Media Center

A popular Windows Media Center plugin called Heatwave has now been updated to support WMC in Windows 7. If you’re not familiar with Heatwave, it’s a plugin that delivers live weather forecasts straight to your Media Center PC. The plugin shows the current temperature, wind, humidity, pressure,…

MiraWorldTV is a free plug-in for Windows Media Center that lets you to stream Internet TV from around the world straight to your Windows Media Center PC or TV. The plug-in, which works on Vista Ultimate or Vista Premium, provides thousands of mainstream channels built into the app and its database…

Kylo, the TV-friendly web browser, isn’t brand-new, but a recent update should peak the interest of Windows Media Center enthusiasts: Kylo is now available via Media Center plugin. With the launch of the Kylo Browser Beta 0.7, a new plugin for Media Center lets you browse the web via your HDTV…

Found a great project app over at MissingRemote.com called HD Home Sports Bar that shows how to control many different screens in your living room (or Home Sports Bar) through a single web interface using a variety of Extenders and code. Be sure to check out the video for a detailed description of…

While in Orlando at the Electronic Home Expo, I got a chance to visit with John Oliver from Cutting Edge PC's. Cutting Edge makes some really nice high end Media Center machines with features like Whole House Control and integration with VideoGiant.

TV Tonic is an extension to Media Center that provides a TV experience using videos from across the Internet. Of course, the fan favorite on TV Tonic is Channel 10, but there are other things you can watch, like the weather channel or a show by some guy named Kevin Rose. I got to talk to Michael…

Niveus Media had their impressive Media Extender - EDGE device on display at CES 2008. A high end, full 1080P, multi zone media center extender targeted at the premium audio/videophile market. One feature that sets Niveus Media devices - including the EDGE - apart is…

While in Orlando for the Electronic Home Expo, I talked to Michael De Nigris from Autonomic Controls. They have a very cool system for Media Center that includes some very innovative solutions. For starters, they can take a 7.1 sound card (which is technically 8 channels) and split it into 4…

I was in Orlando for the Electronic Home Expo and met up with Gregg Cannon from CannonPC.com. Cannon PCs are high end Media Center PCs including HTPC boxes, rack mount PCs, and a very nice EX series with a built-in LCD. I talked to Gregg about why they choose to focus on Media Center devices and the…

S1Digital are a company based out of New York offering custom built, high end HTPC solutions for both the end user and professional installer.One area that differentiates S1Digital in the premium HTPC space is that they have a consumer-direct channel via their web site…