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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 3:00 PM

Niveus Media Teams Up With ADI To Deliver Media Servers To Custom Electronics Installers

Award-winning Niveus Media Server – Vail Edition integrates technologies to provide a high-performance entertainment experience. Milpitas, CA – August 27, 2008 – Niveus Media is teaming up with ADI to distribute the newest Niveus Media...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:17 AM

Inteset Movie Collection Module Now Supports Blu-ray

Hanover MA, Aug 13, 2008, Inteset, has updated its Movie Collection server module to fully support Blu-ray movies. One of the major selling features of the Inteset media server has been its ability to store, search, and play back movies seamlessly within...
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Thursday, August 14, 2008 3:30 PM

Cannon PC To Ship Windows Media Center TV Pack

Houston, Texas - August 15, 2008 – Media Center PC innovator and Microsoft OEM Partner, Cannon PC, announced that it will begin shipping the Microsoft Windows Media Center TV Pack with its line for Media Center PCs. Cannon PC will begin shipping...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 8:30 AM

Fluid Digital Integrates Additional TV Functionality in Windows Vista Media Center

Specialty media server company among licensed Microsoft Partners to deploy Media Center TV Pack 2008 The Woodlands Texas-August 13, 2008– Microsoft OEM Gold Partner and authorized digital-cable media server OEM Fluid Digital is proud to announce...
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Friday, August 08, 2008 12:34 PM

Microsoft Makes Fiji Official, TV Pack for OEMs Only

Today Microsoft made the Windows Media Center TV Pack official . Formally codenamed Fiji, the TV Pack is meant to add support for various TV signal types within Vista Media Center. News about the TV Pack has been leaking out for the past month, and instead...
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Sunday, June 22, 2008 10:21 AM

More on Cannon PCs Six CableCARD PC

On Friday Cannon PC demoed a system recording from six CableCARDs all at once , while playing back a recording and the system didn’t skip a beat. This was demoed in the YouTube video , but I got some higher resolution screenshots of Media Center showing...
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Friday, June 20, 2008 7:30 AM

Cannon PC Demos Media Center with 6 CableCARDs

June 18, 2008 - Cannon PC, LP demonstrated a capability of their Media Centers to accommodate 6 Digital Cable Cards and simultaneously record 6 different HD Digital Cable Channels. Cannon PC, the award winning Media Center specialty company, demonstrated...
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Sunday, June 15, 2008 6:59 PM

Short Bits: HP, TouchSmart, Webinar, Live for TV

Ian Dixon had a ton of good stuff this past week at HP’s Connecting your World event in Germany . Among the top announcements was HPs new TouchSmart PC which features a 22-inch display . Best of all, this thing is cheap! It starts at only $1,300...
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Saturday, June 14, 2008 7:41 PM

Microsoft Quietly Plans “Windows Media Center TV Pack”

Microsoft made plans public on Friday in Japan (late Thursday in US) for the release of a product called “Windows Media Center TV Pack” as a part of their increased TV signal support in the country. (Image via Masaru Kamikura's tumblr ) What is the...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:21 PM

Short Bits: HD PVR, Windows 7, Media Center Show, Akimbo

Brent Evans has (almost) all your answers on the HD PVR that finally has started shipping . And remember, it doesn’t work with Media Center (yet?). Joe Wilcox has Eight Things About Windows 7 following Microsoft’s first public demo of the OS at All Things...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:29 AM

Could Dell Be Part of CableCARD Instability?

No doubt that CableCARD has turned out to be a less than stellar technology from a stability point of view, but could Dell be a big reason why CableCARD seems so unstable? As a part of Microsoft’s investigation into “Restricted Content” errors on CableCARD...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:11 AM

Microsoft and Cannon PC Partner to offer CableCARD Media Centers

Cannon PC, LP announced its Direct OEM partnership with Microsoft and will be offering a Digital CableCARD on its Home Series and Pro A/V Series Media Centers. May 25, 2008 – Cannon PC, the award winning Media Center specialty company, announced May 25th...
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 5:40 PM

Short Bits: Niveus Movie Library, Avideus

Niveus Media released an updated build of their Movie Library plug-in . You still need a Niveus PC, but major changes include support for MyMovies XML & Artwork files/folder structure and support for DVD Profiler XML structure. Missing Remote has...
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 5:30 PM

Dell Drops Prices on CableCARD Tuners

A few weeks ago Dell ended their special pricing on Digital Cable Tuners , taking them from $180 for a single tuner to $255 for a single tuner. That didn’t last for too long though. Now Dell has lowered the price to $199 for a single tuner and $379 for...
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Monday, April 14, 2008 8:17 AM

HP Winning CableCARD Price Battle

With Dell’s ending of their Digital Cable Tuner sale , HP has taken the lead in the mainstream CableCARD desktop price battle. You can now pickup an HP m9200t that includes a single CableCARD tuner for as low as $1,099. Dell on the other hand will cost...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 3:18 PM

Dell Raises CableCARD Tuner Prices

It was sure fun while it lasted, but Dell’s special purchasing deal with ATI/AMD on the Digital Cable Tuners appears to have ended. When the XPS 420 first launched four months ago , Dell was pushing out the tuners for only $180/each. This was an amazing...
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:52 AM

ASUS Takes the Mini PC to a Mighty Level with Essentio CS5110

Taipei, Taiwan, April 8, 2008 – Extensive research and development have resulted in ASUS innovations that help pack more versatility and performance into compact frames. Packed with innovations, the ASUS Essentio CS5110 is a Mini PC that features exceptional...
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Monday, March 31, 2008 8:47 AM

HP Keeps Computing Personal with Digital Storage First and Customizable PC Lineup

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 31, 2008 - HP today unveiled new customizable desktop PCs that offer a wide range of personalized features and options to fit the needs of every consumer. The company also announced the availability of a digital storage device...
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Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:53 PM

Okoro Media Systems Launches New High-End Media Centers with Solid State Drive Technology

Okoro Media Systems, manufacturer of Digital Entertainment Systems for the high end audio video market, is pleased to announce the availability of the ZX series of media center PCs. The ZX series represent Okoro Media’s new “Extreme” line of Digital Entertainment...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 8:58 PM

Short Bits: On10, Media Center Show, More

On10 has video interviews with Autonomic Controls as well as Cannon PC that were posted this week. Cannon PC has even stepped up and now is a Microsoft OEM so they can offer CableCARD. Ian Dixon has a new Media Center Show with Charlie Owen and special...
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