Until I find the time to crank out a proper ZvBox review, anyone can now give the promising Zviewer dashboard a spin. The Mozilla-based software is being releasing today as a public beta, without requiring an investment in $500 ZvBox hardware. While Zviewer will pretty much work on any PC (Mac support is coming), the … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Vista Media Center Update Breaks CableCARD Recording: Brent Evans Geek Tonic What We’re Learning from HD Consumers: Connected Home 2 Go XBox 360 Teases MSNBC iVoD in Canada: The Daleisphere “The Debate” on LTE: Connected Home 2 Go New Remote Management Software for IP Set-Tops: … Read more
While some appear content to sit on the sidelines, Boxee beats the big-time HTPC software companies to the punch by integrating Hulu, CBS, Comedy Central, and MySpaceTV streaming players into their software. This alone should give Vista Media Center, SageTV and BeyondTV pause as web-based video/television/movie content has clearly become important to the end user. … Read more
Microsoft has released the October 2008 Cumulative Update for Vista Media Center and for VMC TV Pack. No big surprises or new features to speak of but, for those having issues, this update should be quite welcome. It includes fixes for Media Center, extenders, DRM support and the all-too-common “protected content” message that has plagued … Read more
Download Squad has the scoop on the public beta of MSN News for Windows Vista Media Center. The new application lets users browse, search and watch videos from MSNBC News on their Microsoft Media Center devices. While some MSNBC content has been accessible in the Internet TV area, this menu provides a user interface that makes … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… Nero teams with TiVo for PC DVR software: Gizmodo Is TiVo testing a new user interface: Engadget The complete Tom Rogers interview from All Things Digital: GizmoLovers Stay up to date with TiVo/DIRECTV partnership: TiVoBlog
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Femtocell in a Photo Frame: Connected Home 2 Go DVB-T HDHomeRun Delayed: Brent Evans Geek Tonic Best Demos at Techcrunch50: The Daleisphere New Motorola WiMAX USB Adaptor: Connected Home 2 Go Grab On, DOCSIS 3.0 is Here: Connected Home 2 Go
The open source XBMC project has released their ‘Atlantis” media center beta. The biggest news is cross-platform support: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and of course the original Xbox – which started it all. A few of the new features included in this beta release: Cross platform support for Linux, Mac OS X (Leopard & … Read more