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http://pvrspot.com DIY PVR, TV Cards and more Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:58:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Things must be looking up for the people at Slingbox, with their announcement at CES of the Slingcatcher, allowing content to be transmited on a Slingbox-connected TV to another TV set, either to one in the same house via a home network or to one in a remote location ... http://pvrspot.com/2007/01/08/slingbox-debuts-the-slingcatcher-at-ces/ 901am reports on Netgear's launch at CES of a new media player, the "Digital Entertainer HD". Admittedly it does sound like a nice product, but do they have to tell lies in selling it: "The Digital Entertainer HD is the first device that makes Youtube videos available on a television, claimed ... http://pvrspot.com/2007/01/08/netgear-lies-in-hype-about-new-media-player/ Zatz Not Funny has all the details on the three new sling boxes. Looks like a whole pile of improvements. Given I've personally got my house wired to the max with multiple PC's at all major entertainment points it's not something I'll be buying, but worth a look. http://pvrspot.com/2006/09/28/three-new-slignboxes-announced/ Media Release from Sage: SageTV Media Center today becomes the first full-featured personal video recorder/media center software product to offer placeshifting capabilities enabling users to access their live or recorded TV, music and photos on any PC when they are away from home. The integration of PVR and placeshifting functionality in ... http://pvrspot.com/2006/05/04/sagetv-50-first-pvr-software-with-built-in-tv-music-photo-placeshifting/ what more can I say. No warning on download. It even gets to right near the end before you get this: Yahoo couldn't give a rats arse about ppl outside of the US at all. Meedio worked outside the US, obviously Yahoo isn't interested in us though. http://pvrspot.com/2006/05/01/yahoo-go-tv-sucks/ Just when we thought Yahoo Go TV might end up delivering a PVR product....Yahoo goes out and buys PVR software maker Meedio. Says Meedio: Today is a big day for the team here at Meedio; we have sold most of our technology to Yahoo! David Brott, Jeff (beergeek), Kenny (fasttech), Pedro (flea0) and ... http://pvrspot.com/2006/04/19/yahoo-buys-meedio/ Showshifter has closed down and is on the market. Sad really, I used the trial version a year or two ago and it wasn't a bad program...indeed it was one of the few peices of PVR software that worked straight away with no problem at all, but because of their ... http://pvrspot.com/2006/03/13/showshifter-bites-the-dust/ CNet reviews the HP Pavilion Media Center TV: "If you want to turn your den, home office, or dorm room into a home theater without making the move to an A/V-style form factor, the HP Pavilion Media Center TV m7360n offers the same media-friendly features we saw in the previous model, ... http://pvrspot.com/2006/03/07/hp-pavilion-media-center-tv-m7360n-review/ I'm not sure if this is good or bad news, but the list of versions for the new Windows Vista has been leaked, and there is no MCE in it! The old MCE functionality will be rolled into Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate editions. All the details are at ... http://pvrspot.com/2006/02/27/media-center-to-be-dumped-in-windows-vista/ A new release from the folks a GBPVR, v 0.96.8. From the announcement: 2006-2-21 v0.96.8 - Added a checkbox to disable plugins. This can be useful for tracing the source of faults. - Fixed a bug that would cause the task description to not show when using a horizontal menu skin. - Now supports video ... http://pvrspot.com/2006/02/24/gbpvr-approached-v-10/