Archive | August, 2007
Microsoft Fixes Vista’s Stand-by and Hibernation Bug
Microsoft has released a performance update for Vista, which apparently fixes the well-known issue with Vista coming back from stand-by or hibernation. From Ars Technica: The quick and dirty: Explorer file transfer (copy/move) slowness looks to have been fixed (finally), hibernate and sleep now actually work as advertised (at least on my Toshiba R400), and […]
Continue reading...Dell Ships XPS 410 With Digital Cable Tuners
9. August 2007
So Dell has finally shipped the XPS 410 with Digital Cable Tuners. By my count, there are now three viable companies selling media centers with CableCard support: Dell, HP, and Velocity Micro PC. Dell also has made an interesting choice with the XPS 410. Digital Cable Tuners (DCTs) are only available on the high-end version, […]
Continue reading...Keyspan Vista Media Center Remote | Click Through Walls
8. August 2007
Vista Media Center remotes have been suprisingly missing in the marketplace. Some are finally beginning to trickle in to the retail channel. The latest offering is from Keyspan. The remote itself looks fairly basic. Unlike an infrared remote, the Keyspan remote is RF-based and does not require line of sight to the RF receiver. This […]
Continue reading...Anywhere.fm | Store Unlimited Songs for Streaming
7. August 2007
Anywhere.fm is a free web service, based on Adobe’s Flash, that let’s you stream songs from their site to any computer though an iTunes-like interface. I have been playing around with it today and think it is a somewhat interesting. One of the more promising features is that Anywhere.fm seamlessly integrates with iTunes. From the […]
Continue reading...Yahoo! TV Now Supports Tivo Series 3
5. August 2007
Yahoo! TV, which is like an online version of TV Guide, has updated its Tivo scheduling service to now include support for the Tivo Series 3. The features of this update are outlined by the Yahoo! TV blog: TiVo Series 2 and TiVo Series 3 receivers supported. We previously only supported Series 2 TiVo receivers. […]
Continue reading...Crestron Partners with Microsoft for Media Center Integration
4. August 2007
Crestron and Microsoft are teaming up for a media center home automation system. One of the benefits of Vista’ media center interface is its flexibility, allowing third parties to develop plugins that seamlessly fit into the media center interface. It looks like Crestron might tap into that flexibility to offer home automation solutions for the […]
Continue reading...HP m8100y Includes Digital Cable Tuner
2. August 2007
HP has decided to again offer digital cable tuners as an upgrade to the m8100y line of computers. Originally, HP sold DCTs with the m8010y but apparently had problems with that configuration. Their on- again/off-again offering of DCTs has settled with the 8100y. The good news is that a system can be had with a […]
Continue reading...Cyberlink Play Movie 1.5 Plugin | HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Media Center Playback
1. August 2007
Update: Cyberlink’s Play Movie plugin is OEM only, meaning you cannot buy it retail. You have to get it from a manufacturer like Velocity Micro PC. That being said, PowerDVD Ultra is the only PC-based option for watching HD-DVDs and Blu-ray discs. Chris Morley at Velocity Micro PC (the only place offering a decent […]
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9. August 2007
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