This week we’re joined by one Derek Flickinger.  You might know DrFlick from The Custom Integrator Show over at The Digital Lifestyle.  He has some great insight into how to use Media Center for whole home solutions and he was nice enough to share them with us this week.  It was great having Derek on and he’s welcome back anytime! As well, we’re announcing our first contest this week!  It’s our first opportunity to provide a prize to our listeners and we’re pretty excited... Read Full Story

If you usually join us for our live show each week you’ll have noticed already that there wasn’t one.  Luckily we have a really good reason for that!  Josh and I had the opportunity to speak with Jas Manghera and Sam Saffron of Media Browser this week.  We had to bump the show a day or two due to time zone restrictions but it was completely worth it.  Sam and Jas share some of their insight into where Media Browser has come from and where it’s headed.  Thanks to both... Read Full Story

Yep, Media Center had some troubles this week and we talk about them on this week’s episode. First, Media Center made the news as an HTPC solution which couldn’t handle the DTV transition here in the U.S.  It’s not as though it was a secret that this was coming so to see our preferred solution not be able to handle it was kinda sad. As well, it seems that during the RC stage of Windows 7, your Xbox 360 extender has to call home (using Xbox Live) every time you use ... Read Full Story

MLB.com, the official Web site of Major League Baseball, announced today it will begin streaming full-length live games through its award-winning MLB.com At Bat 2009 application for iPhone and iPod touch today. The unique addition of live baseball games will be a signature offering among the new At Bat 2009 features enabled by the new iPhone OS 3.0 update. Beginning with today’s Chicago White Sox-Chicago Cubs Interleague Play matchup from Wrigley Field at 2:20 p.m. (EDT), up to two live games... Read Full Story

We’re back for another week and though news all over the site has been slow this week, we think you’ll enjoy the latest episode of Entertainment 2.0.  We cover a few topics this week and really get into some codec and container talk with a special impromptu guest, Jere Jones, creator of Show Analyzer.  Jere was listening to the live show so we decided to get him on to help hash out what the Divx Technology Preview is doing to get MKV files playing on the Xbox 360 extender.  Je... Read Full Story

Time for another show here during the first week of June, 2009.  Thanks once again to those who joined us live.  Unfortunately they probably got the best listening experience this week as the title of this week’s show references the fact that you’ll here some interference during the show.  We’re not sure where this came from considering that no one heard it while recording the show.  With changes we plan on making for next week’s show, this will be the last time we’ll hav... Read Full Story

After taking a bit of a break, we’re back this week with number 31 of Entertainment 2.0.  While there hasn’t been a whole lot of news since the last show, Josh and I cover several things that have come about including the talk about the just announced ZuneHD and how it might integrate (or should integrate) with Media Center. Show Notes: Episode 30 comment Netflix comes to MCE ZuneHD We didn’t take the opportunity last night because of after-show distractions but we want to once again thank... Read Full Story

Sorry folks, but due to some unforeseen illnesses and family obligations, we won’t be able to produce a show this week.  We regret this but we’re pretty sure everyone will understand.  You can expect us back ready to go next week on Wednesday, May 27th at 8pm EST. Josh and I do both want to congratulate Josh Shenkle on bringing another little Media Center user into the world!  Josh had his second daughter on May 20th so good wishes to the Shenkle family! Again, we’ll catch you... Read Full Story

You read that title right.  This week we went over 2 hours but I have to say, you’ll want to listen to the whole show.  This week, Josh and I are joined by Ben Drawbaugh of EngadgetHD fame for a great discussion on a lot of Media Center topics (with a healthy dose of fun).  Ben has a lot of knowledge when it comes to integrating Media Center into your home and he shares it with all of us this week. We did cover a few news items as well.  You can find links in the show notes below.  Don’t for... Read Full Story

We were able to go live again this week and it is fun!  Josh and I both missed the live show last week so it was good to have the chat room there while we recorded.  Once again, we talked about Cable Card this week.  You can find the link in the show notes which will show you how to turn any Vista or Windows 7 machine into a Cable Card capable PC.  It’ll be interesting to see how this develops over time! Also this week, we get to hear about Josh’s upgrade to his HTPC.
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