Microsoft plans tune-up of Media Center PC
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With the next generation of Media Center PCs, you&#39;ll be able to have your TV and record it too. For the first time, Microsoft&#39;s Windows XP Media Center Edition is supporting multiple tuners, meaning that consumers
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According to The Register, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, code-named Symphony, will support high definition television. Microsoft refuses to confirm the Register's report at this time.
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New Windows-based computer doubles as a TV and a digital video recorder.
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GamePC have thrown up their review of Microsoft&#39;s Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005! Here&#39;s a snip. Windows XP Media Center Edition was originally launched roughly two years ago, and was the first variant
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NEW YORK, October 12  - Microsoft Corporation (MSFT.NAS) has launched its new version of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, along with the launch of a wide range of home digital entertainment products and services in collaboration
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft is increasing the range of video formats that PCs running its Windows software can pipe to televisions around the home, with support for a new range of Extenders for Windows Media Center devices from hardware manufacturers. It expects companies such as Cisco Systems, D-Link, and Niveus Media to reveal new set-top boxes next month that can play videos or music stored on a PC running the Home Premium or Ultimate editions of Windows Vista. Microsoft's software will stream video in previously unsupported formats such as DivX and Xvid, delivering it to devices around the home over wired or wireless networks. The new Extender devices could even be capable of streaming "protected" high-definition (HD) video over the latest 802.11n wireless networks, Microsoft said Thursday. Vendors or broadcasters of HD content can protect it from piracy by using DRM (digital rights management) software to restrict the devices on which it can be displayed or stored. Microsoft's reasoning in developing these capabilities is that customers want to access the content on their multimedia PCs when they're not in front of the PC. AppleÂ realized this in 2004, when it released the diminutive AirPort Express Wi-Fi router with an audio-out socket for streaming music over a Wi-Fi or Ethernet connection from a Macintosh or PC running its iTunes jukebox software, but the following year Microsoft went one better with an add-on pack called Windows Media Center Extender allowing its Xbox game consoles to stream music and video from a Windows Media Center PC. Manufacturers and buyers have been slow to take an interest in Microsoft's Windows Media Center Extender platform. The best-known Extender is Microsoft's own Xbox 360 game console, of which market-watchers estimate Microsoft has sold around 10 million since its November 2005 launch. By comparison, D-Link said in June 2006 that it had sold just 100,000 of its MediaLounge wireless media players in the first 18 months they were on sale. But Microsoft is still pushing the idea, now rebranded Extenders for Windows Media Center, collaborating with Cisco, D-Link, and Niveus to link their set-top boxes to Vista PCs. In the future, the company plans to work with a broader range of vendors to incorporate the same capabilities directly into other devices such as DVD players and televisions. There's more to it than a change of name, though: in its Windows Media Center Extender FAQ, Microsoft warns that devices based on the old specification, developed to work with Windows XP, will no longer work with the new system for Windows Vista.
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Receiver will allow your TV to display HD content that's stored on your PC.
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Irvine-based Gateway refreshed its lineup of personal computers yesterday, introducing two new Media Center PCs. The company&#39;s 3250X Media Center PC and 7200S Media Center PC both use Microsoft&#39;s new Windows
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Upcoming set-top box will offer TV, digital video recording, and Internet access in one.
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Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 supports DVD burning, HDTV, and more mobile devices.
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Microsoft has finally announced that it will start shipping itâs Portable Media Center addition which will allow players like the Creative Zen to go on sale in the coming weeks.
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New version of Media Center and accompanying "extenders" will make TV shows recorded on a PC available all over the house.
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As Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich demonstrated during one of his more popular talks at TechEd, one of Vista's many internal kernel changes includes a special prioritization feature especially for multimedia and Media Player.  You might be surprised to learn what priorities get sacrificed just to make sure MP11 doesn't skip a beat.
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Microsoft gives us an update on Windows Home Server
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Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 supports DVD burning, HDTV, and improved support for mobile devices.
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Microsoft Corp., world&#39;s largest software company, is planning to launch 2005 version of their Media Center software program on Oct. 12.
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Microsoft Corp. on Thursday will announce that the first third-party Portable Media Center media players will hit the streets. Originally announced a year ago, Microsoft said in July that the first player