The Media Center show #10 (MP3 – 15.4MB – 44min 47sec)

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This week I talk to Richard Schwab of MediaMadeEasy, where we look at building your own Media Center PC.

I have some messages from the forums and a recap on the Digital TV project at Microsoft (more details on show 9)

We have a winner in our competition to win MyRemoteMouse and I talk about a new competition to win mNewsCenter (RSS Reader and Podcast listener for Windows Media Center, there is a free trial version for download here)

Links to the Job Specs for Microsoft’s job opportunity’s
Software Development Engineer in Test.doc
Software Development Engineer.doc

You can get in touch with the show via the Skype Line, Email or the forums

Show Notes:

00:25 Welcome
00:35 Coming Up
00:50 Feedback and the new forums
01:10 Message via the forums from AliBurns – Updated Orb
01:49 Skype Line and Email
02:00 Declan is going to talk about the recruitment at Micrsoft Ireland
02:46 Winner of MyRemoteMouse!
03:38 Next competition mNewsCenter
03:52 Break
04:56 Welcome to Richard what is Media Made Easy
06:12 What products do you use
08:40 Getting it all working
10:14 Richard is a Media Center User
10:33 What is the stumbling blocks in getting Media Center working
11:58 Single or Dual Tuners
13:00 Cable Cards (via Thomas Hawk)
13:45 Extenders and dumb wireless devices
14:55 My setup
16:20 Update for Media Center
16:30 XBOX 360 to have media center functions
17:10 Pre-built PC sales
18:15 Built for non geeks
18:35 The Microsoft Home
19:46 A million listeners to the show? I wish!
20:30 What application do you run on your PC
20:58 Hand Held Remote control
22:00 Online Spotlight – It works!
23:15 Portable Media Centers
25:20 What would you like to see added to Media Center
27:00 Remote Control from the Pocket PC
27:40 Add Recording from the radio and a AM tuner
28:10 DRM gets in the way
28:44 Broadcast Flag (this was recorded before the court ruling in the USA)
31:00 TVTonic
32:25 Orb
33:25 I want a tablet media center PC
34:00 Longhorn Media Center
35:40 What is the best way to start with Media Center (www.thegreebutton.com)
37:20 Start at MediaMadeEasy.net
38:30 Win mNewsCenter next week (Podcast listener and RSS reader)
39:00 Comments to isdixon@gmail.com or via the Forums
39:10 Skype Line MediaCenterShow
39:15 Music – Train of Thought by Ian Dixon

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