Entertainment 2.0 #171 : Xbox Comes of Age

Mar 30, 2012 by

Microsoft's stealthy Windows Media Center Team posts some FAQs, HBO GO, Xfinity, and iPlayer apps appear on the Xbox 360 while Microsoft reports that its Xbox LIVE service is used more now for entertainment than for gaming, and Richard may be toting a new Windows Phone before next week's show.

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Entertainment 2.0-#104: Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov 26, 2010 by

I really wanted to get the show out to folks yesterday so you could have something to listen to during your Black Friday insanity, but alas, family stuff took over.  We are on schedule though and James Montemagno joins us again this week. Don’t worry!  There aren’t any fights this week.  We...

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Entertainment 2.0-Episode 62: Appletainment 2.0. Wait…what?

Jan 29, 2010 by

Even though I promised not to bring it up, Josh forced the issue and we end up spending part of this week’s show talking about Apple’s latest device, the iPad.  While neither Josh nor I can personally see a lot of use for the device when compared to your standard netbook, some people seem to...

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Converting MKV to WTV

Jan 26, 2010 by

Windows 7 was a big step forward for acceptance of certain codecs and containers by Microsoft.  Prior to the release, Media Center users had a lot of issues getting their movie files to play on extenders.  Even AVI wasn’t supported within the extender UI basically locking you down to some very...

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