Beyonwiz Interacts With IceTV Beyonwiz PVR users with an IceTV subscription can now set individual episodes or an entire series of their favourite TV shows on digital free-to-air television to record onto their PVR anywhere, thanks to its IceTV Interactive integration.
Big Grunt Alienware Media Server With Blu Ray Coming The Dell owned Alienware Company, who has a reputation for high-performance gaming and desktop PC's as well as high end media servers is set to roll out a major reseller program. Among those targeted are high end installers, CEDIA members and organisations who want a custom built media server that will also deploy a lighting or sound management system in an automated house.
NEC Unveils Mega Blu-ray PC For The Living Room NEC has revealed a new range of TVs, PCs and notebooks, including a monster new flagship media centre PC, designed to fit out the multimedia living room of the future.
Microsoft Media Centre Partner Dumps HD DVD Only hours after word got out that Toshiba was set to dump their HD DVD format, long time Microsoft support partner Niveus, makers of high end media centres has dumped the format in favour of Blu-ray .They join organisations like Kaleidescape to Warner to Wal-Mart in their support for Blu-ray over HD DVD.
New PC TV Tuner Card From Compro Users can now watch and record their favourite shows with ease as Anyware Computer Accessories has released the Compro VideoMate E700 dual digital TV tuner card for desktop PCs.
Seven To Battle Foxtel With HD Tivo Seven Media which recently announced that it will roll out the TiVo PVR service in Australia now has access to a brand new TiVo HD PVR which is selling in the US for only $299. This could give the company a distinct advantage when it rolls out TiVo later this year.
Windows Home Server The Next Big Thing Last week Microsoft released a beta version of its new Home Server software which is designed to allow for easier control of all devices in your home. We take a look at the new software and the future for the home PC.
Cisco And Qualifi KISS And Make Up Days after SHN revealed that up to 70% of the KISS media players sold in Australia had been returned, Cisco the new owners of KISS Technology have said that they are rebating Kiss Distributor Qualifi, nearly $500,000.
KISS A Dirty Word At Cisco KISS Technology executives in Denmark have been slammed for their failure to address problems associated with thousands of faulty of KISS Players sold in Australia prior to the company being acquired by Cisco.
Sony PS4 Not Far Away A new Playstation 4 could be less than 18 months away according to a Sony insider. The device will include the same chipset as the current PS3 but where it will differ from the current model is in the drive bay and in the attachment area. It will also include an extensive software suite for the managing of content being streamed to a TV or Hi Fi source.
Vendors Dumping Intel Viiv For AMD Vendors are dumping the Intel Viiv Media Centre platform in favour of AMD. The move comes as several new media centre vendors including Hi Fi Companies look for alternate technology than Microsoft and Intel.
New Cool Dude Media Centres A new generation of Windows based Media Centre’s designed and built by original equipment manufacturers is starting show up mass market vendors like HP and Acer offering similar packages.
PC Media Centre In Trouble As HP Quits The PC based media centre is in serious trouble with several vendors claiming that it is not selling as a stand alone offering, among them Acer and HP. Now news is filtering out that Intel has put on hold its Viiv platform because of a lack of interest from PC manufacturers.
Apple TV Is Here But No Content The new AppleTV is now officially on sale. But one key thing is missing, content. It's a bit like buying a CD player but not having access to music to play.
Premium Hi Fi Vendors To Make Media Centres Media centres will no longer be left to the PC vendors, with high end Hi Fi vendors now starting to crank out media servers that go way beyond what traditional PC vendors are able to deliver.
1000 Watts Of Pure Alienware Entertainment Center One of the coolest products at this years CES was an AMD powered Alienware Entertainment Center that has 1.5 terabytes of storage space and a 1000 watt built in amplifier.
Microsoft Snubs Australians Again At CES 07 Microsoft has rolled out stacks of new goodies at the CES show in Las Vegas but guess what most of them will not be available in Australia.
Netgear Moves Into HD Media Player Market Netgear one of the most awarded technology Companies in the USA has thrown down the gauntlet in the wireless market with a new media play that is expected to sell in Australia for sub $600.
