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VAIO LT Series PC/TV All-In-One | Sony Offers New CableCard Computer
Sony has just released their latest iMac competitor, called the VAIO LT Series. Like the iMac, the VAIO LT is an all-in-one solution, meaning the compter and the monitor are combined. The VAIO LT trumps the featues of the iMac with its high definition options. The HD version of the VAIO LT, which costs $2,900) […]
Continue reading...Microsoft Fixes Vista’s Stand-by and Hibernation Bug
9. August 2007
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...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...Is OpenCable Platform (OCAP) Delaying Media Centers?
22. July 2007
Where are all the media center computers with digital cable tuners? Digital cable tuners (DCTs) were supposed to have ushered in a new era for media center PCs, allowing HD cable television to be watched on your computer. Unfortunately, reality has been less than exciting. VelocityMicro PC is the only viable vendor for purchasing such […]
Continue reading...Wireless Vista Remote Control RC-2400 from Trust
11. July 2007
Hopefully we will being to see more Vista Media Center remotes start to hit the market. In this light, Trust has announced the release of their Wireless Vista Remote Control, which appears only available outside the U.S. I assume that the remote will be eventually available in the U.S., though that is just a guess. […]
Continue reading...Vista View releases the Saber DA-1N1-I TV Tuner card
11. July 2007
Vista View contacted me about the release of their new tuner card, the Saber DA-1N1-I. It will be available at most online electronic stores. Here is the press release: July 1, 2007 — Vista ViewTM introduces the Saber DA-1N1-I TM TV Tuner card. This card fills the need for a high quality Combo TV tuner […]
Continue reading...My Movies 2.31: Access Ripped HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Movies
9. July 2007
One thing that makes media center computers different than Tivo or a cable box is the ability to archive all your DVDs on a hard drive. My Movies is a well-known plugin for Vista Media Center that catalogs your ripped movies and downlaods associated meta data from your movie files. Accessing your movies through the […]
Continue reading...Digeo’s Moxi DVRs Are Competition for Tivo and Vista Media Center
4. July 2007
Digeo is scheduled to release two DVRs this fall as retail products, after years of selling products to Cable companies. Now that CableCards are a requirement in most set top boxes, it will be nice to have some choices to replace the standard cable box. Right now the only options are Tivo and Vista Media […]
Continue reading...Sony VGX-XL3 Media Center Stuck in a Corner
21. June 2007
A couple of weeks ago I went in search of the VAIO Digital Living System VGX-XL3 at the Sony Style store at Tyson’s Corner in Virginia. I wanted to to see if they were selling Sony’s CableCard offering. It took me a while but I found it stuck in a corner, dwarfed by a 70 […]
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29. August 2007
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