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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's Blog 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
Does Home Server & Media Center Mean a Connected Future?

Preface: Before you read this please try and get in the right mindset. Microsoft doesn’t care about what anyone reading this blog wants . They don’t care what I want either. It is a hard truth to take, but that’s a fact. They will say that they listen to all requests, and that’s...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Sun, May 24 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Extenders, Home Server
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's Blog by chrisl on Thu, Dec 18 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Home Server, DIRECTV/Dish, TV Tuners, Windows 7
Short Bits: Zune Mobile, Home Servers, TV Pack, More

Remember when I said you would hear more about Zune on mobile phones before the years end ? Well, now you have . “Zune software will also be ported to and be more important not just with the hardware but on the PC, on Windows Mobile devices, etc.," said Steve Ballmer. Missing Remote has had...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Sun, Oct 5 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Portable Media, Media Center Show, Home Server, Streaming
Microsoft Taking Media Center to Headless Appliances’

I’ve just gotten a tip from a very reliable source that Microsoft is looking to take Media Center off the desktop and turn it into a CE appliance. The only information that I have is that it is planned to be a headless device of some sort. Other details are very scarce at this point with no timeline...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Wed, Sep 17 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Media Center PC's, Home Server
Windows Home Server v2 Media Center Integration? Not So Fast

Long Zheng spotted a good one last week , finding a job posting that implies several things about Windows Home Server v2 including “Time Machine compete UI for backup and restore, Windows Media Center integration UI, Live Mesh integration UI etc..” Windows Media Center integration UI is clearly...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Sun, Sep 14 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Home Server
Microsoft Showcases Windows Media Center Momentum at CEDIA EXPO 2008

From distributed HD entertainment to automation and control, Windows Media Center is at the center of an ever-expanding ecosystem within the custom installation channel. DENVER — Sept. 4, 2008 — At CEDIA EXPO 2008, Microsoft Corp. announced expansive growth of the Windows Media Center ecosystem...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Thu, Sep 4 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Extenders, Media Center PC's, CableCARD, Home Server
Niveus Media @ CEDIA: Movie Library, 8 CableCARD, 10 Extenders, Home Server

Niveus Movie Library Goes Primetime! Version 1.5 is enriched to offer high-res cover art (including Blu-ray) and support for a wider catalogue of movie sources, such as disc-in-drive… and more! Denver, CO – CEDIA Expo 2008 – September 4-7 – Booth #850 – Designed exclusively...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Thu, Sep 4 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Extenders, Media Center PC's, CableCARD, Home Server, Blu-ray, Plug-ins
Short Bits: HP, TouchSmart, Webinar, Live for TV

Ian Dixon had a ton of good stuff this past week at HP’s Connecting your World event in Germany . Among the top announcements was HPs new TouchSmart PC which features a 22-inch display . Best of all, this thing is cheap! It starts at only $1,300, nearly half of their pervious TouchSmart PCs (and...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Sun, Jun 15 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Extenders, Media Center PC's, Home Server
Reader Questions: Round 1

Have any questions for me? As a part of Media Center Week I’m trying to answer as many as I can. Post them here. Q: I've heard that Cox is refusing new HD channels for CableCARD users even though they are not going to SDV until the end of the year. Do you know why and how they are able to do such...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Tue, Apr 8 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Extenders, CableCARD, Home Server, Apple
Short Bits: HD-PVR, Home Server, Online Spotlight

Hauppauge put up the pre-order form for their HD-PVR 1212 that I talked about last week . Especially if you are ordering with Media Center in mind know that it will not work out-of-the-box, Media Center can’t support the video format it is pushing out. Hopefully Hauppauge can add support by years end...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Mon, Apr 7 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Home Server, TV Tuners
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 into a home entertainment dream with a prize...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Mon, Mar 24 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Windows Vista, Extenders, Media Center PC's, Home Server
Short Bits: Omaura, HP MediaSmart

Chris Morley let the world know that Omaura cases are finally available online through their new partner Dell . These are by far the best looking HTPC cases around, and competitively priced as well. For more information on Omaura in general, visit their website . HP is looking for owners of HP MediaSmart...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Sun, Mar 9 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Home Server
S1Digital Prepping Windows Home Server & Custom Touchscreen

S1Digital is launching a number of new products for 2008, starting with their newly designed website that looks great. On the hardware side, S1Digital will be launching two Windows Home Server’s and a 17 inch Media Center touchscreen. The new solutions are outlined in their new brochure (PDF) that lays...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Thu, Feb 7 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Media Center Show, Media Center PC's, CableCARD, Home Automation, Home Server
Short Bits: Netflix, Plug-ins, Xbox 360 DivX

Netflix posted a survey online for a few customers, and from the looks of the questions Netflix might be considering bring downloads to the Xbox 360 . Might be in addition to the rumored Netflix STB or this might be there main goal, or none of the above. Bring Netflix streaming to an Xbox 360, TiVo,...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Sat, Nov 10 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Xbox, Extenders, Home Server, Streaming
Embedded Automation Releases mControl Add-In for Windows Home Server

Today, in conjunction with the general availability of Microsoft’s Windows Home Server, Embedded Automation is releasing the mControl Add-In for Windows Home Server. Based on mControl v2 (Home Edition), the mControl Add-In provides ‘Digital Home’ control functionality to the Windows Home Server platform...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Tue, Nov 6 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Home Automation, Home Server
Short Bits: More Extender Questions; Home Server Prices Disappoint too

I’ve been so wrapped up in Extenders that I failed to realize a few other things. The expensive D-Link doesn’t list MPEG-4 AVC support! Only MPEG-4 ASP (DivX/XviD). While it has been known that exact formats are up to OEMs, this is crazy. The hardware that the D-Link should be based on supports H.264...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Fri, Sep 28 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Extenders, Home Server
Short Bits: Lifehacker, Niveus Service Pack, Home Server Pre-order

According to Lifehacker building a cheap Media Center PC is some sort of “hack attack”, not sure why that is but anyway they have a beginners guide to a cheap Media Center and then an Xbox 360 Extender for remote viewing . Hat tip to Kevin for mentioning me in the comments of the post. As usually, most...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Wed, Sep 12 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Home Server
Short Bits: Thursday, September 6, 2007

Still a ton of news coming out of CEDIA today. As I’ve talked about in the past and posted today , Alienware is bringing CableCARD to their Media Center offerings. The new HD Media Server has four terabytes of hot-swappable hard drive storage, supports internal CableCARD tuners, and a Dolby Digital 7...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Thu, Sep 6 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Media Center PC's, CableCARD, Home Automation, Home Server, Remotes
Short Bits: Life|Media, Acer & Gateway, Media Center on Home Server

CE Pro got an inside look at Exceptional Innovation's Life|Media PC’s . These things look amazing inside and out. Acer just announced that they are buying Gateway for ~$710 million. Richard pointed me to this the other day, if you plan on having a Windows Home Server and you must have some Media...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Mon, Aug 27 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Media Center PC's, Home Server

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