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Microsoft And DirecTV Beta Testing DirecTV PC Tuners

Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 by MegaZone

DirecTV’s HDPC-20 tuner card for Windows Media Center has been vaporware for a couple of years, but after a sighting in January it looks like it is slowing moving toward release with a beta program. EngadgetHD has a screen capture … Continue reading →

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TiVo Releases TiVo Desktop 2.6, Enables Web Video Support

Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 by MegaZone

As I originally reported from CES TiVo Desktop 2.6 adds support for Web Video, if you purchase the TiVo Desktop Plus upgrade. And TiVo is making Desktop 2.6 for Windows available starting today. Since all TiVo units currently only support … Continue reading →

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Sling Media At CES

Posted on Sunday, January 13, 2008 by MegaZone

On Wednesday at CES I managed to spend some time in Sling Media’s booth, including a nice sit-down with Dave Zatz for a demo of the SlingCatcher and the new SlingPlayer 2.0, including the Clip+Sling functionality. See my previous posts … Continue reading →

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Monsoon Multimedia Touts More Hava Features

Posted on Friday, January 11, 2008 by MegaZone

It seems that Monsoon Multimedia’s tactic this CES has been to spread their press releases out over several days. Today we have two more HAVA related releases touting more features of their platform. The first is the announcement of HAVASoft, … Continue reading →

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The Hauppauge HD PVR, High-Def Component Input For The PC

Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 by MegaZone

Hauppauge today announced a new forthcoming product, the HD PVR. It is a high-definition DVR USB add-on for the PC, which can record HD content in the H.264 or AVCHD formats from component video input. The HD PVR comes with … Continue reading →

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