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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Boxee TV Features Dual Tuner, Unlimited Cloud-Based DVR

Cord Cutters should love new $99 Boxee TV with antenna, dual tuners, apps, EPG, optional cable hook-up and "No Limit" DVR storage in the cloud for access from any browser.View this story

Posted by Bjørn Jensen on 10/16 at 12:47 PM
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How Industry Consultant Cuts Cord with Media Center, Good Antenna, HD Tuner

Windows Media Center is best option for cord cutting, especially when paired with ClearStream 2 antenna and HDHomerun tuner, says WhyReboot chief Bjorn Jensen.View this story

Posted by Bjørn Jensen on 10/16 at 12:14 PM
News, Product News, Video, Digital Media, Media Servers, Home Automation and Control, Control Systems, Events, CEDIA, Media Center, (5) Comments, Permalink

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Extra Vegetables Delivers Inexpensive Movie Servers for Control4

Extra Vegetables launched My Movies Collection Management at CEDIA Expo 2012, allowing users to copy, manage and play movies via Control4 and an inexpensive NAS.View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 09/13 at 06:31 AM
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

How Frank Restored my Faith in Time Warner Cable

The first thing at TWC that actually worked for me? The awesome customer service by field technician Frank Dato, who got me everything I needed and more for CableCard, SDV and TWC's awful DVR.View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 08/23 at 06:23 AM
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Saturday, August 04, 2012

Ode to Media Center and Ceton

How I hate my GUI, TWC. I embrace you, InfiniTV. Ceton, will you marry me?View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 08/04 at 10:11 AM
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Thursday, August 02, 2012

It’s Official: Lifeware Exits Resi Market

CE Shocker! Lifeware (formerly Exceptional Innovation) formally puts to rest its once-promising home automation and multiroom A/V platform based on Windows Media Center and Web Services for Devices.View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 08/02 at 07:52 AM
News, Product News, Video, Media Servers, Home Automation and Control, Control Systems, Media Center, (8) Comments, Permalink

Monday, December 13, 2010

VidaBox Combines Control, Multiroom Audio, Windows Media

LiivController MZA aggregates and streams digital content throughout the house, controls third-party IR and serial devices via iPad, integrates with VidaBox Windows Media Center products.View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 12/13 at 08:17 AM
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Kinect Hacker Unwittingly Spoofs Windows Media Center

Developer uses Kinect to navigate Windows 7 Media Center via hand gestures. Is this a skit from SNL?View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 11/24 at 06:26 AM
News, Blogs, Video, Digital Media, Media Servers, Gaming, Media Center, (23) Comments, Permalink

Monday, September 20, 2010

Niveus Drops Media Center PCs to Focus on OEM Software

One of the early champions of high-performance Media Center PCs for the living room, Niveus Media is no longer selling hardware; will OEM new Project Snowbird platform to STB makers.View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 09/20 at 05:08 AM
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Lifeware Pulls out of AVAD, Sells Direct to Dealer

AVAD is pushing home control lines like Crestron, which is more familiar to integrators than Windows Media Center solutions such as Lifeware's.View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 08/11 at 05:45 AM
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Friday, July 23, 2010

Meet Meridian’s Sooloos Control 15, Media Source 600

At $7,500, Control 15 makes a Sooloos Digital Media System more attainable; Media Source 600 is a single-zone source between Sooloos and multiroom audio.View this story

Posted by Tom LeBlanc on 07/23 at 06:37 AM
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Friday, June 25, 2010

S1Digital Adds 3D to Media Center Blu-ray

S1Digital "refreshes" its ProLine Media Centers with 3D capabilities, more storage and enhanced audio; adds P250 thin client to the line.View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 06/25 at 09:13 AM
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Plaster Networks PLN3 PLC Network Adapter is Plug-and-Play

Plaster Networks' PLN3 Powerline Network Adapter solution can be used to provide a network connection in an existing home to enable BD-Live connectivity, as well as other network features for devices like Microsoft media center products.View this story

Posted by Robert Archer on 05/11 at 09:42 AM
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Monday, May 03, 2010

Embedded Media Center Coming to HDTVs and Set-tops

Although it's late to the party -- following Vudu, Yahoo!, Samsung Apps and the like -- Microsoft believes Windows Embedded Standard 7 will finally bring Media Center to the living room.View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 05/03 at 04:21 AM
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Thursday, April 08, 2010

Post-Escient: Let the Discounts Begin

Vidabox takes advantage of the demise of Escient, Axonix, Xperinet. Are dedicated integration-friendly media servers dead?View this story

Posted by Julie Jacobson on 04/08 at 11:11 AM
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