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• CntrStg at CES 2009 Facilitates Face-to-Face Meetings and Improves Communication Between Companies and Influential Bloggers

  Good friend Steven Hughes and previous guest on the show has put together an interesting event for CES, I am signed up: Austin, TX —Sept. 17, 2008— The 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's largest consumer technology Read More... Posted 17 September 2008 20:29 by Ian Dixon | 0 Comments Filed under: CES

• S1Digital on Channel 10

  S1Digital have been featured on The Media Center Show a few times now with Paul Heitlinger on the show a couple of weeks ago . Channel 10 caught up with Paul at CES and have posted the video interview. As well as a background on S1digital Paul talks about Read More... Posted 18 February 2008 11:10 by Ian Dixon | 1 Comments Filed under: CES, S1digital

• Interset talk Media Center Systems with Channel 10

  Interset make high end Media Center systems, I had them on the show a couple of years ago. Channel 10 interviewed them at CES where they talked about their high end AV Media Center systems and how they work with dealers to get them installed From 4TB, Read More... Posted 05 February 2008 11:09 by Ian Dixon | 1 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES

• Channel 10 video of Media Center and Life|Ware at CES

  As I showed on this video and on last weeks Media Center Show Life|ware and Microsoft built three demo homes to show off Media Center, Home Automation and Life|ware at CES Channel 10 have have a video up showing Media Center and how it's integrated with Read More... Posted 30 January 2008 10:01 by Ian Dixon | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES, Life|ware, Home Automation

• The Media Center Show #141 - NextGen Home and Extenders

  By Ian Dixon (18mb 50mins 428ec)  Vote for the show on Podcast Alley Direct Download Link - Subscribe via iTunes - Subscribe via RSS At CES I visited the NextGen home ( see this video ), it was built to show off Media Center, Home Automation and Read More... Posted 24 January 2008 09:03 by Ian Dixon | 3 Comments Filed under: Podcast, The Media Center Show, HP, Extenders for Windows Media Center, CES, Linksys, Life|ware

• Video: Cutting Edge PC's Bluray / HD-DVD Media Center System

  When I looked at Sony's Bluray Media Center System I thought the load time of Bluray movies was slow and that put me off it a little. So I was impressed with Cutting Edge PC'S new Media Center System on show at CES. In this video we look at HD-DVD and Read More... Posted 18 January 2008 13:18 by Ian Dixon | 0 Comments Filed under: CES

• The Media Center Show #140 - CES Interviews

  By Ian Dixon (18mb 53mins 40sec)  Vote for the show on Podcast Alley Direct Download Link - Subscribe via iTunes - Subscribe via RSS Back with a full show after my CES trip and this is my first batch of interviews from CES. I have Todd Headrick from Read More... Posted 17 January 2008 12:55 by Ian Dixon | 1 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, Podcast, Windows Home Server, The Media Center Show, CES

• Ricavision Sideshow Remote (VAVE100)

  I wasn't able to do a full video review as I would have liked, for some reason Ricavision would allow audio interviews and not video. You would think they want to show off their latest remotes! Anyway I did a sneak video of the remote and the interview Read More... Posted 16 January 2008 13:26 by Ian Dixon | 0 Comments Filed under: CES, Windows Sideshow, Ricavision

• Microsoft Robotics Studio at CES

  While everybody crowded around the Microsoft Surface demos I talked to Microsoft's Robotics team next to the Surface guys. They are doing some interesting stuff with Robotics and automation. Robotics Studio has a great visual tool for developing Robot Read More... Posted 15 January 2008 17:21 by Ian Dixon | 0 Comments Filed under: CES, Robotics

• Fuze Media System at CES

  While walking the floor with Richard Miller (a Windows Media Center MVP) we found Fuze Media's booth. They have an interesting whole home system that combines parts of Windows Media Center with some of there own code. It adds distributed audio and video Read More... Posted 14 January 2008 17:29 by Ian Dixon | 6 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES

• Microsoft Surface at CES 2008

  The biggest crowd as CES was around the Microsoft Surface demos. So I pushed through the crowd and grabbed some video. I liked the puzzle and the phone store demo. Later this year the tables should start showing up in T-Mobile stores in the US Watch via Read More... Posted 14 January 2008 07:06 by Ian Dixon | 3 Comments Filed under: CES, Microsoft Surface Attachment(s): http://blip.tv/file/get/IanDixon-MicrosoftSurfaceAtCES2008757.wmv

• CES Photo Gallery

  Samsung Extender for Windows Media Center   Media Center was everywhere, here it was at the NextGen Home   All in one PC's Sony UX running Media Center and Life|ware's Home Automation , as was the HP TouchSmart   Transformers! D-link's Read More... Posted 13 January 2008 09:18 by Ian Dixon | 3 Comments Filed under: CES

• Signing out from Las Vegas

  It's been a hard week, but fun. My feet do not want to walk any further! So before I head out to the airport I thought I would give my final thoughts. While there was nothing that made a big splash there was a underlying trend towards connected devices. Read More... Posted 10 January 2008 17:35 by Ian Dixon | 0 Comments Filed under: CES

• Media Center Show Dinner

  My final night at CES was at The Media Center Show dinner. Paul from S1Digital arranged for a room at the buffet in the Paris hotel, where we sat down chatted had some good food and a modest amount of beer. Lots of people including myself were heading Read More... Posted 10 January 2008 16:33 by Ian Dixon | 0 Comments Filed under: The Media Center Show, CES

