Entertainment 2.0 #176 : Ceton Companions

May 4, 2012 by

The industry speculates about Microsoft’s next music service plans, expected to be unveiled this year at E3. But the big story for us is about Ceton’s beta announcements earlier this week. We talk with our old friend James Montemagno—now working with Ceton—about the pending Companion App and Extender beta releases.

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Ceton Announces Extender and App Betas

Apr 30, 2012 by

Today Ceton announced plans to release their companion apps to a public beta. The apps would also be available to all Windows 7 Media Center users. In addition to the companion app beta they provided more details about an opportunity to beta test their forthcoming Ceton Extender.

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Entertainment 2.0 #174 : News, Speculation, and Rants

Apr 20, 2012 by

Windows 8 SKU news leads to speculation about Windows Media Center pricing. Windows Phone 8 speculation leads to news about upgrade support and OEM differentiation. Nokia makes good on a Lumia connectivity glitch, and Richard goes on a rant about why OEMs keep throwing hurdles in their own way to release Media Center boxes.

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Entertainment 2.0 #172 : Jon’s Future’s So Bright

Apr 6, 2012 by

This week on Entertainment 2.0 we're joined by DMZ writer Jon Deutsch who is incredibly optimistic about the future of Media Center. We may also finally have an alternative to the now-defunct Media Center Studio, and Richard took part in, and lost, the Windows Phone Challenge, so he's getting a Windows Phone!

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Ceton InfiniTV on Sale for $199

Feb 18, 2012 by

It’s no secret how much we at the DMZ love the Ceton InfiniTV 4 quad CableCARD tuner for Windows Media Center. We went so far as to call it “Media Center paradise” in our original review. If you’ve been wanting one to add to your home theatre PC, but just couldn’t...

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Entertainment 2.0 #162 : CES 2012 Wrap-up

Jan 20, 2012 by

Richard has arrived home after a long week in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show! Amazingly, he wasn’t sick (yet) so he and Josh were able to recap the rest of the news that made this year’s CES so interesting. The guys started off with general themes that they found at the...

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A Closer Look at Ceton’s “Q” Entertainment Platform

Jan 19, 2012 by

We're taking a close look at Ceton's "Q" entertainment platform, including a video preview of the on-screen experience. This multi-room media solution has the potential to popularize and improve upon one of the best home media platforms available today.

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Ceton Discusses Its New “Q” Entertainment Platform

Jan 16, 2012 by

In our interview with Ceton, we discuss the exciting technology preview of the "Q" 6-tuner media hub, Media Center Extender, and companion apps.

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Entertainment 2.0 #161 : CES 2012

Jan 11, 2012 by

Finally! One of our favorite times of the year is upon! Of course we’re talking about the Consumer Electronics Show! We’re only officially one day into the huge show, but there’s already been tons of great news! Our man Richard Gunther is on the scene, and despite the fact that...

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Ceton Showing Their Own Windows Media Center Extender and Set-top-box

Jan 10, 2012 by

Today, at the Consumer Electronics Show, Ceton is inviting the press to their suite to show off what they’ve been working on, and it should excite a lot of people in the Windows Media Center community! First up, they’ve decided to produce their own Windows Media Center Extender! For...

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Save on a Ceton InfiniTV 4

Nov 23, 2011 by

From November 23 through 30, you can save $30 on Ceton's InfiniTV 4 PCIe quad CableCARD tuner.

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Entertainment 2.0 #148 : Xbox TV?

Oct 12, 2011 by

Richard Gunther returns for episode 148 of the Entertainment 2.0 podcast where he and Josh Pollard were able to discuss all of the entertainment tech news that has erupted from Microsoft over the last week. Of course the show was kicked off with some great listener feedback, including a voicemail...

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