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This is the final batch of interview from CES. I have Arcsoft talking about how to get 3D movies in Windows Media Center using Total Media Theatre, they have some great solution for movie watching in Media Center including HD audio and upscalling. Of course 3D requires special hardware and so I talked...
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I have ended up with a collection of videos taken at CES that I haven’t used so I have put them together in to one video. Looks out for: Intel’s Twitter wall D-Link’s colour storybook Track pad remotes Shuttle’s touch all in ones Microsoft’s Surface Ceton’s CableCARD tuner in action Ford’s Sync Microsoft...
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One of the more interesting eBook readers I saw at CES was the enTourage eDGe. This is a dual screen eBook reader with with a colour display, it can be used as a e-reader, netbook, browser and and media player. Powered by Android it has great potential, so far its US pre-orders only and priced at $490...
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At CES Elan where showing a Capacitive Touchpad enabled Media Center remote. With it having dual touchpads it can be used as a multi-touch controller in Windows 7. So you can turn your TV into a multi-touch monitor, this video shows the unit in action Youtube link
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CES has past for another year so I thought I would post some photos from the event: Steve Ballmer’s Keynote Lenovo’s Q110 nettop PC has full 1080p support and HDMI (prices user $200) Lenovo had lots of all in one PCs on show Microsoft’s booth Acer PC with Ceton quad CableCARD tuner...
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Lots of interviews from CES this week. I walked miles to get you a good selection of interviews and this week I have: Microsoft’s Ben Reed talking Windows Media Center Avner Ronen from Boxee talking about the new Boxee box and the new version of the software Jason Ludka from Silicon Dust talking...
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Lots of interviews from CES this week. I walked miles to get you a good selection of interviews and this week I have: Microsoft’s Ben Reed talking Windows Media Center Avner Ronen from Boxee talking about the new Boxee box and the new version of the software Jason Ludka from Silicon Dust talking...
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I have to admit, I didn't really plan to do any interviews or get any photographs of anything at CES. I was just going to take note of interesting items and discuss them on the next TDL Mobile podcast; but then I saw the concept tablet from ASUS and I just had to get some video on it. Luckily, I had...
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Way at the back of the south hall in the EHX section Amulet are showing off one of the coolest bits of Media Center kit at CES. Their prototype Amulet 2nd Generation Voice-enabled Remote looks like a fairly normal Media Center Remote but has a built in microphone for voice control. The really...
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Pronto by Phillips is an integrated control solution for home theater, multimedia content and lighting and is used by lots of custom integrators. At EHX@CES Phillips where showing their new Pronto control panel that will also control Sonos systems and works with Windows Media Center. http://www...
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I thought it would be good to recap on the Windows Media Center news and sights over the last couple of day. First off in the keynote Steve Ballmer gave Media Center a good 8 minutes of airtime which is more than has been in the last couple of years and the main new announcements seem to be Media Room...
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In the keynote on Wednesday Microsoft detailed Windows Media Center integration with Microsoft Media Room 2.0. Mediaroom 2.0 will add tiles in Media Center that enable Mediaroom content in any PC on your network, so you use a PC as an extender Mediaroom. This video taken on the show floor shows Microsoft...
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Silicon Dust announced a networked based CableCARD HD Homerun which is something I know lots of US listeners have wanting. I interviews them for the podcast where they went in to details of what it is and how it works but here is a quick video Garry and I did showing the prototype unit link http://www...
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Samsung had an interesting eReader on show that had a RSS reader and DLNA functionality built in. You could send text to other DLNA devices like a TV. So you could be reading a magazine on the eReader and then send it over to the TV
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I found a neat keyboard solution on the CES show floor. The Cideko Air Keyboard is a small light keyboard that has an air mouse built in and media transport controls. No drivers are needed and it has a small USB dongle that you plug in to the PC The product is from Taiwan and they will be setting world...
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At a press event HP were showing of a tech demo of a Android based netbook. With 10 hour battery life and a 3G connection HP see this as a device you would carry around with you all day for checking email, twitter and other web activities. I still think a Windows Netbook would be more use but its an...
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On Microsoft’s booth they are showing 3D movies running directly from Windows Media Center. It was using Nvidia kit and a tech preview of Arcsoft Total Media Theatre so we shot a quick video of it in action. Watch via Youtube
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This week I am in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show and I have a great collection of interviews for you. In part one of the CES coverage I have pre and post keynote chat from bloggers Andrew Edney , Terry Walsh , Jim Clark , Dave McCabe and Garry Whittker plus interviews from Avermedia talking...
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I attended NXT’s press breakfast this morning and was impressed with a couple of things. First an upfront disclosure I have a small number of shares in NXT. Amongst many iPod docks and radios etc using NXT’s flat panel technology were a couple of new technologies. If you have been in the...
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This week I am in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show and I have a great collection of interviews for you. In part one of the CES coverage I have pre and post keynote chat from bloggers Andrew Edney , Terry Walsh , Jim Clark , Dave McCabe and Garry Whittker plus interviews from Avermedia talking...
