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Microsoft press release on XBox 360 and MCE integration, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and Xbox 360 to Provide Unprecedented Digital Entertainment Experience Throughout the Home: Every Xbox 360 will have Media Center Extender functionality built in and available out of the box.

The Media Center Extender functionality, coupled with the software update for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, will provide customers with seamless access to digital music, video, photos, and standard and high-definition television and movies on Media Center Edition 2005-based PCs through any Xbox 360 game console in the house.

5/17/2005 - 12:21 pm GMT - [guid]

Recently Tim emailed me some questions and he's got them posted on his blog now, Site Feed of the Day: Matt Goyer's Blog: Matt’s good – I couldn’t get anything out of him on the upcoming update or Longhorn release :).

Definitely add his blog to your feed list!

5/17/2005 - 10:58 am GMT - [guid]

If you like Ian Dixon's Media Center podcast you should go vote for it over on Podcast Alley.

5/16/2005 - 11:34 am GMT - [guid]

App to edit DVR-MS metadata

Stephen Toub recently wrote an App to edit DVR-MS metadata (via BenN).

5/15/2005 - 3:53 pm GMT - [guid]

XBox 360 has a built in MCX

Xbox 360 Fact sheet: Built-in Media Center Extender for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Rock and roll.

What does this mean? Stream HD television and movies straight from your Windows Media Center Edition PC to your Xbox 360. !

5/12/2005 - 7:57 pm GMT - [guid]

Report MCE guide problems

Everyone once and a while I get an email about a problem with Media Center's guide information.

Recently I found out about this site, Windows XP Media Center Edition Electronic Program Guide Issue Submission Form where you can report guide errors or mistakes.

There is also a UK version.

5/12/2005 - 9:00 am GMT - [guid]

I updated the left side of my sidebar with fresh links.

If there are any Media Center centric blogs that I'm missing, please let me know!

5/10/2005 - 11:15 pm GMT - [guid]

Joe Wilcox, Jupiter Analyst and author of Microsoft Monitor, The Media Center TV/DVR Question: I found that Dell makes Media Center a pretty irresistible option on Dimension 4700 and 8400 PCs. Dell charges an extra $38 for the software.

[cut] I've pitted a dual-tuner Comcast digital cable box against a Windows XP Media Center PC. For DVR reliability, the Media Center PC wins.

We agonized over loosening the tuner requirements but I think we made the right decision.

I know that at my apartment the majority of content I consume on my 46" TV through Media Center does not come through a tuner.

I also have a good friend who on every ski/bike vacation we go on shots gigs and gigs of photos.

After each day of skiing/biking we review the photos on his notebook but if he had a MCE laptop the experience would be greatly enhanced if he could hook it up to the TV in the hotel room (if only Dell/Toshiba made it easy to upgrade to MCE after buying a non-MCE notebook).

5/9/2005 - 10:14 pm GMT - [guid]

Fox Sports launched a Media Center site in Online Spotlight today: [image]

5/9/2005 - 9:50 am GMT - [guid]

Broadcast flag overturned

Reuters, US appeals court tosses FCC's broadcast flag rule: A U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down a Federal Communications Commission rule designed to limit people from sending copies of digital television programs over the Internet.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said the FCC had "exceeded the scope of its delegated authority" with the 2003 rule, which would have required TV set manufacturers to start using new technology by July 1. !

5/6/2005 - 10:24 am GMT - [guid]

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