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<title>Ceton unveils pair of media center PC CableCARD tuners</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/13/new.devices.capture.up.to.six.qam.broadcasts.simultaneously/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368493811_ceton-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Ceton Corp has announced the new InfiniTV 6 product line of CableCARD multi-tuner devices for Media Center PCs. InfiniTV 6 is available in two models, which each incorporate six QAM tuners and require only a single CableCARD. InfiniTV 6 ETH is a powerful Ethernet-based network tuner that plugs into a router or wired home network. InfiniTV 6 PCIe connects to a PC via a PCI-E slot for configurations...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Windows 8 to require Media Center for DVD movie playback</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/04/cdec.costs.decline.in.habits.reasons.for.no.dvd.playback.in.win.8/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/media_center_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[On its Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft revealed that its Windows 8 operating system won't play back DVD movies, unless the optional Media Center pack is purchased. The reason is the added royalties needed to pay for the specialized decoders and the cost of hardware to enable this. Microsoft also justified the decision by throwing out numbers that showed a sharp decline in DVD movie sales and b...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 15:57:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft: only 6% of Windows users ever tried Media Center</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/09/02/sinofsky.promises.media.center.for.windows.8/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/media_center_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In a post on the Windows 8 blog, Windows chief Steven Sinofsky admitted that users of the Media Center functionality runs at only 6% of users. Sinofsky made the remarks in response to feedback from customers who had emailed him regarding the future of Media Center in Windows  8, given its absence from pre-release builds of its next OS. While he wanted to assure users that Microsoft remained commit...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Windows Phone 7 to control Media Center set-top-boxes</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/09/ces.2011.used.to.demo.new.tech/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1101/ryecom_wp7_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Reycom, a Swiss-based tech company has used CES 2011 to debut its upcoming Windows Media Center ëREC 7í set-top-box that can be controlled by Windows Phone 7 mobile phones. The new Windows Media Center STB is running Windows Embedded Standard, a less system resource hungry version of Windows 7.  The Reycom STB also incorporates a TV tuner, Internet connectivity and a built-in Blu-ray player, the f...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>WD TV Live Hub leaked out early</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/10/17/media.streaming.and.nas.1tb.hdd.for.mac..pc/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1010/wdtv_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The WD TV Live Hub media center has been leaked ahead of its formal product launch. The new STB comes with 1TB of storage, 1080p video playback over HDMI 1.4, component and composite video out, and optical S/PDIF. It supports streaming media services including Netflix, Blockbuster, Pandora, and YouTube.  Mac and PC compatible, it connects to networks via its gigabit Ethernet and can act as an iTun...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ceton ships InfiniTV quad-CableCARD tuner</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/08/11/card.streams.four.simultaneous.tv.streams/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1007/infinitvsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Ceton has finally begun shipping its InfiniTV quad-CableCARD tuner to customers who placed pre-orders. The multi-tuner PC card allows users to watch digital cable TV from their computers or dedicated media centers....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Boxee marries media player to social networking</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/06/30/front.row.meets.twitter/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/boxee.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[For the past six years, a group of developers scattered across the globe has been quietly working to reinvent the way we watch movies and listen to music. The result is Boxee -- a media player based on the XBMC Open Source platform -- released in alpha form this month initially on the Mac. The developers says Boxee was born of frustration over what they saw as the somewhat clunky way computers gat...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sony updates VAIO TP1 media PC</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/06/25/sony.vaio.tp1.update/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/sonyvaiotp1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sony has updated the VAIO TP1, a Media Center PC based on an unusual puck-shaped chassis.  The VGX-TP1DQ/B and VGX-TP1D are both equipped with two land-based digital TV tuners, HDMI output, and new video recording software.  The DQ/B however is considered the top model, and is equipped with a Blu-ray drive, along with a 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB of system RAM, a 500GB hard drive and a GeForce 8400M G...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>HP MediaSmart Connect shares networked media</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/16-media-esta.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[HP on Tuesday unveiled the MediaSmart Connect, a new digital media receiver that can obtain images, music, and movie files from a home network to display on an HDTV. The piano black-finished device also includes connectivity with online media services like Snapfish, CinemaNow, Live365, and several others, as well as Windows Media Center Extender functionality. HP is expected to sell the MediaSmart...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Windows Vista MC prevents users from recording shows </title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/nbc-drm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Users of Microsoft Vista's Media Center were unable to record prime-time NBC TV shows on Monday night. Reports maintain the problem was caused by a broadcast flag which activated Media Center's DRM copy protection measures, stopping recordings of over-the-air and cable broadcasts. Neither NBC nor Microsoft have an explanation for the issue, but are looking into it. No other reports of such problem...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 04:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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