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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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Wed, Jan 14 2009 19:38

Microsoft Focuses Media Center Marketing, Platform to Follow

The first sign of a business in trouble is when you must reinvent yourself to stay alive. Microsoft might not actually be reinventing Media Center, mostly becasue you can't reinvent something that you never actually defined a market for in the first...
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Sat, Oct 25 2008 21:07

Vista SP2 Doesn’t Support Blu-ray Playback

Due to a poorly worded article over at CNET I’ve seen a few dozen people getting excited about Vista SP2 bringing “support for Blu-ray drives,” but everyone should take a quick step back and realize Vista SP2 will add “support...
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Wed, Aug 6 2008 19:51

TV Pack Questions Answered by Charlie Owen

Charlie Owen will be answering questions about the Media Center TV Pack (Fiji) as soon as Microsoft makes the official announcements, so if you have any questions about things that may have been rumored now would be the time to submit them. I will also...
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Sat, Jun 14 2008 19:41

Microsoft Quietly Plans “Windows Media Center TV Pack”

Microsoft made plans public on Friday in Japan (late Thursday in US) for the release of a product called “Windows Media Center TV Pack” as a part of their increased TV signal support in the country. (Image via Masaru Kamikura's tumblr ) What is the...
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Mon, Apr 7 2008 13:03

Introducing Media Center Week!

I’m proud to introduce this week as my randomly designated Media Center Week ! Get those F5 keys ready, because I’ve complied story after story, post after post and you’re not going to want to close your web browser for this one. Already today we have...
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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, Mar 24 2008 12:51

Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

To celebrate the consumer availability of new Extenders for Windows Media Center, the Windows Media Center team is today unveiling a Digital Home Makeover Contest. For one lucky winner, the makeover team will transform their disconnected digital lifestyle...
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Sat, Mar 8 2008 20:46

HomeSeer Gets Vista Sidebar Gadget

tenWare Software has developed a HomeSeer Sidebar Gadget to display information about Devices that also allows running of Events (macros) from a HomeSeer server. For those who don’t know, HomeSeer is PC-based home automation software that also has a Media...
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Wed, Mar 5 2008 13:07

Short Bits: Advertising, MAINGEAR, Ultimate PC

Microsoft has started another round of Media Center/Extender online advertising on sites like The Green Button, AVS Forum, and more. It is nice to see Microsoft advertising more, but the point still stands that the people who need to know about these...
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Fri, Feb 29 2008 9:24

Short Bits: Plug-ins, Media Center Show, Prices

Plug-in News/Reviews DVRMSToolbox For Vista 1.2.1.1 - Public Release (R4) MyNetflix v2.1 Beta NetflixMC beta posted Life With a Plugin, Episode 7: Remote Scheduling Ian Dixon will have Ed Bott on The Media Center Show today live at 12pm PST. Click here...
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Tue, Feb 5 2008 17:50

Short Bits: HD/BD, Inteset, More

I’ve been busy as of late, but have some really interesting articles lined up as soon as I can finish them up. If you didn’t hear, Vista SP1 is officially coming in March . Derek Flickinger has a great article up on CE Pro about those pesky interactivity...
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Wed, Jan 23 2008 20:34

Short Bits: mControl Extension, Inteset Monitoring, More

Trying to catch up on some interesting stuff that I have missed over the past week. Vidabox created an extension for mControl that allows you to control other Media Center PC’s via mControl. It uses MCE Controller to do the work on the backend, and I...
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Sun, Jan 6 2008 21:27

CES Keynote Roundup

Media Center was basically a no show, not too much of a shock for me. The only real Media Center is that Samsung will be supporting Extender’s in the future. Other than that, Microsoft re-announced that HP will be shipping their MediaSmart HDTVs with...
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Sun, Jan 6 2008 21:12

Bill Gates Looks Ahead at “Next Digital Decade”

Microsoft announces new entertainment partnerships with Disney-ABC Television Group, MGM and NBC Universal. LAS VEGAS — Jan. 6, 2008 — At the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates and Microsoft President...
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Tue, Dec 18 2007 15:59

Media Center Update (Fiji) Finally in 2008?

Mary Jo posted today with her predictions for Microsoft in ’08 and what do you know on the top of the list is Fiji. I’ve talked about Fiji several times in the past, and ’08 should be the year it finally surfaces. According to Mary Jo, it most likely...
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Tue, Oct 2 2007 11:11

Cumulative Update (October 2007) for Vista Media Center Released

The KB Article is not live yet (as of me posting) , but Microsoft has released an update for Vista Media Center today. This update addresses issues with Media Center for Microsoft Vista, which ones do we think that might be? More later today, until then...
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Tue, Sep 18 2007 20:05

Random Vista Thoughts: Part 1

I’ve been using Vista for the past month, my first attempt to move away from Windows XP. I’ve noted a lot of things about Vista in this time, some that I like and some that I don’t. Just some random thoughts... MCML applications make it worth the upgrade...
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Tue, Sep 11 2007 17:38

Microsoft Rejuvenates Media Center at CEDIA

It is no secret that I don’t agree with all the choices Microsoft makes with regards to Media Center, however I still believe that it is a fantastic product. Microsoft doesn’t seem to see the potential that it has though. Despite this and with a few exceptions...
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Wed, Sep 5 2007 23:09

First v2 Media Center Extender (Pika) Details!

I’ve been talking about them forever , and here they are! When: Holiday Season 2007 Who: Linksys, D-Link, Niveus Media What: v2 Extenders (Pika), variety of form factors (Standalone, DVD players, Televisions) and price points, support for Wireless N,...
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