Category Archives: Media Center

Windows Media Center is simply a fantastic media experience using your Windows PC. Most posts here also appear on thedigitiallifestyle.com.

How 3D Works

Posted on February 17, 2010 by simonster

One of my favourite blogs is DataViz, they’re experts in Infoporn.  This is a superb rendering of how the various forms of 3D work; in case you need to know.
[updated so that you can read the darn thing!]

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13 days to move from Windows 7 RC

Posted on February 17, 2010 by simonster

I started getting these, as expected, a couple of days ago.  It’s a guess but lots of others are receiving them now too so I thought I’d take the opportunity to remind people about what’s going to happen:
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Like Hulu with no restrictions

Posted on February 5, 2010 by simonster

Hulu is fantastic, unless of course you happen to not live in the US then it’s a chocolate teapot unless of course you use a VPN to make the service think you’re in the US.  The name “geotarding” has been applied.  TV… Continue reading →

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Whole home audio on through phone lines

Posted on February 5, 2010 by simonster

Lifehacker have a very interesting how to all about how to run whole home audio over your homes internal phone wiring.  It’s kind of a neat solution if you have this in your home already…interestingly I’ve recently stripped my home wiring o… Continue reading →

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Sky are hot out the box with 3D TV

Posted on January 28, 2010 by simonster

Wow, I knew we were going to get a 3D offering from Sky but this is something else!  So fast…  Sky are broadcasting the first ever 3D sports match, a football (soccer for you US types) er on Sunday. Yep, a world first, and in the UK the fi… Continue reading →

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Interesting way to use Aero Snap

Posted on January 22, 2010 by simonster

Long’s spotted a great series of advertising by Microsoft in the US that’s got a digital home bent to it so I thought I’d throw it out there.  In Australia Microsoft are sponsoring part of the Open tennis coverage and (very cleverly) using t… Continue reading →

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Seesmic Look is very cool

Posted on January 21, 2010 by simonster

Wow, talk about a cool way of looking at tweets.  This, my friends, is Seesmic Look, the second output from Seesmic since they’ve started developing closely with Microsoft.  I’ve just downloaded it and started to play, and it’s very se… Continue reading →

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iTunes in the cloud?

Posted on January 21, 2010 by simonster

Techcrunch has an interesting article about Apple moving iTunes into the cloud, it certainly represents and interesting idea.  According to the article the plan is for a fully fledged cloud based iTunes, perhaps removing the need for a local insta… Continue reading →

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On10 covers every TV option

Posted on January 20, 2010 by simonster

Sarah’s written a great and very, very, comprehensive article for On10.net about all the different options for watching TV in Windows Media Center without a TV tuner, she covers: Hulu PlayOn Boxee SecondRunTV TunerFree TubeCore … Continue reading →

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More tablets…

Posted on January 19, 2010 by simonster

I seem to be getting hooked on the tablets.  No not little pills but the new wave of gadgets we saw at CES and even more by some of the ones that missed CES.  I’ve just spotted this at liliputing.com the HOTT M700 a small tablet (7&rdq… Continue reading →

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