Archive for November, 2007
mControl for Windows Media Center
http://www.embeddedautomation.com/EAHAmControl.htmWith mControl you can control many parts of your house. You can control lighting, temperature, security, and cameras. You can control it through the web, the media center interface, windows mobile, touchscreen or voice. It works with lots of name brands. There is a free trial to test out how it works.
New Zune details
http://www.zuneboards.com/content/view/162/2/Zune Boards has a lot of information on the new Zunes. 1. Pairing Zune to a new computer will not delete your content. 2. Copy music to your computer. 3. Express yourself. The Zune Social is launching in beta. 4. Zune 4, 8 and 80 can sync 720×480 (30fps) or 720×576 (25 fps) video natively. [...]
Order your V2 media center extender
http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1814There are a few sites online takes orders for the new media center extenders. They still aren’t showing up in stock but you can be one of the first in line to get it ordered. Right now it is only the Linksys units showing up. Ed Bott’s website has some more information on sites that [...]
Divx coming to xbox 360?
Together with http://seekingalpha.com/article/53570-divx-and-xbox-360-a-potential-win-win-for-everyoneIt looks like Divx isn’t just coming to the media center extenders, but to the xbox 360 too. Kevin Hell kinda spilled the beans that it is coming to the xbox 360. The dialog from that conversation is below. Coster – “Just a minor point here, but there was a recent Microsoft (MSFT) [...]
Review: HP MediaSmart Server
http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/whs_hp.asp Paul Thurrott has reviewed the new HP MediaSmart server. Like all of his reviews there is a lot of information as he goes over every part. One interesting note is that the HP MediaSmart has a built in iTunes server which I had not heard yet. It doesn’t work with iTunes DRM protected tracks [...]
BD+ cranked with AnyDVD
http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvdhd.htmlThe BD+ DRM for Blu-Ray discs was cracked which is good news for the consumer. Now with AnyDVD you can copy those discs to your hard drive. This was already possible with HD-DVD though. And my favorite part is a quote from the change log. Note to Twentieth Century Fox: As you can see, BD+ [...]
