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The Media Center Show #96 - Doug Berrett - Webguide 4.0

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

The Media Center Show #96 (MP3 - 19.5mb-  56mins 46secs)
by Ian Dixon
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This week on the show is Doug Berrett author of Webguide the remote scheduler application for media center, well I say remote scheduler but it does a lot more that that. Doug will be joining me to talk about version 4.0
I have Email [...]

The Media Center Show #95 Rathe Hollingum (Microsoft European Development Center)

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

The Media Center Show #95 (MP3 - 18.4mb-  53mins 36secs)
by Ian Dixon
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This week on the show I am taking to Rathe Hollingum a Microsoft developer from the European development center in Ireland. We are going to be talking about the center and what they are adding to Media Center to make it a more [...]

First Windows Media Center Tip - How to transfer Series recording from one PC to another

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

To kick of the tips forum I have posted details on how to use mceBackup 2.0 to transfer Media Center TV series recording from one PC to another. This is the method I used when reinstalling my main Media Center PC with Windows Vista a couple of weeks ago.
How to get your Scheduled / Series [...]

Share you top Windows Media Center tips

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

As there are going to be lots people using Media Center for the first time when they get Windows Vista I thought it would be a good idea to share our top tips with the new users.
It could be anything, from how to share recorded TV to picture settings. Anything that you find useful [...]

The Media Center Show #94 - Mark Pendergrast on Extenders

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

The Media Center Show #94 (MP3 - 21.7mb- 1hour 03mins 19secs)
by Ian Dixon
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This week on the show I talk Media Center Extenders with Mark Pendergrast from Microsoft, we talk about the progress from the V1 extenders and what is coming in the future. Mark also has some great tips on getting the most out [...]

The Media Center Show #93 - The Awards Show

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

 
The Media Center Show #92 (MP3 - 24.5mb- 1hour 11mins 21secs)
by Ian Dixon
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Welcome to The Media Center Show Awards. Joining me to talk about the results is Windows expert Ed Bott, we also catch up with a few of the winners.
There is a major new competition coming to the show the My Movies Contribution Competition 2007. [...]

The Media Center Show Extra #8 - CES Part 3

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

 
This week on the Extra show I continue my CES coverage. First is a look at the Gyration Remote Control that was on show at CES which is a great motion controlled remote control, it was the first chance I had to play with one and I must say I am impressed.
Then Ted Singh from [...]

The Media Center Show #92 - CES Part 3

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

The Media Center Show #92 (MP3 - 11.5mb- 33mins 27secs)
by Ian Dixon
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This is my final set of interviews from CES. This week on the show I interview Steven Cheung from Vidabox talking HD-DVD. Christoph Buenger author of mceWeather explains what he was doing at CES, Ted Singh from Embedded Automation talks home automation and about the winner [...]

List of TV Cards building up

Friday, January 19th, 2007

As I mentioned on the blog last week I am trying to build a list of TV cards that work or don’t work well with Media Center. I have done this by creating a forum on the Media Center Show community site and I am asking readers / listeners to post your experiences with TV [...]

The Media Center Show #91 CES Part 2 (Home Server and TVTonic)

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

The Media Center Show #91(MP3 - 10.2mb- 20mins 52secs)
by Ian Dixon
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As you may have seen Microsoft are launching a new product called Windows Home Server and while at CES I got chance to interview Todd Headrick Product Planner from the Windows Home Server team. We chat about what Windows Home Server and what it [...]