TV

Up until recently, if you wanted to have a Media Center that recorded your cable pay channels, you had to buy a certified Windows Media Center. That changed last year when Microsoft opened up the platform, allowing any of us to build Media Centers that rely on CableCard. The last mile…

About a year ago, my wife and I sat down to work through our family finances. With a baby on the way,(and the parents amongst you will know how muchthey cost)  it was an opportune time to figure out where we could save a little money each month. Going through the finances line by line was…

At home, we use a combination of Windows Home Server and Windows Media Center for all of our entertainment. It’s an awesome combination that gets better with each release of both platforms. If you’re yet to try out a server for home entertainment, then let me explain how it works. We store all of…

I have a real soft sport for Brookstone – whenever I’m in the US, I have to sneak in to see the latest in Slanket technology, and find out what new household objects the company can apply a layer to Tempur to. I go in with a smile, and never fail to come out without buying something. I’m next…

Here in the UK, Sky used Golf’s Ryder Cup to launch Europe’s first 3D TV channel, unsurprisingly named Sky 3D. The tournament itself was a bit of a wash out (although a gripping end saw the Cup retained by the Europeans) with heavy rain limiting much of the action. Still, goggle-eyed viewers had…

In July, we told you about a new plugin for Windows Home Server called TV Manager. This plugin lets you copy your recordings from a Vista Media Center PC or XP Media Center 2005 over to your Home Server for storage and management. At the time we originally wrote about it, the plugin was still…

One of the must-see plugins for Windows Media Center is Media Browser, a free aggregator application for the platform which takes your collection of TV and Movies and presents it in a stunning UI. It automatically downloads and makes use of relevant TV and Movie posters, DVD and Blu-ray cover art,…

LiveStation is a new project that brings live, streaming television to your PC with incredible speed. With LiveStation, there is no buffering or jerky stops and starts; the streamed content is crisp and clear. LiveStation is built on two technologies, Pastry and Splitstream, both of…

Microsoft's Silverlight technology, which delivers interactive media and applications for the web, just made another big splash online. The technology has been adopted for ET's 2007 Emmy Awards website. As Chad Brown, Senior Vice President of Products & Services and…

On Sept. 28th, Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate users found a new feature inside Media Center: Internet TV. Located under "TV + Movies", Internet TV brings all sorts of television and video content from your PC to your TV, with no need to install a TV tuner in your…