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Tue, Jul 15 2008 20:21

My Twelfth Post on Xbox 360 Not Getting Blu-ray

I never thought I would get a dozen posts out of this topic, but what do you know! Some said I was dead wrong when I predicted that Microsoft wasn’t planning on adding Blu-ray to the Xbox 360. After covering the issue from every different angle...
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Tue, Jul 15 2008 7:34

Short Bits: Netflix

Yesterday Microsoft announced that they are partnering with Netflix to bring Netflix’s streaming content to the Xbox 360 Dashboard . What was not announced however is the same in Media Center. The good news is that Microsoft now has the backend...
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Mon, Jul 7 2008 21:20

Short Bits: DVD Steaming, Media Center U, CEDIA

Charlie Owen wants to know why you think that Microsoft hasn’t hit on DVD streaming yet . My reasoning? Because Microsoft has no idea what market to develop for. Are they focused on their average consumer market? Because they don’t use Media...
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Mon, Jun 30 2008 7:15

HP MediaSmart Connect Review Part 1: Overview

The HP MediaSmart Connect x280n (formerly MediaSmart Receiver) is HPs latest entry into the Media Center Extender/Adaptor market. Building on the success of their MediaSmart HDTV lineup, the MediaSmart Connect brings the same experience you get on the...
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Mon, Jun 23 2008 19:59

Media Center Nabs More Online Content: Olympics & Fight Network

NBC has teamed up with TVTonic to provide online coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics via Media Center. Be sure to watch the ‘Explore’ section of Media Center for more, as well as TVTonic (requires install). More information at TVTonic . In...
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Mon, Jun 2 2008 18:54

Short Bits: Excalibur, mPanel, Fiji, SideShow, more

Fiji is old news, Excalibur seems to be the new thing (Via ActiveWin ). I’ve never seen so much made of a codename! I follow what Stephen Chapman is saying, but knowing how eHome works inside of Microsoft I wouldn’t try and put together what they are...
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Thu, May 29 2008 21:21

Short Bits: HD PVR, Windows 7, Media Center Show, Akimbo

Brent Evans has (almost) all your answers on the HD PVR that finally has started shipping . And remember, it doesn’t work with Media Center (yet?). Joe Wilcox has Eight Things About Windows 7 following Microsoft’s first public demo of the OS at All Things...
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Thu, May 22 2008 17:01

CinemaNow Launches Media Center Plug-in

CinemaNow has launched a new Media Center plug-in available through the “Explore” tile in Vista Media Center. Currently their library features over 3,400 feature-length movies, 3,000 TV episodes and over 2,900 music videos that can be downloaded without...
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Tue, May 20 2008 17:39

Short Bits: Fiji, Netflix, HD PVR

Mary Jo says Fiji is out for beta testing , but I wouldn’t know anything about that. Last night Netflix announced their first hardware partner for their stream STB, and it turns out that it is Roku . Kind of an interesting choice, but Dave covers why...
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Sun, May 4 2008 10:07

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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Mon, Apr 14 2008 8:51

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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Sat, Apr 12 2008 22:11

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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Wed, Apr 2 2008 9:50

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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Fri, Mar 21 2008 10:17

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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Sun, Mar 2 2008 9:15

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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Mon, Feb 25 2008 12:51

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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Thu, Feb 21 2008 16:26

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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Thu, Feb 14 2008 13:53

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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Sun, Feb 10 2008 20:22

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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Mon, Jan 14 2008 20:07

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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