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Sunday, May 04, 2008 10:07 AM

Short Bits: ToDVRMS, Netflix Instant, Sage Extender, more

Andy just posted a new command line application, ToDVRMS . As the name suggests, it converts files to DVR-MS. It was developed for MPEG/VOB, so rip your DVDs as one large VOB and run ToDVRMS on them and they should playback on Extenders. Anthony Park...
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Monday, April 14, 2008 8:51 AM

Microsoft at NAB Show 2008

Microsoft Announces New Support for Silverlight by Content Companies Worldwide Today at the NAB Show 2008, Microsoft Corp. announced significant momentum for Microsoft Silverlight resulting from new customers adopting Silverlight to deliver richer, more...
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Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:11 PM

Media Center Gets First Taste of Interactive Advertising

Interactive advertising is something that I’ve always imagined would come to Media Center and frankly I’m amazed that it has taken so long. There have been a few examples in the past, but nothing major. This is changing however with Media Center getting...
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:50 AM

NetflixMC Plug-in Does "Watch Now" on Extenders

While Vista currently has three separate Netflix plug-ins in development they all share one thing in common, no Watch Now support on Extenders. Between MyNetflix , NetflixMC , and vmcNetflix it seemed pretty hopeless that we would never get Watch Now...
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Friday, March 21, 2008 10:17 AM

Another Vista Netflix Plug-in Joins the Battlefield

If MyNetflix and NetflixMC didn’t do it for you, then you might want to check out the latest addition to the Netflix plug-in battleground, vmcNetflix . It does all the basics including viewing your queue, add/remove movies from your queue, and stream...
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Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:15 AM

Squeezebox Comes to Media Center

mceSoftsqueeze makes it possible to use a Media Center PC as a client to control your Squeezebox . This HTML plug-in should work with MCE 2005 and Vista, but sadly it doesn't appear to be Media Center Extender friendly. The Green Button member Ricibob...
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Monday, February 25, 2008 12:51 PM

Short Bits: Xbox HD DVD, Stage6

Microsoft made it official that the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive is now dead . If you wanted one, I hope you got it already. You will likely find stock marked down all over the place, some retailers going as low as $50 now. DivX Inc has pulled the plug on their...
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Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:26 PM

Fact or Fiction: Microsoft and Blu-ray

I’ve gotten a fair amount of reaction to the various articles I’ve posted on Microsoft and Blu-ray, and it still seems the overall consensus on the web is that Microsoft will fall head over heels for Blu-ray in their products. I want to preface this post...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:53 PM

Media Center Netflix Plug-in Battle Begins

By now I’m sure you have heard of Anthony Park’s MyNetflix plug-in for Vista Media Center, but NetflixMC is right on it’s heals as a second option. NetflixMC is a WPF plug-in instead of MCML and right now just allows the use of Watch Now within Media...
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Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:22 PM

Vista Media Center Gets Netflix Plug-in with Watch Now Support

Fellow MVP Anthony Park has just released MyNetflix for Vista Media Center . This incredible MCML plug-in has a host of features including “Watch Now” streaming ability! That’s right, no more waiting for Netflix to get their head in the game . Other features...
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Monday, January 14, 2008 8:07 PM

Short Bits: Extender Ads, Broswers, Netflix, More

Microsoft has launched their v2 Extender ad campaign on several websites include The New York Times, Gizmodo (I think CNET and so others are in there too). Assuming you don’t block ads in your web browser, check them out. Not too much Media Center related...
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Monday, January 07, 2008 10:41 AM

CES Wrap-up Part 1

CES just started a few hours ago, but I already feel like it can start being wrapped up. This years show just hasn’t had the pop it needed, and it all started with Microsoft’s lackluster keynote. Unlike pervious years, fancy demos of new products and...
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