Archive for October, 2007
Secure your Media Center files
http://www.squirrelstash.com/Default.aspx With the increase of Windows Media Center computers, they are becoming a big part of families lives. But most families have different age groups that use the computer. Squirrel Stash allows you to password protect your personal media files. There is a free version that has a 1GB limit and for $34.95 (AUD) you [...]
Home Theater 101
http://www.electronichouse.com/article/home_theater_101/#When:12:20:00Z This is a nice post with some questions and answers of a home theater. These are some basic questions but if your just starting out building a home theater than it might be helpful to you. My goal is to build a HDTV theater in my media room for under $3000. But after building [...]
Media Center Internet TV beta info/screenshots
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_mce_itv_screens.asp Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows has lots of screenshots of the new Internet TV beta for media center. The one problem I have is it is only for Windows Vista Media Center and only available in the US. I live in the US but haven’t upgraded to vista for my media center. I like [...]
Joe Belfiore comments on Media Center/v2 extenders
http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/archive/2007/09/29/1222429.aspx Joe Belfiore the Corporate Vice President of the Entertainment and Devices eHome Division at Microsoft responds to some concerns people have been having about Windows Media Center and the new V2 extenders. This is all over at Chris Lanier’s blog. The one thing I liked from the responses is that the extender software is [...]
The new Zune version 1 and 2
http://www.last100.com/2007/10/04/zune-2-five-things-microsoft-did-right/ The link above is to last100 and a post about the 5 things Microsoft did right with the zune. I agree with them on the 5 things and I will talk a little more about them below. I wanted to start out by saying that I understand that the new Zune isn’t much different [...]
Beyond TV shows some Apple love
http://www.snapstream.com/products/beyondtv/features.aspOne of the new features in Beyond TV is support for Apple products. It supports ipod, iphone, and AppleTV. Click here for the blog posting on the SnapStream site. Create H.264 video files with Beyond TV, and have them automatically sync to any iPod, iPhone or even your Apple TV. Sync management is done through [...]
