Tag Archive | "Media Center"

MyMovies Media Center Plug-in

Friday, July 25, 2008

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MyMovies Media Center Plug-in

There are a lot of plug-ins for MC out in the wild, but very few of them are actually useful on a day to day basis. MyMovies is one of the useful ones. James Quintin tells you why.

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TweakMC for Media Center Released by Microsoft

Friday, July 18, 2008

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TweakMC for Media Center Released by Microsoft

TweakMC has been released this week on MSDN by Microsoft, it is a set of useful commands for Media Center Edition, adding additional flexibility to various areas of Media Center.

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How To: Play DVD’s in Windows Media Center Stored On Your Windows Home Server

Thursday, July 10, 2008

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How To: Play DVD’s in Windows Media Center Stored On Your Windows Home Server

Recently, I began ripping my DVD collection to my WHS Videos folder. My plan was to be able to view them from Vista Media Center.So I ripped/copied several of them over to my WHS, fired up VMC and became frustrated quickly because I could not find a way to point VMC over to my WHS folder. Grrrr!

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Media Center University Expands Again

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

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Media Center University Expands Again

Microsoft is certain that it wants to reach out to professional consumer electronics installers. Microsoft hosted a program called Media Center University at the Spring Electronic House Expo in Orlando last April as part of an effort to educate professional CE installers about the potential of Media Center in professional installations.

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Controlling Media Center From Your Windows Mobile Device

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

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Controlling Media Center From Your Windows Mobile Device

Ever heard of Windows SideShow? No? You’re not alone. I’ve been using Vista since it was first released to the public and I never even noticed that it was in the Control Panel. Perhaps because Microsoft has let it take a backseat in the Vista world and there has been very little hardware released to [...]

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Salutations!

Sunday, July 6, 2008

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Salutations!

My name is Matt Miller. You are going to be seeing my name popping up around here quite a bit in the future so I wanted to take some space to introduce myself.

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Hello from the UK!

Sunday, July 6, 2008

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Hello from the UK!

Hi All. My name is James Quintin and I'll be bringing you all the UK centric news/reviews/tips & tricks for Media Center. Feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions/advice/tips!

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Hello from Across The Pond

Saturday, July 5, 2008

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Hello from Across The Pond

Hi! I'm Jim Clark - I will be delivering Windows Media Center news, insights, rumors, guides, reviews, and whatever else related to Media Center, or MC for short. Here's a little more about me.

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Hands-On: Alienware High Definition Media Server

Thursday, May 29, 2008

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Hands-On: Alienware High Definition Media Server

When is a home server not a home server? When you blow $7000 on the Alienware High Definition Media Server, running Windows Vista Home Premium, you can call it whatever you please! Richard Hay is the lucky guy who got hands on with the unit for We Got Served - read his full review to see what kind of performance that money buys.

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Win a $10,000 Digital Home Makeover From Microsoft

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

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As part of the launch of the new Windows Media Center v2 Extenders, Microsoft are holding a competition in which one lucky winner can have their digital lives transformed from their current frustrated, disconnected experience to a digital enthusiast’s dream with $10,000 worth of new kit, including  a new PC with Windows Media Center, Extenders [...]

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