote To Bring SideShow To Everyday Devices

As first spotted this morning on The Green Button , ThinkRemote is an upcoming application that aims to bring SideShow to “everyday devices” like your Windows Mobile phone, iPhone, Wii, Nintendo DS, PSP, web browser, and more. The application is Media...
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Sun, Feb 3 2008 9:54

Niveus Media Releases Companion Basic for Free

As Tim Cutting noted at CES with Ian Dixon , they are releasing their Companion Basic software for free to all Vista Media Center users. Companion Basic supports My Music, My Pictures, and My Remote but doesn’t include Extender control support or TV functionality...
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Thu, Jan 24 2008 16:28

Ricavision Sideshow Remote Slips Again; Now Summer 2008

I’m sorry for those of you who have pre-ordered Ricavision’s VAVE100, but after delay after delay , price raise after price raise , the VAVE100 Sideshow remote is now said to have a ship timeframe of “Summer 2008.” If you have pre-ordered the remote,...
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Mon, Jan 7 2008 14:58

VidaBox vPadT Touchscreen Tablet Integrates Control of Multiple Web-Accessible Devices

WESTBURY, NY – January 7th – VidaBox LLC introduces the new vPad™ ultra-mobile tablet , designed to allow easy integration of multiple web-controllable devices. “A common problem for AV integrators is providing a single point of control for their clients...
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Fri, Dec 28 2007 14:05

Short Bits: Worst Tech, Remotes, Ed's Extender

Apple TV scored the #1 position on Yahoo’s 10 Worst Tech Products for 2007 . I’m no fan of it , but as it appears Apple might finally be launching movie rentals in iTunes it could get a second coming. Renting movies from the Apple TV would defiantly add...
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