Entertainment 2.0 #101: PlayOn, Metadata and Other Such Things

Nov 5, 2010 by

Just because we’ve broken through 100 shows doesn’t mean we slack.  We’re back for number 101 this week and while there isn’t a lot of news, we have a great show for you. If you are interested in getting online content to your extenders, you’ll want to hear what we have to say about...

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Fixing Your Custom Menus

May 22, 2010 by

With the latest Media Center update, many power users learned that their customizations aren’t supported and were removed.  While MS certainly has no requirement to support community hacks, it’s too bad this had to happen.  What should be seen as the addition of some decent content has been...

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Customizing Media Center

May 2, 2010 by

While Windows Media Center provides access to broadcast, local and internet content, sometimes it’s just not enough.  Some people, like myself, want more.  Conversely, we also want less.  Less scrolling and less clutter within our menu structure. How to get more content?  That’s easy...

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Entertainment 2.0: Episode 46-We Still Love You Europe

Sep 18, 2009 by

Back again and now that CEDIA is finally over we can talk about some of the other news that came out of the expo.  We can’t really call this part 2 of the CEDIA series since we’re saving that title for a special show.  A lot of what we discuss continues to focus on CableCard but again, there...

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Wiley Media Center Users at it Again

Sep 15, 2009 by

It seems that since sometimes Microsoft doesn’t hear the enthusiast community, some of those enthusiasts have gone about updating and expanding a favorite application amongst the community. Earlier today TGB user Advent posted that a beta version of Media Center Studio is now available.  While...

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