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Win Media Center Communicator and show 50

Monday, March 20th, 2006

In case it was missed on the show last week I have a copy of One Voices Media Center Communicator to give away. With MMC you can use your voice to control Media Center so you can order your PC about!
 
All you have to do to win is to send me a picture of your [...]

One Voice Technologies joins the show

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

I am really pleased to announce that One Voice Technologies has joined the Media Center Show as a sponsor.
Starting next week we will have a competition to win Media Center Communicator, the voice control software for Windows Media Center.

I want Softsled for Origami

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

I have just been watching the Origami channel 9 video, they look great devices not unlike my HP TC1100 just slightly smaller.
I really hope that the the eHome team look at getting some of there applications on to the Origmai devices.
At the end of the day they are small form factor Tablet PC’s so there [...]

Coming up this week on the show

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Coming up this week on the show is David Fleshman, blogger and Program Manager at Microsoft on the eHome team.
David has a great blog and has some great incites in to the development process of Media Center.
Plus the Media Center Show news and email in to the show
 
Don’t forget to take the Media Center Show [...]

Start developing with the new Windows Media Center Presentation Layer

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Something I have been waiting for since I found about the new Media Center mark up language in Vista
Charlie Owen has posted details about the new Windows Media Center Presentation Layer , this enables you to write Media Center apps that use the core Media Center display engine, so no more HTML fudges!
Charlie has [...]

Media Center Show Survey

Friday, February 17th, 2006

The Media Center Show is nearly a year old so I thought it would be a good time to put together a survey about the show. So you can tell me what you like and dislike and any topics or guest you would like to see on the show.
 
No registration or email address is needed [...]

The Media Center Column: #4 - Vista

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

Just noticed my article on Media Center in Vista on Digital Home Magazines web site has been posted.
I guess I should check there web site more often as it was posted last week!
 
This time I focused on Media Center in Vista
http://www.digitalhomemag.com/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=43179&subsectionid=1308

Coming up this week…Extenders and MIX06

Monday, February 13th, 2006

Coming up this week on the Media Center Show:
 
Dave Alles, Product Unit Manager on the eHome team at Microsoft talking about Extenders, including how the idea for the original XBOX extender came about in a Seattle Brewery
 
I also have an update from Charlie Owen about the MIX06 conference where Media Center is featuring as well [...]

Cable card will not be available to DIY MCE

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

Cable card will not be available to DIY MCE well according to a great article on Cable Card by arstechnica.com
 
 If you actually want to see that protected high resolution content, you’ll also have the opportunity to buy a new monitor that will work with Windows Vista, and a brand-new PC. That’s right—only new PCs from [...]

Get NASA TV on Media Center

Monday, February 6th, 2006

Great tip from the Green Button forums.
 

goto http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
goto the watch with windows media, it is an ASX file (look at IE status bar) right click and do a ‘Save Target As…’ and save into your My Videos folder.
You now have NASA TV on media center.