Recent Comments:
mControl adds Vista Media Center support to home automation software {TV Squad}
May 14th 2008 5:42PM "Currently it doesn't look like you can use the software to automatically dim your lights when you're watching a video and bring them back up when you hit pause."
That's one of the main features of mControl, you have been able to do it using mControl for years.
Will there ever be integrated HD media support in Vista? {Engadget HD}
Jan 25th 2008 4:47PM Media Center only supports QAM using a Digital Cable Tuner/OCUR/CableCARD Tuner. It doesn't support QAM from any other card. The HDHR can be used for QAM if you don't have a CableCARD PC.
Will there ever be integrated HD media support in Vista? {Engadget HD}
Jan 25th 2008 2:44PM Native playback means within the application. Media Center has always had native support for DVD playback. I'm not talking about simple things like decoders being included in a box.
The differences between HD DVD and Blu-ray are quite large when you factor in software support using a framework that has already been developed.
Read more at http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/archive/2008/01/25/1480420.aspx
Will there ever be integrated HD media support in Vista? {Engadget HD}
Jan 25th 2008 2:10PM The fact is no software currently makes it possible for native playback. That's the subject matter that I was writing about in the original article, not playback within Windows in general. Two really different subjects.
The majority of my readers (and readers here at Engadget HD) know that you can playback the discs on a PC.
Will there ever be integrated HD media support in Vista? {Engadget HD}
Jan 25th 2008 12:57PM The point is with how HD DVD appears to be on the downfall, the addition of native support (if it ever is released) will likely be pointless in the long run (eg. everyone going BD).
Dell's XPS 420: now available with CableCARD {Engadget}
Dec 8th 2007 2:17PM You can buy the tuner from SonyStyle.com. But yes, it will only work with a PC with the correct BIOS and product keys.
Dell's XPS 420: now available with CableCARD {Engadget}
Dec 8th 2007 1:31PM No, there are internal cards too. An external one is just an internal in a separate casing.
Dell's XPS 420: now available with CableCARD {Engadget}
Dec 8th 2007 9:20AM Yes, it will work with FIOS. FIOS is QAM, IP is only used for on demand. Media Center and/or TiVo HD will both work fine with FIOS.
AMD unveils trio of new ATI TV Wonders {Engadget}
Oct 15th 2007 1:12PM They released in near a year ago, you can buy one of a dozen PCs with it included....
Linksys shows off two new Media Center Extenders {Engadget}
Sep 26th 2007 4:16PM Yes, it is.