Apple To Take On Microsoft Entertainment Division Apple is set to take on Microsoft in the home entertainment market with a slick device that Apple have had under development for at least 2 years.
Alienware Media Centre With Built In 100Watt Amplifier Alienware which is now owned by Dell is set to show a Media Centre PC with a 100 watt built in amplifier at this year’s CES show in Las Vegas according to sources.
Beyonwiz Media Server A Fizzer Set top box distributor Digital Products Group has put on hold the launch of the Beyonwiz media server with the possibility emerging that the product will not be launched in Australia because of technical difficulties.
Ninemsn Pulls Content From Web site NineMSN has chosen to toe the PBL and Channel Nine party line and remove a media centre story that tells consumer how to use an electronic program guide that can also be used to remove TV commercials.
Channel Nine And PBL Embarrassed NineMSN and their parent company PBL have found themselves in an embarrassing situation after it was revealed that the Company is openly promoting the use of an EPG while taking legal action against EPG content provider Ice TV.
Where Is The Media Centre Going? COMMENT: Application computing and entertainment do not go hand in hand and the current media centre offering from Microsoft is a joke. On one hand, Intel has done a great job of delivering Vive. On the other hand, Microsoft has done very little to deliver a robust entertainment software solution. But help is on the horizon in the form of Apple, whom we know is working with Intel to deliver a potential media centre solution.
IceTV Partners With Toshiba IceTV and Toshiba are including a six-month subscription to the IceTV EPG service with all purchases of Toshiba Qosmio G30 & F30 media centre notebooks.
Real High End Media Centers Coming A new generation of Media Center's is set to hit the market with major Hi Fi Companies now getting into the market. More media management systems than application PC's these devices are designed to deliver great sound and vision.
IceTV PIMPS EPG Access Aussie electronic programme guide (EPG) provider, IceTV, today launched its PIMP service, which allows access and control of its free-to-air TV EPG from any PC, PDA or mobile phone Web browser.
IceTV Floats As tipped by SmartHouse News 3 months ago ICE TV will today float on the Australian stock Exchange today when they issue 4,000 shares in an effort to raise $,4,000,000.
What Exactly Is Viiv? Intel officially launched its Viiv brand today, and gave the public a glimpse at what actually constitutes a ‘Viiv PC’.
LG In Shock Blu Ray Move In a shock move LG Electronics has dropped plans to introduce a Blu-ray Disc player this year along with a family of Portable Media Center products, as originally planned and promoted heavily at the recent CES show.
Acer To Bundle IceTV Acer has announced it will be one of the first major manufacturers to offer IceTV with its Media Center PCs.
Foxtel Goes To Black PAY-TV operator Foxtel has finally after 10 years made a profit by earning $55 million in the second half of 2005.
Consumer Still Spending On CE Products Australians are spending cautiously as they pay off their debts, but they are still prepared to splash out for lifestyle technology products.
Integra MCE Due Soon Integra is set to enter the CE market with a brand new Media Centre called NVS-7.7, based on Intel's new Viiv platform.
Ice Tv Looks To Float Ice TV is set to cut a deal with a major vendor to deliver a new EPG service in Australia, and is looking to float.
Media Center With A Bang (& Olufsen) Bang & Olufsen are about to enter the media centre market with the release of the new BeoMedia 1, a media server designed to be controlled via the television.
HP Digital Home Push HP has demonstrated a new generation of High-Definiton Televisions (HDTVs) technology at the US 2005 CEDIA Expo which they claim is specifically designed to connect to a PC for content delivery. What is not known is whether the products will be launched in Australia.
Media Center Sales Crash In OZ Sales of Media Center PC's are rocketing in the US. In Australia the market is in decline with white box distributors reporting poor sales.
XBOX 360 and Media Center together? Microsoft has announced a two model Xbox 360 strategy including a stripped down version which will sell in Australia for around $390. The high end version will go to market at around $499.00.
Maestro for television An Australian distribution and manufacturer of PC products has succeeded where Microsoft has failed.
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