According to Ben at EngadgetHD the new Samsung Media Center Extender has a release date of October 15th on Amazon. Like I have said before it’s a nice looking extender but it’s limited to selected Samsung HD TVs  

CE Pro in their pre-CEDIA report have picked up on a rumour that Samsung will be showing off a generic version of an Extender that works with non Samsung TVs. As you may recall at CES I saw Samsung’s Media Center Extender and it only worked with selected Samsung HDTV’s (The reason is the TV controlled the extender via HDMI CEC). Obviously this ...

Ben Drawbaugh missed reviewing the HP MediaSmart on his last Extender roundup but he has put that right now with a review of HP’s Extender: In our recent roundup of Vista Media Center Extenders we were very disappointed that HP MediaSmart connect wasn't available in time to go head to head with the rest. Now that the MediaSmart Connect is in ...

The one Extender I have not tested at home yet is the D-Link DSM-750 and according to Chris Lanier D-Link have updated the firmware of the extender. The Firmware is version 1.01 and dated August 11th. Revision Info: Support for 1080p TVs and video files Look of the Home page altered to improve navigation & readability Online ...

You may remember me getting a bit upset by Paul Thurrott’s dismissal of the new generation of Extenders for Windows Media Center. Basically he said the extenders were no better than the old models and they were not worth looking at. I totally disagreed with that and it looks like Paul may have softened his stance on them. This week he has ...

Remember the Samsung Media Center Extender I saw at CES? (see this video) well it finally due for release and has had a name change from Home Digital Media Adapter to MediaLive. This is the extender for Windows Media Center that is designed for 2008 model Samsung HDTVs using HDMI-CEC connection. It has all the normal Media Center extender ...

It looks like Microsoft are getting the idea that for Media Center and Extenders to be a success they need to show them off in stores. They have just completed fitting out all 13 Magnolia AV stores with a  merchandising rack showing off the Windows Media Center experience.   The merchandising rack (see the photos) feature a PC with ...

HP are continuing their series of Webinars coving HP MediaSmart devices. Tomorrow (July 10th) Mike Garcen is the guest on a Webinar covering HP’s new MediaSmart Connect extender and July 17th & 22nd HP are presenting webinars on their MediaSmart Server (which is Windows Home Server based) focusing on digital photography To register for the ...

I am still using my HP MediaSmart extender full time at the moment and am very happy with it and Mike Garcen at Missing Remote has written a great review of the unit After including their extender technology strictly with their HP branded flat panel televisions, it's nice to see that HP has put some effort into the Media Center world with the ...

If you didn't get chance to catch the webinar I participated in a replay has been posted online. The session was introducing HP's new MediaSmart Connect a Media Center Extender and digital media adapter and was hosted Brian Burch, Director Marketing at HP and also included Microsoft's Ben Reed . There were some great questions submitted during the ...