This year at CES we’re partnering with PodTech to provide ground transportation specifically for bloggers attending CES via the Windows Vista Media Center Express.  This is an executive-class coach with a distinctive, custom exterior design, so you’ll know it when you see it.  We dreamed up the Media Center Express as a way to help bloggers get between the CES BlogHaus at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino and CES 2008 at the Las Vegas Conference Center, while also providing them an entertaining, hands-on experience with cool technology — and of course refreshments — en route.  (If you’ve ever been to CES, then you know how difficult it can be to negotiate the Las Vegas streets while competing with the 150K other people in attendance.)  We’ve equipped the bus with PCs and hardware showcasing some of the best aspects of Windows Vista, namely, Windows Media Center and Certified for Windows Vista devices. 

If you’re coming to CES, register for the BlogHaus so you can take advantage of the Media Center Express.  Meanwhile, check out the set-up of hardware on board:

• Dell XPS 420

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If your PC is running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate, you have a great feature set you may not even know about: Windows Media Center.

Windows Media Center can turn your PC from a “plain vanilla” computer into something pretty powerful and impressive: the hub of your entertainment system.  Surprised?  Well (if you ask nicely), I’ll tell you more.

Use Windows Media Center to browse your music collection by cover art or year, organize photos and create albums and jazz up custom slide shows with music.  If you’re a sports fan, you’ll definitely want to check out your favorite team’s scores and stats on SportsLounge (U.S. and Canada only).

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And if you like movies and TV, you’ll enjoy Internet TV Beta. This new feature allows you to play free streaming video content on demand, choosing from more than 100 hours of TV entertainment, music concerts, movie trailers, news, and sports content from MSN Video.

Are you a film buff?  If so, you’re in

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Today at Digital Life in NYC the eHome Division and partners together announced new Extenders for Windows Media Center.  In combination with the new Extenders, we’re also releasing a beta of a new feature for Windows Media Center called Internet TV.

Take a look at the new Extenders for Windows Media Center and you’ll see that users are getting sleek and quiet devices that bring content to any room of their house.  Upcoming this holiday season is an impressive line-up of Extenders:

• Linksys Media Center Extender DMA2100:  In a small form factor, the DMA2100 offers dual-band Wireless-N and all the necessary features to take full advantage of Windows Media Center.  Perfect for smaller bedrooms and offices where a small device is needed.  Estimated street price is US$299.99.
• Linksys Media Center Extender DMA2200 with DVD Player:  Bigger than the DMA2100, the DMA2200 offers dual-band Wireless-N with a built-in DVD player on top of its Extender capabilities.  Estimated street price is US$349.99.
• D-Link DSM-750 MediaLounge HD Media Center Extender:  The DSM-750 connects users to their home networks either via Ethernet or dual-band draft Wireless-N.  It also includes a USB 2.0 port for access to music, photos and

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Today at Digital Life in NYC the eHome Division and partners together announced new Extenders for Windows Media Center. In combination with the new Extenders, we’re also releasing a beta of a new feature for Windows Media Center called Internet TV. Take Read More……(read more)

At CEDIA EXPO 2007 in Denver this week, a few of our partners unveiled new Windows Media Extenders that will let customers easily extend the Windows Media Center experience to other rooms in their homes.  Companies involved included Linksys, D-Link and Niveus Media Inc.  Their hardware is the latest attempt to breach the PC-to-TV barrier by way of Windows Media Center.

The new Windows Media Extenders are designed to utilize the Windows Media Center capabilities from PCs running Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate.  Now they’ll be sporting some great new features:

• Support for Wireless N high-speed technology
• Extended video codec support to include DivX and Xvid
• Continued support for Windows Media Video HD files
• Ability to send protected HD content to additional rooms, including recorded TV from over-the-air Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) or CableCard tuners
• Ability to send movies and music available from providers such as CinemaNow, MovieLink and Napster
• New Reuters news feeds, National Public Radio broadcasts, up-to-date sports reports from the FOX Sports Lounge and subscription music from XM Radio
• Parental Controls built into Windows Media Center, allowing parents to choose the content their children are/not

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At CEDIA EXPO 2007 in Denver this week, a few of our partners unveiled new Windows Media Extenders that will let customers easily extend the Windows Media Center experience to other rooms in their homes. Companies involved included Linksys, D-Link and Read More……(read more)