Developer of digital entertainment systems launches a new home entertainment focused PC with offers 1-1/2TB of storage space and runs Windows XP Media Center Edition.

Developer of digital entertainment systems launches a new home entertainment focused PC with offers 1-1/2TB of storage space and runs Windows XP Media Center Edition.

CNET’s UK affiliate on Friday posted the first round of its comparison between the new Mac mini and various Windows Media Center PCs, declaring the former “ahead so far,” with more to come. The discussion leads off with an acknowledgement that “a series of attempts to nail the Media Center concept have largely failed.” In particular, [...]

AVerMedia® Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of digital multimedia and presentation technology, announced today the release of the AVerTV USB MCE, a Windows Media Center Edition 2005 certified external hi-speed USB2.0 TV tuner. This highly portable TV tuner allows users to enjoy the “My TV” feature in their MCE 2005 desktop or laptop. Compatible with [...]

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From BetaNews Atricle: Microsoft is currently testing a Slingbox-like add-on that would allow Windows Media Center users to watch programming on their PCs from anywhere using mobile devices and laptops, BetaNews has learned. The feature uses a software application rather than a set-top box, as Slingbox utilizes to control a TiVo, cable or satellite box remotely. [...]

Showtime Networks will launch SHOWTIME INTERACTIVE, the networks’ first interactive TV application for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 platform. The announcement was made today by Mark Greenberg, Executive Vice President, Showtime Networks Inc. in Las Vegas at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show. Scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2006, SHOWTIME INTERACTIVE is [...]

Chip-maker Intel Corp. launched its Viiv entertainment PC platform Thursday and announced a slew of deals with entertainment and other tech companies to provide content for the new systems. Viiv PC owners will be able to watch video that’s stored in Google Inc.’s video service, high-definition highlights from NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics and classic [...]

MTV Networks today announced that music, comedy and entertainment programming from its popular COMEDY CENTRAL, VH1 and mtvU broadband networks is now optimized for PC’s running Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. In optimizing its vast catalogs of on-demand content to work with the Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 platform, MTV Networks is [...]

In his keynote address today at the 2006 International CES, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates announced three new partners — Toshiba America Inc., Tatung Co. and LG Electronics — delivering Windows Mobile®-based Portable Media Centers this year and highlighted a mobile version of Vongo, the new movie service from Starz Entertainment [...]