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Saturday, August 23, 2008 9:54 AM

Short Bits: Storage Pack, CE Pro, Media Center Show, More

Microsoft is planning to release a Storage Feature Pack for Windows that will include Blu-ray mastering support among other things . Sadly this is still very far from Blu-ray Playback support which has its own set of issues . CE Pro has had a number of...
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Thursday, August 07, 2008 9:31 PM

Short Bits: Fiji, Media Center Show, Olympics

Mary Jo Foley covers the mess that has been Fiji . I’ll have more soon, but Fiji will go down in history as one of the worst coordinated projects to come out of Microsoft in a long time. On this week’s Media Center Show Ian Dixon has Automated...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008 6:25 PM

Short Bits: SDV, HP TocuhSmart, Media Center Show

Missing Remote has had several great articles and review this week including an article on SDV and what it means to your CableCARD PC . In addition to that Mike reviewed TVTonic for Media Center and D-Link’s DSM-330 DivX Connected Extender (non...
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Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:49 AM

I’m on The Media Center Show

Last month I did a special live edition of The Media Center Show with Ian Dixon, and today the podcast is ready for download . It was great to finally get back with Ian, so I hope everyone gives it a listen. Just ignore me stumbling over the word “Blu...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 7:35 AM

Short Bits: DVR-MStoWMV, Media Center Show, DSM-750

Public release of DVRMStoWMVHD is up, very cool simple program to convert DVR-MS files to WMV. Ian Dixon has the latest Media Center Show out today , this week it features Dave Evans talking about home theater . Amazon has the D-Link DSM-750 finally available...
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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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Monday, March 17, 2008 9:40 AM

Listen to me Live Today

Remember I’m live today on The Media Center Show with Ian Dixon at 1pm PDT. There will be a live video stream of Ian and the audio from both of us. In addition there is a chat room all at Live.TheDigitalLifestyle.com . You will need a free Ustream account...
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Friday, March 14, 2008 5:58 PM

Short Bits: $150 Extenders, Media Center Show

Just a few reminders, Amazon is still selling Linksys Extenders at $100 off . Some are getting that the code has expired, but most others are not. If you are getting that it is expired, register for a new account and give it a shot. The DMA2100 is $150...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 2:57 PM

Listen to me Live on The Media Center Show

Mark your calendars for next Monday, the 17 th at 1PM PDT because you will be able to catch a live edition of The Media Center Show with Ian Dixon with yours truly as his guest. I t will be live on Ustream.tv, and if you want to participate in the live...
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Friday, February 29, 2008 9:24 AM

Short Bits: Plug-ins, Media Center Show, Prices

Plug-in News/Reviews DVRMSToolbox For Vista 1.2.1.1 - Public Release (R4) MyNetflix v2.1 Beta NetflixMC beta posted Life With a Plugin, Episode 7: Remote Scheduling Ian Dixon will have Ed Bott on The Media Center Show today live at 12pm PST. Click here...
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Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:40 PM

Short Bits: Media Center Show, On10, PowerDVD, more

Ian Dixon had Microsoft’s Steve Lindsay on the Media Center Show today talking about various including Windows Home Server, Extenders, Home automation and his new blog . Some other stuff that I have not talked about, On10 has videos with S1Digital , Inteset...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:52 PM

The Media Center Show Awards 2008

Ian’s yearly Media Center Show Awards podcast has been posted, and while I wasn’t able to attend I want to thank everyone for voting for me for best enthusiast blog. Did I win? Download the show and fast forward to 52:37 to find out. If the suspense is...
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Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:22 AM

S1Digital Prepping Windows Home Server & Custom Touchscreen

S1Digital is launching a number of new products for 2008, starting with their newly designed website that looks great. On the hardware side, S1Digital will be launching two Windows Home Server’s and a 17 inch Media Center touchscreen. The new solutions...
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Friday, January 25, 2008 3:42 PM

Short Bits: Plug-ins, Media Center Show, Linksys Video

Important: For anyone commenting, Community Server seems to randomly be moderating every single comment! Comment moderation is not turned on on my end, so I’ll have to see what is up. If you don’t see your comment it’s ok. It just needs to be approved...
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Monday, December 31, 2007 8:11 AM

Vote in The Media Center Show Awards

Ian Dixon reminds everyone that January 2 nd is the last day to vote for The Media Center Show Awards. The vote page is up , and just for voting you have a chance to win some great prizes like mControl v2 from Embedded Automation, Media Center Communicator...
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Thursday, December 27, 2007 3:40 PM

Short Bits: VC-1 SDK, TiVo Gadget, Awards

Microsoft just released the VC-1 Encoder SDK - Professional is designed to provide file-based and/or real-time encoding capability to general content creation toolsets or dedicated encoding software applications. Mike Swanson posted an updated version...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007 11:10 AM

Short Bits: Zune Tool, Media Center Show, Blockbuster

Not sure if it would be helpful to users, but Microsoft just released a Zune Device Diagnostic Tool . According to Microsoft, the Zune Device Diagnostic Tool compiles data to help Product Support Services diagnose Zune USB and wireless sync connection...
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Saturday, November 17, 2007 10:33 AM

Short Bits: Get a Mac, Zune, Russound, Omaura

Missing Remote has some good posts, Top Ten Things You Can Do With A Media Center PC and a preview of the case giveaway from Omaura . Very nice. Ian Dixon also has some good stuff, Video Show - Zune and Media Center Recorded TV and Russound on the Media...
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Saturday, October 13, 2007 1:39 PM

The Media Center Show #126

The Media Center Show #126 | 10th October 2007 (1 hour 15mins 53sec) MP3 - 26MB (Download Here) This week Ian Dixon talked with Niall Ginsbourg about his Vista Media Center applications, the process he follows when developing Media Center applications...
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007 8:03 AM

The Media Center Show #125

The Media Center Show #125 | 3rd October 2007 (64mins 16sec) MP3 - 14.3MB (Download Here) This week Ian Dixon talked with Peter Near talking about his campaign to get rid of Set Top Boxes in Canada and how Canadians can get involved to help raise the...
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