• Interviewing jkOnTheRun

  This afternoon I interviews Kevin Tofel and James Kendrick from JKonTheRun , we chatted mobile tech news from CES and how Kevin and James were covering CES. James had a HTC Advantage which he was posting pictures live on to his blog, very cool stuff. Read More... Posted 10 January 2008 01:42 by Ian Dixon | 3 Comments Filed under: CES

• Cutting Edge PC's HD-DVD / Bluray Media Center

  This afternoon I was introduced to Cutting Edge PC's , they where showing off their HD-DVD / Bluray Media Center PC, as you can tell from the picture it's a nice looking devices but what impressed me most is how seamlessly the HD content integrated with Read More... Posted 09 January 2008 23:07 by Ian Dixon | 4 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES

• Life|ware launch entry Level Life|Media Server

  Time for my first post of a CES press release, more details on the The Media Center Show as I interviewed Mike Seamans from Life|ware   LIFE|WARE LAUNCHES THEIR FIRST ENTRY LEVEL LIFE|MEDIA SERVERS, INCLUDING the LMS-150 WITH DUAL CABLECARD TUNERS Read More... Posted 09 January 2008 22:52 by Ian Dixon | 2 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, CES

• Video of The NextGen Home at CES

  This is a sneek video I did while on the tour of the NextGen Home at CES yesterday. The tour takes you around a home all connected together with Home Automation from Life|ware, Media Center and Lutron lighting control. The home is staffed by actors each Read More... Posted 09 January 2008 18:23 by Ian Dixon | 4 Comments Filed under: CES, Life|ware Attachment(s): http://blip.tv/file/get/IanDixon-TheNextGenHomeAtCES2008873.wmv

• Linksys at CES, I think they get it

  I have just come from a meeting with Paul McIntosh of Linksys and he showed me their range of Network devices. The first thing I noticed is that they seem to get digital lifestyle concept. Their new router is sleek and the built in Management Software Read More... Posted 09 January 2008 18:18 by Ian Dixon | 3 Comments Filed under: Extenders for Windows Media Center, CES, Linksys

• CES Day 3

  OL I am getting tried now, 3 days of walking the halls and carrying my bag is getting to me, but it's worth it to see some of the cool stuff. Today I had a tour of Lifewares Next Gen Home. This is a simulated home setup to show off Home Automation, Lifeware Read More... Posted 09 January 2008 08:41 by Ian Dixon | 2 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, Extenders for Windows Media Center, CES

• Clearing up the confusion on Samsung's new Extender

  There seems to be some confusion over Samsung's new Media Center Extender and what TV's it will work with, on the Microsoft and Samsung's stand they were not 100% clear. This morning I interviewed Hakan Olsson from the eHome team at Microsoft and he cleared Read More... Posted 08 January 2008 18:00 by Ian Dixon | 10 Comments Filed under: Extenders for Windows Media Center, CES

• Microsoft Robotics Studio

  I have just come from a demo of Microsoft Robotics Studio , you may think "What has this to do with The Digital Lifestyle" well for developers I think it could mean a lot. It's not just fun toys, it  is a proper development platform for Read More... Posted 08 January 2008 17:51 by Ian Dixon | 1 Comments Filed under: CES

• CES Day 2 Round Up

  So another packed day at CES. This morning I talked to Todd Headrick from the Windows Home Server team about a year of Windows Home Server and what the newly announced Windows Home Server Power Pack is all about. I talked to Ricavision about the new Sideshow Read More... Posted 08 January 2008 08:46 by Ian Dixon | 1 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, Windows Home Server, CES

• Home Server News at CES

  As Terry Walsh mentioned in today's The Media Center Show , Microsoft have announced Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 , this is an update for Home Server that will delivered automatically over Windows Update. Features include: The Windows Home Read More... Posted 07 January 2008 16:39 by Ian Dixon | 2 Comments Filed under: Windows Home Server, CES

• The Media Center Show #138 CES Day 1

  The Media Center Show #138 CES Day 1 By Ian Dixon (9mb 25mins )  Vote for the show on Podcast Alley Direct Download Link - Subscribe via iTunes - Subscribe via RSS Welcome to CES! Last night I watched Bill Gates keynote from the Bloghaus, it was Read More... Posted 07 January 2008 15:40 by Ian Dixon | 2 Comments Filed under: Podcast, The Media Center Show, CES

• Bill Gates Keynote live from CES

  So here I am at Bloghaus watching Bill Gates final CES keynote. Bill opened by recaping on the last "digital decade" and the fact that this is last keynote by Bill. There was a nice humorous video showing Bills "last day" as Chairman Read More... Posted 07 January 2008 03:39 by Ian Dixon | 4 Comments Filed under: CES

• Made it to Vegas

  I made it to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. The direct flight from Manchester was very good much better than the transfer problems I had last year. I am sat at the Bloghaus waiting for Bill Gates keynote to start, I am sure the jet lag will Read More... Posted 07 January 2008 00:38 by Ian Dixon | 0 Comments Filed under: CES

• What do you want to see at CES?

  It's the time of year where tech journalist and bloggers flock to Las Vegas for The Consumer Electronic Show, I have had hundreds and hundreds of emails from exhibitors at CES all promising their product or service will be the "must see item of 2008", Read More... Posted 04 January 2008 15:41 by Ian Dixon | 4 Comments Filed under: CES