Oh do we have fun this week!  After moving through a ton of reader email and comments (THANK YOU!), Josh and Adam get into the question of fair use and recorded TV.  How long should you be allowed to keep your recordings?  Can you archive them forever or are you obligated to buy the DVD series once it’s available?  We try to focus on these questions this week.  (Notice I said we try.  We stray a bit!) We had some great emails and comments this week and you’ll find links shared by our listene... Read Full Story

It’s the week of ghosts and goblins and while you and your kids are pigging out on candy this weekend, take a listen to the latest Entertainment 2.0.  If nothing else, hearing our voices should be enough to scare kids away from your house tomorrow night. This week Josh and Adam are dressed up as Media Center enthusiasts who are wondering where their content is going to come from in the next 10 years.  Will we even need TV tuners in that time?  Let us know what you think! Not m... Read Full Story

After almost ten months of testing, reinstallations and general playing around, it’s finally time to get that retail version of Windows 7 installed and start enjoying everything that Microsoft has brought to the table in 7MC.  We’ve already posted about why you should bite that bullet and upgrade and for this week’s show we discuss not only the new features of 7MC but some of our favorites as well.  To celebrate the release of Windows 7, not only were we joined by Show Analyzer cr... Read Full Story

With the launch of Windows 7 on Oct. 22nd, we’ve decided to celebrate and we want to include our listeners!  First of all, on Wednesday Oct 21st, Josh and I will start broadcasting live again.  You can join us starting on the 21st every Wednesday at around 8pm EST.  We never start at exactly 8 but you get to hear the preshow chat if you’re there. This week being the launch of Windows 7, we’ve decided to make it extra special.  If you join the show live on Oct. 21st, we’re going to give you t... Read Full Story

We’re finally back after a one week hiatus and hopefully it’ll be the last one we take for awhile.  We hope no one missed us too much.  This week we start off by running through the comments, questions and emails from the last show.  Thanks again for all of your feedback! Once we get through the weekly stuff, it’s on to this week’s topic:  ripping and encoding DVDs.  You’ll find links for all of the software we discuss down below in the show notes.  Much like ev... Read Full Story

We’ve decided to take the week off!  What can we say, Entertainment 2.0 doesn’t yet pay the bills so when the day job steps up, so do we.  This will actually work out for our listeners in the next two weeks as we have a few surprises coming and you’ll want to be sure to stay tuned to the podcast and to keep reading here at The DMZ for all the latest information. Don’t forget, just because we’re taking the week off, doesn’t mean we want you to!  Keep sending us your emails, lea... Read Full Story

This week, as Adam warms himself by the fire, he and Josh get a chance to cover all of the great emails and comments we’ve received in the last two weeks.  You guys make our show what it is so keep them coming!  There are a ton of options for contacting us and you’ll find them listed below. We also take time to discuss your various 3rd party options when it comes to movie cataloging and viewing within Media Center.  There are some great options out there when it comes to displ... Read Full Story

We step back to CEDIA one more time this week but this show is a bit different.  This week we get a great opportunity to talk to two people who were at the show and who help provide two very different perspectives.  Joining us this week is Derek R. Flickinger of The Custom Integrator Show and Ben Drawbaugh of EngadgetHD.  These two Media Center mavens give us the low down on what some of the CEDIA announcements mean to Media Center as well as provide context on where we may be... Read Full Story

Back again and now that CEDIA is finally over we can talk about some of the other news that came out of the expo.  We can’t really call this part 2 of the CEDIA series since we’re saving that title for a special show.  A lot of what we discuss continues to focus on CableCard but again, there was some other good news last week and you’ll find the links below. Once again, our listeners haven’t disappointed us with responding.  We had a lot of great comments and email that we get... Read Full Story

No folks, we haven’t split this week’s episode.  We just figure there’s enough info to share that we’ll be spending Episode 46 talking about all of the CEDIA developments as well.  Not only that but as of this episode, we’ve only heard from Microsoft and none of the partners so hopefully, we’ll have even more next week! For this episode we’re joined by Richard Green, a long time Media Center user, and Josh Shenkle, contributor to The DMZ and regular guest, to go through some of the things we... Read Full Story