Things are certainly going change is this takes off. Maxator has announced a PC-free hard disk to serve the family home or “home-entertainment hubs whether or not they are connected to a personal computer”.
Reuters reports the new system, which Maxtor is set to unveil on Wednesday, makes the company the first hard-disk supplier to begin […]

According to RedHerring, Sales of media center PCs have climbed dramatically over the past month to 43 percent of all desktop PCs sold at retail outlets for the week ending August 20, according to a report released Monday.

Remotes certainly are getting prettier, and whilst compatibility is always a problem with your DIY PVR setup, you start seeing some devices like this and you cant help but drule. Introducing the Logitech Harmony 880.
According to Ferret.com.au, with a large colour display, the Harmony 880 advanced remote control offers enhanced navigation that simplifies the use […]

More pretty stuff from Korean multimedia device manufacturer Cowon, who have launched the 20 and 30GB Cowon A2 PMP with 4-inch 16:9 TFT LCD. The player supports DivX, XviD, MPEG4 and WMV9 video, as well as MP3, OGG, WMA(ASF) and WAV audio files. An AV input adapter allows for the recording of video and audio, […]

OpenTV Corp and Mediabolic, Inc. have announced that they have signed a multi-year license agreement to integrate Mediabolic’s award-winning Media Player and Media Server software with OpenTV’s Core middleware. The OpenTV home networking solution (OpenTV HN) will enable network operators to deploy multi-room Personal Video Recorder (PVR)/Digital Video Recorder (DVR) set-top boxes with remote recording […]

Investors.com reports that TiVo Inc. said after the market closed Wednesday that it delivered a second-quarter profit as revenue rose 46% , helped by increased subscribers to its digital video recording service, but said it no longer expects to reach sustainable profitability by the fourth quarter.

Media Portal 0.2.0.0 is coming to a DIY PVR near you!
Time table as follows: pre-release on the 2nd of September then another on the 22nd of October with an aim to release on the 5th of November.
Some great additions in the new version, including:
TV
* Transport Stream recording/ timeshifting
* Dynamic switching between AC3/MPEG audio
* DVB: Subtitles
* […]

ViXS have announced a partnership with PLX to develop the world’s first dual-stream, USB-connected PC-TV tuner card reference design.
According to Media Center PC World, the reference design will enable manufacturers to develop standalone products for consumers to easily convert desktop PCs or laptop PCs into multimedia PCs without the inconvenience of installing an aftermarket PC-TV […]

Meedio LLC has released a free update to their Meedio TV PVR software which adds support for viewing, time-shifting and recording standard and high definition digital TV broadcasts from ATSC and DVB sources.
They then unfortunately claim the following:
“Until now, consumers who wanted to take advantage of their existing Windows PCs to watch and record […]

The Washington Times seems to think Microsoft is on a good thing with MCE, although if I called this indepth reporting I’d be lying.