Microsoft has just released two updates for Vista Media Center, fixing up STBs and Extenders. KB950124 adds and fixes support for newer STBs connected to Media Center, and KB950125 which adds a few Extender issues including 50Hz output fixes for those of you outside the US (no additional codec support...
The Windows Experience Blog took a look at the HP MediaSmart Connect . At some point I’ll also have a review of the unit and compare it directly to the Linksys Extenders (and D-Link which is pretty much the same). Speaking of Extenders, Ben at Engadget HD did a great shootout of the Linksys, D-Link,...
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 17, 2008 – HP today announced that HP MediaSmart Connect, a sleek digital media receiver that brings digital media from around the home or Internet to any HDTV, is now available for pre-order. First announced as part of the HP product launch at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show...
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 smarts at only $1,300, nearly half of their pervious TouchSmart PCs (and much...
Of course after I finally post my latest issues with my Linksys DMA2100/2200 Extenders , they have finally released a firmware update (1.1.6) for the DMA2100 and DMA2200 Media Center Extenders. Issues fixed are below, and it seems to include a few of the showstoppers like VC-1 playback and HDMI issues...
A few months ago I reviewed the Linksys DMA2200 Extender and have since found a couple of issues, mainly based around HDMI that deserve a follow-up. I'd be interested to know if others have seen these issues. 1080p Support In the previous review I said that 1080i was the maximum output resolution...
I’ve been attempting to learn about the Broadcast Flag over the past few days, and instead of focusing on what it can/can’t do I decided to look at a few other things. First of all, I want to say that I believe the issue early this month with NBC was a total fluke. I think a lot of people are getting...
There have been several projects to figure out exactly how Extenders work so that maybe a Software Extender (Softsled) could be developed outside of Microsoft. There is a project on CodePlex , though slow moving it seems like people are starting to get an understanding on how things work. There have...
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...
Turns out many D-Link DSM-750s are “defective” and will need to be sent back to D-Link to be fixed by a “factory-trained technician” because of an “issue with a corrupted security certificate" (and possibility because the firmware they shipped was from 6-months ago). If you have a DSM-750 and your...