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• Changes Needed for Media Center in Windows 7 SP1

  Posted by Robert McLaws to Robert McLaws: Windows Edition on Oct 13 2009, 09:08 PM

  Filed under: Service Packs, User Interface, Digital Cable Tuners, Media Center, Windows Media Center, Media Center Extenders, Windows 7

  I *love* Windows Media Center. It’s my favorite part of Windows, and in Windows 7, it’s fantastic. There are a lot of improvements, and hopefully soon I’ll be able to post some of my favorite parts. But I just spent the last 2 hours trying to fix my Windows
  

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• Would You Put Your Digital Life in the Hands of a Cable Box?

  Posted by Robert McLaws to Robert McLaws: Windows Edition on Aug 04 2008, 11:29 PM

  Filed under: CES, Digital Cable Tuners, Media Center, Windows Media Center, Windows Home Server, Media Center Extenders

  I came across not one, but two articles on MSNBC today about niche markets that Microsoft currently dominates that are becoming more mainstream. One is a well researched, if not slightly misguided piece on Home Theatre PCs (who needs a Core 2 Quad in
  

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• Photos from Microsoft’s Home at Disneyland’s Innoventions

  Posted by Robert McLaws to Robert McLaws: Windows Edition on Jul 12 2008, 08:04 AM

  Filed under: Windows Vista, Media Center, Surface Computing, HP

  Haven’t gotten a chance to get down and see Innoventions yet? Well, that’s ok, because it’s apparently not quite finished yet. But Andy from MiceChat has a ton of pictures from the parts that ARE finished, as well as some commentary. His review is decidedly
  

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• Microsoft Takes the Lid Off Vista Media Center Extenders

  Posted by Robert McLaws to Robert McLaws: Windows Edition on Sep 05 2007, 10:21 PM

  Filed under: Windows Vista, Media Center

  From the "holy crap, what the hell took so long?" files, Microsoft has *finally* released details on the "v2" Windows Vista Media Center Extenders . Seriously guys, it only took 8 months after Vista's release to get something out there... no rush or anything
  

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• CableCard Expected to Boost Vista Media Centers

  Posted by Robert McLaws to Robert McLaws: Windows Edition on Jun 11 2007, 11:56 AM

  Filed under: Digital Cable Tuners, Media Center, Windows Media Center

  CRN has an article about the new Digital Cable-ready Vista Media Centers that are beginning to "trickle into the market". Part of the article talks about some of the issues with CableCard support in Windows, most of them around the issues with OEMs and
  

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• Exclusive: Windows Vista Digital Cable Tuners

  Posted by Robert McLaws to Robert McLaws: Windows Edition on Jan 06 2007, 02:33 AM

  Filed under: Digital Cable Tuners, Media Center, CES 2006

  Last year at CES, Microsoft announced that with Vista Media Center, home users would be able to record high-definition television. Through OpenCable Receivers (OCURs) sold through system OEMs, you’d be able to plug a CableCARD into a box attached to your
  

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