Just read an interesting article on Consumer Electronics Stock blog, it talks about SideShow (what used to be called auxiliary displays) and how they could be a route to unseat Apple’s domination of the music player world.
 
The piece explains that the displays are going to be more that just an extra displays on laptops they could [...]

Ok, I am confused now.
I know that the operating system must be certified, so Vista is ok.
Now for the confusing part. Some people told me that the PC got certified, e.g Sony send there Vista Media Center PC off for certification and once thats done it will work. Other people told me that the individual [...]

This week on the Media Center Show I have a collection of interviews I recorded at CES.
I interviewed Intel to get the details on the VIIV platform, I got an update Simplifi Audio about there new audio amps and I interviewed a  bunch of people at the Media Center Show Party including Thomas Hawk, Ed Bott, [...]

Last night I finally got my XBOX 360. While most people would be dieing to get it connected up and shoot the enemy solders or race around the streets in a Ferrari I wanted to get mine connected as a Media Center Extender.
I got the unit plugged in to my TV (my new Sony TV [...]

The Media Center Show #42 (MP3 - 21.4MB - 1 Hour 02mins 22secs)
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On this weeks show I have Joe Belfiore VP of the eHome division at Microsoft. I talked to Joe at CES and we chatted about how Media Center started, where it is now and where its going in the future. Joe [...]

Coming up this week on the Media Center Show is Joe Belfiore VP of the eHome division at Microsoft.
I sat down with Joe at CES and we talked about the history of Media Center, where it is now and where its going with Vista.
Joe is so enthusiastic about Media Center and is such a nice [...]

The Media Center Show #41 (MP3 - 18.7MB - 54mins 26secs)
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This week I have the first two interviews from CES. Lynn McCroskey from Zon Audio talks about there multi-room audio system as shown at the NextGen house at CES. Then Tim Cutting CEO of Niveus talks about there range of Media Center PC’s, [...]

Coming up this week on the Media Center Show is part one of my CES coverage.

This week its Lynn McCrosky (Oxmoor CEO) inventor of the ZON Audio technology talking about Zon audio and the NextGen Home at CES and Tim Cutting CEO & Founder of Niveus Media, Inc talking about there range of Media Center [...]

Stream DivX movies to your XBox 360 using MediaCenter

Yes you can!

casey chesnut emailed me about this article he has written on how to watch Divx on an Extender

Casey is coming on the show soon so if you have any questions send them in

this article shows how to stream DivX (and XviD) movies [...]

Microsoft have published an updated list of components that are Designed for Media Center Edition compliant.
 
This includes DVD Decoders, graphics cards, TV tuners, remote controls, and wireless routers.
Microsoft says “The list will be updated monthly”
 
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