Ceton Discusses Its New “Q” Entertainment Platform

Jan 16, 2012 by Richard Gunther

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

Entertainment 2.0-Episode 68: FINALLY!!!!!

Mar 12, 2010 by Adam Thursby

First we want to apologize to those who join us live every week. When we’re going to be having multiple people on with us, it helps to cut out the live stuff to conserve bandwidth. Unfortunately it didn’t help much this week due to software errors. But while the audio quality isn’t...

Poll: HTPC vs. Extender

Jan 11, 2010 by Josh Shenkle

Yesterday Ben Drawbaugh and I got into it a little back and forth on Twitter about the HTPC and using it as a HTPC directly connected to your display. Whether that is your tv, your projector or some other display medium or in the case of Ben using your HTPC more as a server in a closet up and out...

New iPhone/iPod Touch Media Center App Approved

Sep 9, 2009 by Adam Thursby

If you’re one of the millions of iPhone or iPod Touch users out there who also happens to use Windows Media Center at home, your life just may have gotten a bit easier. Kumatek announced earlier this week that Apple has approved the Ncontrol app for their touch devices. Ncontrol will allow you...

Review: Casa Tunes Multi-Zone Audio with Media Center

Aug 12, 2009 by Josh Shenkle

For years I have been slowly building up a multi-zone audio system in my home. The first system I had was based off of my Yamaha AV receiver that had a second zone output, to which I used to feed speakers in my garage. Later on I expanded that to also feed audio into my kitchen/living room area,...

Entertainment 2.0: Episode 37-PC vs. Extender: Part 1

Jul 10, 2009 by Adam Thursby

You read that title right. This week is the first half or so of a two part episode. We had so much fun with our guests Josh Shenkle and Ben Drawbaugh that we ended up going for over two hours. This week we talk about the PC vs. Extender models for running Media Center and all of the things...

Windows 7 Xbox Extenders Go Dark

Jun 16, 2009 by Adam Thursby

I’ve been hit and I have no doubt at all that there are those reading this who are wondering what is going on. Microsoft has decided to take Xbox Live down for maintenance for up to 24 hours. While this is normally just a minor inconvenience, if you’re running Windows 7, you no have no...

Did Microsoft Answer Media Center Users Prayers?

Jun 9, 2009 by Adam Thursby

It appears that some Media Center users might finally get their wish. Yesterday, Richard Miller, Microsoft Media Center MVP, tweeted that there was an interesting thread on The Green Button discussing DVD vob files and streaming to extenders. After taking a look, I decided it would be a good...

Extenders and Where We Go Next

May 19, 2009 by Adam Thursby

So by now most people have heard that Linksys has discontinued their DMA Media Center extender product line. Myself and several others contacted the company and learned that they have no intention of releasing a new extender either. This coupled with the fact that HP discontinued the HP Media...

Linksys Discontinues Media Center Extenders

May 14, 2009 by Adam Thursby

I found a post in the forums on The Green Button today stating that Linksys has discontinued the DMA-21/2200 line of Media Center extenders. The post had links included to the Linksys website which did indeed show that both products were listed as no longer being sold. Not wanting to take a...