Multimedia-PCs

X-oom Media Center for Wii is a web based Media Center.  While being similar to Orb, it has an advantage in that it is optimized to be used with the Wiimote.  From the screen shot above you can see that the interface is cleanly laid out so you can navigate around.  X-oom Media Center for [...]

LifeHacker has put together a how-to on getting XBMC running off of a flash drive on a USB bootable computer.  This means you can easily turn any usb bootable computer into a full media center.  The steps don’t seem that difficult so this would make for a nice weekend project.  They also included a link [...]

TVTonic has added 5 new HD shows to it’s line-up. The nice thing about TVTonic is you can use it in Media Center or through a browser. The HD videos look really nice on my computer screen. I haven’t tried it on the big TV.

I posted about Anthony Park’s Netflix plug-in for Windows Media Center. Now there is a second option to get Netflix on the media center. Click here for more information on the new plug-in. There is a video below of the plug-in in use.

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The XBMC project has been ported over to Intel Macs. If you haven’t been running XBMC on your original Xbox you should. XBMC makes that old Xbox useful again by turning it into a media center. You might be wondering what XBMC would bring to Macs since there is already Front Row. [...]

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Ian Dixon has been testing the two Linksys Media Center extenders. The link above is to a post which explains some of the pros and cons of the extenders. He compares it a lot to the Xbox 360, which he prefers. There is a lot of good information in there [...]

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Thanks to Anthony Park, Netflix is now available as a add-in for Windows Media Center. The best feature is “Watch Now”. I’m glad this was released because who knew how long it would take for Netflix to provide these features. Other features are below:
* View Netflix queue [...]

It looks like Windows Media Center might get that DVD streaming that everyone has been wanting. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. There are some employees that have seen it in action. And Jessica Z says something is coming. Check out this post and this post for [...]

Fuze Media Systems is similar to Windows Media Center. It has some additional features like music to zones which looks pretty cool. It also displays what is playing on other media centers in the house. It looks interesting. The video is below.
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(via Ian Dixon)

ehomeupgrade has an article on 10 improvements they would like to see to Windows Media Center. The list is below.
1. Native Support for more than 2 Tuners
2. Support for Multiple Hard Drives for TV Recordings
3. Better Integration with Online Video Sites
4. DVD Streaming
5. Better Support for Blu-ray/HD-DVD Drives
6. [...]