Multimedia-PCs

This has been spreading around the internet the last few days. Lots of major sites have covered it. I hope that Microsoft gets a fix out soon since it affects so many programs. The issue is if you edit files directly from the Windows Home Server they become corrupt with certain programs. [...]

http://mp3tunes.com/With MP3Tunes you can now access your MP3’s on the Wii. You do have to use the music locker service provided by MP3Tunes though. There was a client created for the Wii using MP3Tunes open API. If your interested in other ways to get content to your Wii check out this previous [...]

http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=1840
The second version of Windows media center extenders are showing up at people’s houses. Eb Bott recieved his already and has some additional info about it. The one feature I like is speed. It takes 10-12 seconds to go from pushing the power button to the Media Center interface. That is [...]

I posted some videos last year of Christmas lights synced to music. I wanted to do it again this year. These videos are from YouTube. Everyone have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The videos are below.
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TVease.net has filed for bankruptcy. I posted about them back in January. Below is from their site.
We apologize but TVease.net is no longer incorporated. We have filed bankruptcy as a company. I do sincerely apologize to everyone that wanted a machine from us. We tried our absolute best to meet [...]

LifeHacker has a nice post of things to do with your older gadgets. I found this very useful since I have lots of old gadgets and no money for new ones. I blame my new house for no money but I had to build the new house to store all my old gadgets. [...]

Ian Dixon has created a health monitor for Windows Media Center. He has now added web services and alerts. You have to apply to download the program since it’s still in the testing process. It looks cool and I’m sure the final version will be something all Windows Media Center users will [...]

http://www.snapstream.com/enterprise/defaultOption.asp
With 10 TV tuners and 8TB of storage you can record more TV then you could watch in a year. This is for Enterprises but wouldn’t it be cool to put one of these in your house. It does allow for users to start and search recordings. The low-end starts out at [...]

I would love to get some feedback on if people are actually using CableCard in the comments. Below are just my thoughts on CableCard.
CableCard has been around since 1996 when the FCC told cable companies they had to offer it. It was a few years for them to get the standards and a [...]

Today on Direct2Dell there was more information posted about the XPS 420. Basically Dell warns of the issues with CableCard at the bottom of the post. Direct2Dell even posted a link to the PCMag article which states
According to Clardy, the XPS 420 should have received support for the ATI tuner last week, but [...]