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...
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...
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...
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...
DirecTV Investor Meeting 2006 | On February 22, 2006 DirecTV outlined their plans to cover the digital home in 2006 and into 2007. I have yet to listen to the Investor Meeting in order to find out more details, however the Windows Media Webcast can be found here . An overview of DirecTV in the Digital...
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DIRECTV and Microsoft Announce Long-Term Agreement to Expand the Reach of Digital Content Throughout the Home and on the Go | DIRECTV Inc., the nation’s leading digital television service provider, and Microsoft Corp., the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions, have formed an alliance...