Quite a bit of news this week including some downers for Windows Media Center. I’ll have a little more about Windows Media Center, SageTV and more coming up soon.
Below is a quick summary of the past week's news and stories on GeekTonic.
SageTV HD Theater Extender & Media Player Now $180 SageTV seems to have dropped the price of the HD200 to $179.95. Preview of an Awesome Looking XBMC Skin Called Surrface – A little teaser video of a pretty XBMC skin. Rumor: Dish Network Tuner for Media Center Unlikely – Surely the biggest disappointment of the week for HTPC enthusiasts was the news that the Dish MediaCenter tuner is not going to happen. Converting to SageTV from BeyondTV – A BTV user chronicles his move from BeyondTV to SageTV as well as his experiences cutting his cable bill down in size. Recorded TV Manager 3 – Move Recorded TV in Windows 7 MediaCenter Windows 7 Gets Dolby Digital Plus Support DVRMSToolbox New Public Release How To Connect the SageTV HD Theater to your Wireless Network – A guide to connecting your HD Theater (HD200) to your wireless network along with screenshots and info about which wireless USB adapters work. Okoro Announces BX300 HTPC with Windows MC & SageTV – a “plug-n-play” option for Windows MediaCenter or SageTV HTPC. More Plex HTPC Plugins – The mac-based Plex HTPC announces more plugins WDTV Version 2 Photos Leaked – Western Digital is updating its popular WDTV to a new version Windows Media Center SDK RTM Released – Some good and bad news for Windows MediaCenter TV Premieres: What to Watch 08/16 – 08/23 SageTV HD Theater Beta Update – WiFi Improvements and Keyboard Support
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