According to Think Secret Apple could be relaunching the mac Mini as a home entertainment system complete with Frontrow 2.0 and a DVR
“new Mac mini project, code-named Kaleidoscope, will feature an Intel processor and include both Front Row 2.0 and TiVo-like DVR functionality.”
 
Given the traction the iPod has this could be strong competition for Windows Media [...]

In time for Christmas and CES I have had my first go at creating Media Center Show merchandise.
So you can get Media Center T-Shirts, mugs,caps and lots of other stuff
 
Check out the store on CafePress HERE
If you have any feedback please let me know, and if you buy a t-shirt let me know!
 

 
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Coming up on the Windows Media Center Show this week is Joe Harris, Joe returns to the show to talk about DigitalDeck and there home entertainment system for the connected home.
 
This weeks show will be out Friday as I am away in German this week
 
Oh and don’t forget to vote in the Media Center Show [...]

In January its the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. CES is biggest Consumer electronics show in the world with exhibitors from all over the home electronics.
So I will be podcasting from CES, so if you have an interesting Media Center product you want to talk or just meet up and say hi [...]

The Media Center Show #34 (MP3 - 19.4MB - 56mins 25secs)
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On this weeks show I have Todd Bowra, Program Manager at Microsoft on the XBOX 360 Extender functions. We talk about the XBOX 360 extender function what is does and doesn’t do, the best way to hook it up to your Media Center PC [...]

Got a busy week this week, first off I am off to Düsseldorf till Thursday, then I have to get this week show out, and this week Todd Bowra from Microsoft is on the show talking about the extender function of the XBOX 360.
 
This is a key part of Microsoft’s strategy for the home and a [...]

The Media Center Show #33 (MP3 - 28.6MB - 1 hour 06mins 22secs)
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On this weeks show I have Michael Creasy, developer and tester at Microsoft talking about Media Center development and an answering your questions.
I also have news on the Media Center Awards, the vote page is up so get voting
Coming up next week, [...]

Looks like Vista is going to get cable card support
Notice it say “one way”, so no pay per view
Future versions of Media Center PCs to receive digital cable programming without the need for a cable set-top box.
Microsoft Corp. and Cable Television Laboratories Inc. (CableLabs®) today announced they have reached an agreement that will [...]

The vote page for the Media Center Show Awards is up today.
The aim of the awards is to hightlight and give some recognition to the great work done in the Media Center community.
Orb Networks are sponsoring the awards, so there is a prize of $100 Amazon.com vouchers for the winner of the best non-commercial application [...]

The Media Center Show #32 (MP3 - 28.6MB - 1 hour 23mins 20secs)
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On this weeks show I have Bob Weber Rights Management expert and Marcus Matthias from Microsoft talking about DRM (Digital Rights Management), what it is, why we have it, what is means to us and the future of DRM in Vista
A very [...]