The Mac Media Center Project at The Wired Home Weblog

The Mac mini just came out and already there's a project Devoted to turning Apple's newest offering into a Mac Media Center.While the project is just getting off of the ground, The Mac Media Center website looks pretty decent and already has a pretty active forum. If you're a Mac lover and you're looking for an alternative to the Windoews Media Center, you'll want to follow the progress here. [...] Read More


Ebaying the Media Center Way at The Wired Home Weblog

We've told you about the ability to surf eBay over your TiVo. Now, MCESoft.com is working on an eBay plug-in for Media Center. The plug in will let you:- Search Auctions- View auctions with images and description- Bid on auctions- 'Buy Now' support- My eBay ("Items I'm Watching", "Items I'm Bidding On", "Items I've Won", "Items I Didn't Win","Items I'm Selling", "Items I've Sold" + "Unsold Items")Pretty snazzy huh? [via [...] Read More


VWB's MediaREADY 5000 Advanced Media Center to run SageTV's Media Center Software at The Wired Home Weblog

This is the first press release, so we don't know any pricing or availablity details yet. Video Without Boundaries has announced plans to release the MediaREADY 5000 Advanced Digital Media Center to the market powered by the Linux-based SageTV Media Center software. Some of the features include. Complete personal video recording, without subscription fees, for recording TV shows to the 5000's internal hard drive, including the ability to pause and rewind [...] Read More


Media Center Wii at House of Nintendo

Curious with the home media center applications of the freshly-online Wii, many gamers/bloggers have been testing streaming music and video applications in conjunction with the Wii. Straight from LiquidIce's Nintendo Wii Hacks comes a great round-up of streaming music solutions, all of which work with varying success rates. Here are two headline programs that are gaining popularity around the web: Orb - An already-popular media center app, Orb seems to work [...] Read More


Luxuriant Media Center For People With No Friends at The Gadgets Weblog

If you're loaded, like watching movies, playing games, immersing yourself in high definition pornography, AND have no friends, this one is bound to tickle your fancy. Crave report:"Despite its Pottery Barn-inspired name, the "maya Single" media apparatus impressively features an architecturally designed chair with strategically positioned 60-watt speakers, subwoofer, and 32- or 26-inch screen perched precariously by a metal arm hanging overhead, all accented with natural wood trim, according to T3. [...] Read More