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AVerTV Hybrid Ultra USB

AVerMedia bills the AVerTV Hybrid Ultra USB as a Media Center Upgrade Kit. The upgrade it brings to your Media Center PC is the ability to watch and record TV. This $130 external TV tuner avoids one of the pitfalls of PC-based TV tuners--the often shoddy bundled DVR software--simply by...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Cable, TV & Home Theater, Microsoft Windows XP, AVerMedia, tuner, AVerTV Hybrid Ultra USB, Media Center PC, IR Blaster, laptop computer, cable box, TV

Product reviews 2007-06-04

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Windows Media Center meets cable TV in HD

Six months ago, after years of waiting, I finally had a chance to switch my Media Center setup over to a fully digital, cable-compatible, high-definition configuration. How has it worked out? Let's just say you'd have to pry the Media Center remote from my cold dead fingers. ...

Tags: Cable Television, Dell Computer Corp., Windows Media, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Media Center, CableCard, Media Center PCs, Cable, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Networking, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-04-04

Vista Media Center takes over the living room

[Update 24-August, 2:00PM: By popular request, I've assembled a list of the parts that went into this system, including specs and prices.]  In June, I recounted my out-of-the-box experience with a new Dell PC running Windows Vista, starting with a failed BIOS upgrade, undergoing a successful repair, and establishing that the basic hardware and software...

Tags: Media Center PC, PC, System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Vista Media Center, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-08-24

Vista: What will you say when you see it?

Vista: What will you say when you see it?How about...Get Vista - It Just Works unlike the Mac that randomly reboots and exposes you to Quicktime vulnerabilitiesHow about...Vista: What else are you going to do with your tax refund?or Vista: Budget for it this year, Buy it next year when...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-01-03

Vista Media Center: Ready for the living room?

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 is decidedly un-Microsoft-like. For starters, it has a gorgeous interface. It’s a poster child for usability, actually beating TiVo at its own game. It’s fast. And, at least in my household, it’s been surprisingly, almost shockingly reliable.So, you can understand why I’m holding my...

Tags: Media Center PC

Blog posts 2006-06-02

Yahoo Go for TV beta

Yahoo recently made minor headlines by purchasing a small software company named Meedio, which was best known for creating a DVR application, also named Meedio. Just as Yahoo bought Konfabulator to create Yahoo Widgets, Yahoo Go for TV is based on this recently acquired property. Yahoo Go for TV combines...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo Go, TV, menu item

Product reviews 2006-04-28

Biohazard Media Center Xpress

At first glance, the Biohazard Media Center Xpress looks more like a high-end power amplifier than a desktop computer. Its rack-style case is not what we're used to seeing from Biohazard, a company better known for its expensive, full-tower gaming rigs. The Xpress is its attempt at a more modest...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Processors, DVD, Biohazard Media Center Xpress

Product reviews 2006-02-24