September 9, 2005
Facts:
Okay, maybe not all Media Centers. Maybe just mine. And I’m not really sold on the mammal thing. The rest of it is dead on, however.
Gary Whittaker Interview - Media Center Show #12On this week's Media Center Show, Ian Dixon interviews Gary Whittaker, and talks about Portable Media Center Devices. We look at Windows Mobile 5 and how that impacts Portable Media Centers, the new Samsung phone and Gary watched the XBOX 360 launch. We also talked about some common questions Garry has been asked, including remote control problems and S3 sleep mode problems. Listen here....
Media Center CommunicatorSome things are just bad ideas for some people. One Voice Technologies now offers the "Media Center Communicator", which lets you handle all of your Windows Media Center navigation by voice command. Media Center Communicator revolutionizes the digital home experience by allowing you to talk to your Media Center PC. Media Center Communicator offers you the ability to transform your living room into the most advanced entertainment, multimedia and communications center imaginable. I'm sure this is a great idea for someone out there, but if my TV started replying to voice commands, it wouldn't take long before it had to try doing something obscene to itself... Watching TV around here is often like Mystery Science Theater 3000 would have been...
Play Podcast Network on Media CenterIan Dixon and the folks at the Podcast Network have put together a neat little utility to allow you to listen to Podcast Network podcasts from the comfort of your own Windows Media Center. Today the Podcast Network and I have launched a beta version of the Podcast Network on Media Center. It’s an addin for Window Media Center that enables you to listen to any of the Podcast Network shows (including the Media Center Show of course) on your Media Center PC with the remote....
Media Center Edition to support CableCARDSpeaking of recording premium HD content... Thomas Hawk has the scoop -- Microsoft has just announced CableCARD support in Media Center PCs -- by "Holiday 2006 time frame". REDMOND, Wash. and LOUISVILLE, Colo., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. and Cable Television Laboratories Inc. (CableLabs(R)) today announced they have reached an agreement that will allow Microsoft and PC manufacturers to bring to market digital-cable-ready Windows(R) Media Center-based PCs in the holiday 2006 time frame. These Media Center PCs, capable of supporting a CableCARD(TM) module, will allow consumers to enjoy one-way cable programming, including premium high-definition cable content, on their personal computer and throughout the home on compliant network-connected devices, such as Xbox 360(TM), while protecting cable operators' investments in high-value...
Media Center Show - TV Tonic InterviewIan Dixon's Media Center Show podcast #8 is now online. This week Ian interviews Michael Sprague of Wavepress, the people behind the TVTonic Online Spotlight application for Windows Media Center....
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