I’ve been looking around for a while trying to figure out the best way to get my music from my home server to my HiFi. For a long time I used an old laptop and just streamed stuff using Windows Media Player, took the output from the audio out socket and plugged it into my HiFi, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 18, 2008
One thing I’m learning about being an MVP at this summit is that you get asked a huge amount of questions from other MVPs about the product area you represent - particularly when you represent a new, exciting product like Windows Home Server. Top 2 questions this week: 1. What’s happening with that Drive Extender bug? 2. When [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Regular readers will know I’m a fan of networking over power lines for those rooms in the house where you really need a decent connection, and wireless may be a little patchy. I use Netgear’s adaptors for the DMR in the lounge which is connected through to the router and allows me to access my [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 3, 2008
Next up in HP’s CES MediaSmart announcements is the HP MediaSmart Receiver - a Digital Media Receiver (DMR) which is fully compatible with the HP MediaSmart Server and includes Extender for Windows Media Center Support (or the v2 Extender you may have read about elsewhere). The DMR enables you to playback music, videos and photos from [...]
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Monday, April 21, 2008
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