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Archive for the 'Windows Media Center' Category

Lets build up a list of devices that play well with Media Center

Monday, January 15th, 2007

As you may have seen on my post “What TV Card should I get” I have been searching for a new TV card as my current config is not support on Vista, and the number of email I get asking “What card should I get” has prompted me in to creating a directory of hardware [...]

The Media Center Show Extra #6 CES Part 1

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

Over on The Media Center Show Extra blog I have posted the first CES video, please Subscribe to the new RSS feed for the Extra show
The Media Center Show Extra #6 CES Part 1
This is my first video from CES. Tim Cutting from Niveus and I walked around the Microsoft and Intel booths with the video camera. [...]

The Media Center Show #90 CES Part 1

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

The Media Center Show #89(MP3 - 14.3mb- 41mins 39secs)
by Ian Dixon
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Well I made it back from CES, and what a week it has been. From seeing all the great Media Center content, to meeting Bill Gates and seeing 107″ 1080p displays
I got plenty of interviews both video and audio. This week on the show [...]

Digital Cable Tuners

Monday, January 8th, 2007

Robert McLaws over on windows-now has posted info on the renaming of the OCUR cable card boxes to Digital Cable Tuners
He got sent a review unit and has a great set of pictures of the new units
I will be getting some interviews on this while at CES, listen to my interview with Tim Cutting from Niveus [...]

The Media Center Show #89 - Catch Up

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

The Media Center Show #89(MP3 - 4.83.0mb- 14mins 07secs)
by Ian Dixon
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This is a short catch up show before I leave for CES in Las Vegas, I round up some of the news items from the Christmas break and talk about the new Media Center Show Communitiy site. There is no interview this week so its nice and short.

Have [...]

Welcome to the new Media Center Show Community

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

I have updated my forums to the latest version of the Community Server and decided to put some effort in improving the content and the interaction with the community.
So first off is a new RSS feed and blog for The Media Center Show Extra, I will be updating this with new content soon.The forums have [...]

The Media Center Show Extra #5 Music,mceBackup and RSS

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Welcome to Show #5.
On this on the all Vista show I will be taking a look at mceBackup 2.0 my backup tool for Media Center, Big Screen Headlines a RSS reader for Vista Media Center and a look at Music in Vista Media Center.
The extra shows are great fun to do and I appreciate your [...]

The Media Center Show #88 - Mike Newell (Microsoft)

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

The Media Center Show #87(MP3 - 23.0mb- 67mins 07secs)
by Ian Dixon
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This week on the final show of 2006, Mark Newell a Program Manager from the eHome team at Microsoft joins me to talk about the history of Media Center, the new look and feel of Vista Media Center and what happens when you submit [...]

The Media Center Show #87 - Tim Cutting

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

The Media Center Show #87(MP3 - 23.0mb- 67mins 07secs)
by Ian Dixon
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This week on the show Tim Cutting CEO and founder of Niveus Media joins me on the show to talk about Niveus’s latests products including their Cablecard,HD-DVD and rack products. It great to get Tim back on the show they have some great products [...]

The Media Center Show #86 - Brian Frost

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

The Media Center Show #86(MP3 - 17.1mb- 50mins 00secs)
by Ian Dixon
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This week on the show Brian Frost joins me to explain how to get the best out of your existing Media Center investment including looking at how to connect Media Center to your existing HIFI, plus how to connect Media Center to your 5.1 [...]