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Pete Brown from The Green Button has a video with Jeremy Hammer from Ceton talking about their new CableCARD tuner. There seems to me a lot of excitement about the new tuner which Microsoft are demoing on the show floor
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Following on from Steve Ballmers keynote yesterday Ted Malone Senior Director of Product Management for Microsoft TV, Video and Music posted on the new Microsoft blog about TV and the PC including the new Mediaroom 2.0 addin to Windows Media Center The DVR was the first major milestone in putting consumers...
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Garry and I visited D-Link’s booth today and had a look at the new Boxee box. The box is a neat interesting shape and runs the updated Boxee software. They showed a demo of some HD content being played and it worked very well, I really like the new UI and maybe the unit could sell well. Personally I...
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I am a big fan of the HDHomerun and US readers will be pleased so see that they have a CalveCARD tuner on show at CES. I will be visiting their booth in person tomorrow so if you have any questions for them let me know Silicondust USA, Inc. announces First Network Attached Dual Digital Tuner with...
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LAS VEGAS, NV – January 7 , 200 9 – 2010 CES ( Hilton Hospitality Suite #1950) - AVerMedia® Information, Inc. USA, a leading provider of Digital Multimedia Technology, today unveiled the latest addition to its line of PC digital entertainment devices for the PC, the AVerTV USB HD DVR. It is a self-powered...
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I met with Avermedia today and it looks like they have some good stuff coming out, I recorded an interview with them that should be out later in the week.. Here is the first of their press releases: AVERMEDIA ® DELIVERS ON-THE-GO ENTERTAINMENT WITH SNUGTV AVerMedia’s Latest Innovation...
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Steve Ballmer introduced the prototype HP Slate during the keynote yesterday and they didn’t give many details on the product. I hope it turns out to be a real product with a proper UI and not just the standard Windows 7 UI but we will have to wait and see I did find this HP video showing a teaser of...
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At the CES keynote yesterday Ballmer unveiled the “beautiful” HP slate and gave it a brief demo using the Amazon kindle application. Cool stuff. One thing worth noting is that it’s running Windows 7 and that naturally (depending on the version) means that Media Center is there, and...
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Normally I skip watching the keynote live due to massive lines and limited viewing but this time we decided to camp out early and ended up on the front row at the keynote. Just minutes before the keynote was due to start the power died on half the computers on the stage, so after a 20 minute delay the...
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LaCie are launching a new Windows Home Service: CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW, LAS VEGAS – Today LaCie demonstrates a new network storage server based on the Microsoft® Windows® Home Server platform. The product will be shown for the first time at the CES. This server leverages the success of LaCie...
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Version 2.0 of award-winning Mediaroom TV platform enables subscription TV providers to deliver more entertainment content to more types of screens, using a single cloud-based infrastructure. LAS VEGAS — Jan. 6, 2010 — Today at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft...
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My first press conference of the CES kicks off with Toshiba’s European press event. Masaaki Osumi President and CEO of Toshiba’s Digital Media Network Company They kicked off with talking about the TV lineups and the new CELL range. They talked about the shift to LED TVs and the technology behind the...
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D-LINK TOSSES 'PEBBLE' INTO MEDIA PLAYER POND AT CES 2010 LAS VEGAS, CES Booth 36232, South Hall, LVCC, Jan. 6, 2010 -D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumers and business, today introduced a stylish addition to any home entertainment environment -- the D-Link® Pebble™ -- a...
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D-LINK ANNOUNCES THREE NEW 802.11n WIRELESS HOME ROUTERS FOR GREATER SPEED, DISTANCE AND PORTABILITY The D-Linkâ Rush™ and D-Link Touch™ in Fast Lane of Home Connectivity; Wireless N Pocket Router Provides Unlimited Mobility LAS VEGAS, CES Booth 36232, South Hall, LVCC, Jan. 6, 2010 - D-Link today announced...
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It certainly looks like this is going to be the year of the eBook reader at CES. Marvel in conjunction with AU Optronics were showing some ultrathin reader's base on AU's EPD (electronic paper display) E-Ink displays The quality and refresh rate of these displays looks to be very good. What was interesting...
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Compulab's FitPC is astoundingly small when you see it in the flesh - it truly is a PalmSize PC but a powerful one as, harnessing the GMA500 chipset's hardware acceleration, it is quite capable of running HD Video - in fact it was demoed running an h.264 video in 1080p. It is also totally fanless and...
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2nd press release and I still at the airport! D-LINK DEBUTS BOXEE BOX AT CES 2010; DIRECTLY LINKS INTERNET ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES TO TVs EVERYWHERE Networking pioneer and popular entertainment software create the best way to get the free entertainment the Internet has to offer with no monthly fee LAS...
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First CES press release and I am still stuck a Manchester airport in the snow. Hopefully I ever get to Las Vegas I will be interviewing D-Link later in the week D-LINK TAKES HOME MONITORING, ENERGY MANAGEMENT TO NEW LEVEL New Products Include D-Link® Home and Energy Monitoring Kits;3G Door Phone Allows...
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According to the New York Times a group called DECE (Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem) is planning an announcement at CES about their plans to make content (Movies specifically) available in any format you choose once you’ve bought a single license to own it. So you buy it once on DVD, and...