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 added support for Netflix’s new Instant Queue Feature...
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 by saying that I’m not advocating Microsoft not...
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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 in the past few days, but the few things out...
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 concepts didn’t take center stage. Instead most of...
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 of the Entertainment & Devices Division Robbie...
Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch says that the Netflix STB will be hard to sell for many of the same reasons I’ve noted before. Erick did talk with an LG rep to see what some of the form factor possibilities might be, and one of the options is said to be “a Windows Media Center Extender with WiFi that lets...
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,...
Joe Belfiore just finished up his keynote at DigitalLife. I didn’t watch it, but sounds like little to nothing was said that is not already known. The big news of course was v2 Extenders and Internet TV beta. So far very few of you are interesting in buying Extenders at their announced price points so...
New devices from Cisco’s Linksys division, D-Link, HP and Niveus Media deliver new video formats, form factors and HD TV over wireless home networks; Internet TV beta debuts with more than one hundred hours of free full-screen video. NEW YORK — Sept. 27, 2007 — Today at DigitalLife, Microsoft Corp. joined...
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, CEDIA has shown me that Microsoft still...
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