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Friday, July 07, 2006

Todd Rutherford was an owner and partner in several custom installation firms for more than 10 years before joining Microsoft. Here, Rutherford discusses the role of Media Center Edition in the channel. View this story

Thursday, July 06, 2006

Jeremy Wolfson founded Connect Home Theater & Automation in 1997 and generally ran his business like most home systems integrators. Today, his four-person company, based in the Twin Cities suburb of Minnetonka, Minn., is adding Media Center to the mix, learning some valuable technology and business lessons along the way. View this story

In remote rooms, should you use an Xbox 360 or a lightweight but full-blown Media Center PC? Here are the pros and cons of each approach. View this story

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

We’re not suggesting every one rush out and start a business based on Media Center Edition. Just try the thing. You might like it. View this story

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Achieving the Zen state of Media Center takes more than simply unpacking the box and plugging it in. View this story

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

You didn’t have to work hard to run into Media Center Edition at the Electronic House Expo (EHX) in March View this story

Friday, June 02, 2006

Love it or hate it, Media Center Edition is here to stay. In the current Podcast of The Media Center Show, Ian Dixon and I discuss the state of MCE in the channel, from the deal-breakers to the great opportunities. View this story

Thursday, June 01, 2006

AMD has finally unveiled its strategy for Media Center Edition (MCE), months after archrival Intel launched Viiv. View this story

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Among them: a universal remote from Exceptional Innovation, which presumably will allow us to access and control media-centric content, and control our homes with two-way feedback, using a lightweight handheld remote. View this story

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Diversified Technologies, an integration company based in Westminster, Md., does a brisk business installing gaming systems and gaming theaters for clients. View this story

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Viiv has gotten a lot of bad press lately—from us too. Not that anyone is saying Intel’s entertainment-centric platform is bad, just that it doesn’t add much if anything to Media Center Edition (MCE). View this story

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Microsoft’s SideShow auxiliary display technology may have come out of the mobility group, but the eHome team has an even more compelling use for it. View the TV Guide and more on your MCE remote. View this story

Saturday, March 25, 2006

Exceptional Innovation will demo plain old inexpensive audio keypads displaying metadata and controlling MCE ... something we’ve never seen before. View this story

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

At the Intel Solutions Summit, there are a handful of possibilities for residential integrators looking to attach new services to their installations. View this story

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

At CES, thousands view latest technologies, including 1080p, HD DVD, Viiv, Vista and WSD. View this story