Archive for October, 2007
Experience the power of Windows Media Center Extenders
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Windows Media Center Extenders
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Niveus Media Extender - powerfull media center extender
The Niveus Media Extender - EDGE is a premium living room media player based on Microsoft Extender technology. Featuring proprietary Niveus Media Technology, the EDGE extends the award winning Niveus Media Center experience to additional rooms of your house. The Niveus Media Extender will allow access to premium cable, high-definition TV, a wide array of […]
D-link MCExtender due to launch November 2007
Do you remember Apple TV? You know, that clever plan of Steve's to get a few more quid out of you without actually having any sort of idea as to what use it might be? With no clear direction emerging from Cupertino, it's fortunate that other companies are creating products that fill the desire for […]
Linksys Vista MCExtender offerings.
The DMA2100 is a small form factor MCE, while the larger DMA2200 offers a built-in upconverting DVD player. Both models attach to a standard or high-def TV to stream a variety of digital media–live and recorded TV, video files, music, and photos–from networked Media Center PCs located elsewhere in the home. Like the rival D-Link […]
Apple patents a modular media center solution
Despite the rumor mill's best efforts at pinning Apple down to a “true” media center offering, Apple has seemed content to offer up handy ways to browse you computer's library via Front Row and Apple TV, but not so interested in really going head to head with Windows Media Center Edition or other similar apps. […]
Monolith Media Center brings MythTV to the technophobe
If MythTV's promise of a free Windows Media Center alternative sounds exciting, but you can't quite bring yourself to navigate the trials of a Linux install on your own, then you might be interested in Monolith's pre-built Media Center PCs, which come with MythTV pre-installed on top of Ubuntu Linux. Models start at $650, and […]
Microsoft bringing Internet TV feature to Windows Media Center
During our chat with Microsoft today, we got wind of a brand new feature coming to Windows Media Center, and it's slated to hit just as D-Link and Linksys get official with their Media Center Extenders. Reportedly, Microsoft plans on unleashing Internet TV on or around September 27th, which will enable Media Center users to […]
How to configure folders to share media with a Media Center Extender
This article describes how to configure folders to share media that is stored on a Windows Media Center-based PC between the computer and a Media Center Extender.
Note This information applies to a Media Center PC that is running Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista.
This article discusses the following topics:• Configure permissions to the folders to […]
Microsoft's Media Center to support four CableCARDs
Hot on the heels of finding out who Microsoft chose to buddy up with for its Extenders for Windows Media Center comes word that the software itself will support up to four CableCARDs in a single configuration. If you'll recall, Media Center previously supported just a pair of CableCARDs, but word on the street has […]
Vista CableCARD Media Center PCs - what do you want to know?
So now that at least one of us here at Engadget has a fully functional Vista CableCARD home theater rig, we're ready to take on your questions. This probably isn't the kind of thing that we can do an extensive review of — it is, after all, just the same Vista Media Center you're already […]
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