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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 of “ It's possible, but highly unlikely...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Sat, Aug 22 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Xbox, Windows Vista, Extenders, Media Center PC's, CableCARD, Home Server, DIRECTV/Dish, Windows 7
Can DISH Network One-Up DIRECTV?

Now that we are fairly certain that DIRECTV will not ship with Windows 7 , the big question remains to be will DISH Network? Around the time the TV Pack started beta testing, I did hear that some testers had been contacted about testing DISH Network Tuners , and that talk has popped back up in the past...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Thu, Dec 18 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Home Server, DIRECTV/Dish, TV Tuners, Windows 7
DIRECTV and Microsoft: What Went Wrong

Now that DIRECTV has suspended development on their HDPC-20 Tuner where does that leave us? There are a lot of differing opinions going around about why DIRECTV canned the tuner, whose fault it is, and where do we go from here. Most people are pointing the finger at Microsoft, and with their history...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Sat, Dec 13 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, DIRECTV/Dish, TV Tuners, Windows 7
DIRECTV Kills Media Center Tuner; Windows 7 to be DIRECTV-less

DIRECTV has informed several bloggers and journalists in the Media Center community that they suspended development of the HDCP-20 Media Center Tuner. Windows 7 will not include native DIRECTV support, which will servely impact the Media Center platform as a whole. I’ll have more on this later...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Tue, Dec 9 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, DIRECTV/Dish, TV Tuners, Windows 7
About that DIRECTV Tuner

Small bits of “news” keep flowing out about the DIRECTV Tuner for Media Center . The ever optimistic DIRECTV CSRs are promising that the tuner is good to go for a November launch , sadly that isn’t going to happen so don’t get your hopes up. Once again this is going to be a case...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Sun, Sep 14 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, DIRECTV/Dish
Two Media Center Updates? Don’t Count on It

Ben at Engadget HD is being told that there might be a second Media Center release coming this year . This is based on his source which has been leaking stuff directly from the beta (except this rumor, which has no meaningful info to back it up). Based on various things I would be rather shocked if Microsoft...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Fri, Jul 11 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, DIRECTV/Dish
Windows Media Center TV Pack and the DIRECTV Dilemma

So it would seem that the Windows Media Center TV Pack is indeed Fiji , at least according to a report from Engadget HD . Engadget HD is also reporting that the long awaited DIRECTV support in Fiji might not ship. Sadly, I can’t really comment on anything because of various NDAs, but it wouldn’t...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Mon, Jul 7 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, DIRECTV/Dish, Windows 7
Microsoft Finally Seeking to Globalize HDTV in Media Center

Microsoft is finally getting set to take HDTV in Media Center outside of the US! Our first hint was a few months ago in a job application where Microsoft stated they were working with European satellite TV providers . This just screamed Sky to me, and with Media Center get H.264 and DVB-S(2) support...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Mon, Apr 7 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, IPTV, DIRECTV/Dish, Windows 7
Dish Network Tuner Coming Soon?

It has been a while since we heard about native Dish Network tuners for Media Center, but according to one commenter on my Media Center beta post some e-mails might have gone out about testing such a tuner. I’ve personally heard nothing about Dish Network tuners, and all that Microsoft has talked about...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Sun, Apr 6 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, DIRECTV/Dish
Short Bits: Media Center Show, Hauppauge HD-PVR, CableCARD

Ian Dixon had Scott Evans from Microsoft on The Media Center Show this week along with AMD talking about AMD Live! A lot of information dropped today about Hauppauge HD-PVR’s Component Capture device . I’ve been meaning to do a whole big post about this and how it relates to Media Center and other products...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Fri, Apr 4 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, DIRECTV/Dish, TV Tuners
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 now it appears we may finally have taken a step...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Fri, Mar 28 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Windows Vista, DIRECTV/Dish
Niveus Media Gearing up for DIRECTV Support?

It wouldn’t surprise me if Niveus Media was the first OEM to offer DIRECTV support , and judging by the following graphic it looks like they might already be planning for such features. Niveus’ website now lists “HD Satellite” as a “TBD” (To be determined) option on all of their Media Center’s. Given...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Fri, Feb 8 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Media Center PC's, DIRECTV/Dish
CNET Doesn't Read Other Blogs; Asks Where DIRECTV and CableCARD Support Is

Clearly CNET doesn’t read any blogs relating to the stuff they are talking about . They just asked why nothing has come of the DIRECTV support in Media Center. And to top it off they also say "Microsoft has been working even longer to try to get CableCard support into Vista PCs." Did I miss...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Thu, Feb 7 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, DIRECTV/Dish
CES Wrap-up Part 2

So it looks like CES provided us with a little bit more excitement in the form of Extenders and DIRECTV. Starting with Extenders, Niveus Media made their EDGE official at the price of $1,500. I know a lot of people will complain about that, but when you look at Niveus’ market it is really a steal. Instead...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Thu, Jan 10 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Extenders, DIRECTV/Dish
Update: DIRECTV Tuner Confirmed Again

I’ve said that the DIRECTV tuner for Media Center is coming along with such features as H.264 HD access, in-band EPG data and PPV access all crammed into a dual tuner. Today, DBSTalk is reporting that the tuner, internally named HDPC20 will indeed be an external USB dual tuner solution. It is will with...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Mon, Jan 7 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, DIRECTV/Dish
First DIRECTV Tuner Details?

DIRECTV and even Sky TV support appear to be picking up speed. Like many of you, I’ve been awaiting the DIRECTV tuner for Media Center since it was announced . Microsoft and DIRECTV have been quiet on the subject which has made it hard to find out any details on the upcoming product. Lucky for us, Microsoft...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Fri, Dec 21 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, DIRECTV/Dish
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 often forget that while you might not be personally...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Mon, Jul 9 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Windows Vista, Media Center Show, DIRECTV/Dish
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 (OCUR) was specifically created to bring native...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Tue, Feb 6 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Rights Management, Windows Vista, DIRECTV/Dish
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 exact same thing! DBSTalk.com also had a Q&A...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Sat, Feb 3 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Windows Vista, DIRECTV/Dish
Updated: Microsoft and DIRECTV Cut a Deal (370 Days Ago)

At CES 2006 (370-some days ago) Microsoft and DIRECTV cut a deal to “enable the flow of digital content among Windows-based PCs, DIRECTV’s set-top boxes, PlaysForSure-compatible devices and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, which will allow customers to experience DIRECTV programming...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Wed, Jan 10 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, DIRECTV/Dish

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