We’re back for April and spring is in full swing.  Jere Jones and I are back this month with all the ins and outs of storing and cataloging your media.  Just like most things, there are different strokes for different folks and Jere and I are joined by two guys who store a ton of media and who have different ways of doing it.
Jose Ortiz is a Media Center and Windows Home Server user who maintains a really good back-up system for his media.  He’s taken a lot of time …

While it’s still a pretty thin week in terms of new releases, we do get some classics coming to Blu-ray this week.  If you’re looking to move your collection to HD or have never looked at some of this content, it should be a good week for you.
As far as theatrical releases go?  Good luck.  With only one movie going with a nationwide release and three others limited, your choices are few and far between come Friday.  The good part is that the major release is a comedy starring …

After the flu canceled last week’s show, Seen in HD is back for episode 22. We start things off with a quick discussion on Windows Phone 7 and its potential as a HD video player since it has a lot of similarities to the Zune HD. More info needs to come out on the video playbacks features, but Phil was particularly intrigued.
After that we shift to talk of media streamers/extenders and their worth after the announcement of Toshiba’s Media Center TV (no it has nothing to do with Windows Media …

What makes something HD? Is anything at least 1280×720 HD? If it fills a 16:9 screen, is it HD? Certainly Adam and Phil don’t think so, and this week they undertake the daunting topic of what makes something HD, including a bried look at the new Web streaming offering from Epix. We’d love to hear what you think in the comments as well.
Other news includes possible Wii 2 specs that include Blu-ray, and Apple reportedly working with networks to offer a subscription-based TV plan via iTunes.
Sears’ Black Friday ad has …

The new Media Browser (2.1) has added a lot of great features.  You can read about them over at Hack7MC in an article just published today.  One of the new additions I’ve been playing with since Friday’s release has been the Podcast plugin.  It’s easy to use and allows you to watch your favorite online RSS content right inside Media Center.  (Just a note that audio podcasts work as well but you get a black screen during playback.)
I went on a quick search this weekend to try and find …

We’ve talked before about how hard it can be to get online content into Media Center.  Now, if you’re a Media Center fan and want to keep up on the latest news, there’s a new app from Andrew Cherry that will help you keep up.
The Digital Lifestyle Reader is available in both x86 and x64 versions.  Simply install the application and you’ll find a link under Extras in Windows 7 or Online Content in Vista.  From there you can read the latest blog posts, listen to the podcasts on the …