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.

“that wasn’t a user group, it was an event!”

Well we did the 2nd Media Center and Windows Home Server User Group meet up in the UK and it was awesome!  @iandixon, @garrywma and Andrew Cherry actually did all the work. The speakers explained some of the more advanced Media Center topics and … Continue reading

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The coolest one box Media Center ever

Great design is something I’m into, I love things looking beautiful and I’m a believer in the need for form to follow (actually to lead) function.  Having come across this it’s something I just had to share.
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Hi pigeons, here’s the cat…

Ok I was watching Steve B speech at Washington U yesterday and heard this…it shocked me a little and I tweeted it…people picked it up and found it interesting so here it is, it’s take from Microsoft’s transcript of the event: In the case of… Continue reading

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On10 covers every TV option

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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Stream Spotify to your Squeezebox or WMP

Now that Martin has released the beta of Spotify MCE I thought I’d explain quickly how you can stream Spotify all over your house.  I use a Squeezebox for this, which is where the solution comes from, but equally anything … Continue reading

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Stream Spotify to your Squeezebox or WMP

Now that Martin has released the beta of Spotify MCE I thought I’d explain quickly how you can stream Spotify all over your house.  I use a Squeezebox for this, which is where the solution comes from, but equally anything that can play a HT… Continue reading

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Super-simple, no config commercial removal in Windows 7

I think I’ve found something too good to be true.  I was just looking about on codeplex and came across this project WTVWatcher by Paul Bruce.  It almost has me shaking in my seat for it’s simplicity and ease of use.
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WindowsMediaCenterExperts Twitter list

In the last few hours Twitter has made a very cool feature available to all, lists.  Yep, a list.  Why is that cool?  Well it makes it really simple to share tweets from people who know something cool about a … Continue reading

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Recording programs that are off the air

Ian tweeted Friday about a TV show in the UK called Newswipe, unfortunately just a day after the series ended.  Now I know that I can catch up on it using TunerFree MCE but I wanted to make sure that … Continue reading

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The Digital Lifestyle

Just thought you’d like to know that I’ve just posted my first blog entry to my blog on The Digital Lifestyle. I’ve also just put up a review of TunerFree MCE. I’m now going to move most of my Media … Continue reading

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