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.

Windows Vista SP1 available now

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Simon

Well, it’s official. I’ve heard about it from Download Squad , LifeHacker, and Jason’s blog. And it’s really well written about in the Vista Blog. You can get it here, I am right now. Technorati Tags: vista,sp1,vista sp1

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Want Vista SP1, Now…

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Simon

TGB Just posted this: The Green Button – Vista SP1 DVD available now from scan.co.uk £0.50 ex VAT Not much you can say on that really!  I’ll be waiting for the download though! Technorati Tags: vista,sp1,scan.co.uk,thegreenbutton

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FolderShare – Wow! That was easy!

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Simon

Ian Dixon and the Live Team blogged yesterday about FolderShare.  It’s a little tool that’s in Live Beta that lets you synchronise your files between computers.  Ian brought up the BRILLIANT idea of synchronising your media using it.  I’ve decided … Continue reading →

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Projects I want to do

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Simon

It’s fair to say there are a number of projects I want to do ggua year and I intend to post about each of them as I do them. cctv: I want to be able to remotely monitor the house … Continue reading →

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Media Center – The Hardware

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Simon

Well I’ve already posted about my software setup, but just what do I use in hardware terms on my Media Center Rig? The Basics The basic PC is actually quite old, I bought it to replace something stole during a … Continue reading →

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Windows Vista & XP Media Center Support Community

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Simon

One of the best communities, and by that I mean most active, most knowlageable and friendly is the Australian Windows Vista & XP Media Center Support Community. I’ve been watching them for a while. It’s how I found out about … Continue reading →

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My Media Center Setup – the software

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Simon

I don’t think I’ve ever actually talked about how and what I use to run my Media Center. This is a little list of what I think is some truly excellent software that’s been produced by some very talented individuals. … Continue reading →

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Yawcam – Yet Another Webcam Software

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Simon

I wanted some form of monitoring from the home setup of something. Not really sure why but I sometimes get a bit worried when we are away from home. So I picked up a Tesco Value Webcam and found the … Continue reading →

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Living with myTV

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Simon

It’s been a few days now since I got myTV working fully on my MediaCenter rig. Got to say I’m loving the experience! myTV has made me reorg my filling system and it now works a bit like a dream. … Continue reading →

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Media Center in the kitchen and DiNovo Mini

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Simon

Over on10 Steven Lindsay as done something I’d really love to do at some point, if I’m allowed, and has installed a Media Center into his kitchen. Looks cool too, here’s the link: The Media Center show interview & Media … Continue reading →

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