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Creative Zen Vision: Buddha's media centre

Crave The portable music world has long had the iPod as its poster boy, but media centres have had no such public face. The Creative is aimed squarely at the novice thanks to Windows Media Player integration -- simply plug the device into a PC and it...

Tags: creative, hard drive, windows media player, vision

5 December 2005, 10:39 > More matches in Crave

Media Centre and Xbox 360 joined at the hip

News That's why Microsoft is making a noise about the built in ability of the Xbox 360 to play movies, TV shows and music that are stored on a Media Centre PC in another room. Last year, Microsoft started selling a kit that allowed the original Xbox to...

18 May 2005, 9:27 > More matches in News

Win a Shuttle XPC G5 3101M media centre PC!

Crave October evenings than to bring home the high-definition capability of the Shuttle XPC G5 3101M compact media centre? XPC G5 3101M media centre PC' competition. A built-in TV tuner and stylish remote control make this convenient little box the...

Tags: shuttle, definition, high definition, windows vista

2 October 2007, 8:52 > More matches in Crave

Philips' Media Centre: geeky home cinema goes mainstream

Crave Crave was particularly excited to see Philips' media centre PC, as it's the first time the Dutch giant has tackled the sticky concept of a PC in the living room. Having said that, it looked similar to Hi-Grade's DMS II in design, and as it's based...

Tags: philips, inch, high definition, tech

5 September 2005, 10:11 > More matches in Crave

Digital Theatre media centre: Home cinema hunk

Crave And if all of that doesn't sell this media centre to you, you can also play games on it. We were told it is designed to do both media centre and gaming duties equally well, although we don't have a finalised spec for the gubbins inside.

Tags: hd dvd, spec, theatre, media centre

20 March 2007, 11:01 > More matches in Crave

Donated PCs produce African media centres

News Microsoft and others trying to position the PC as an all-in-one entertainment centre. According to IT teacher Wesley Omare, the majority of the children at the school, aged from seven to 15, would be on the streets if it was not for the centre.

17 September 2007, 12:52 > More matches in News

Microsoft's Media Center mansion

Digital Living And yet, and yet.the painful truth is that the need to put Media Center at the, well, centre of every room makes for a rather flat tour. Microsoft didn't even use its own Media Extender technology because it's yet to arrive in the UK.

2 June 2005, 17:10 > More matches in Digital Living

Archos AV700: muggings guaranteed

Crave If the Archos AV4100 is the VW Golf of the portable media centre world, then the new AV700 is a monster truck waiting to run over it and blow fire from its nostrils. It's huge -- about twice the size of the PSP, but its svelte frame means that you...

Tags: archos technology, psp, portable, upgrade

26 August 2005, 11:13 > More matches in Crave

Linksys Media Center Extender DMA2200 review

Reviews Since not everyone wants a noisy, unattractive PC in the centre of the home, that's where Media Center Extenders come into play. Media Center PCs are a great idea. Once up and running, the DMA2200 displays a launcher menu on your TV that gives you...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: linksys, dvd player, streaming, high definition

7 March 2008, 10:39 > More matches in Reviews

HP iPaq rx3715 Mobile Media Companion review

Reviews HP is pitching its new iPaq rx3715 not as an organisational tool but as an entertainment device (hence the Mobile Media Companion name instead of Pocket PC). Shedding the HP's trademark silver casing, the rx3715 sports a new lookBelow the display...

Editor's rating   7.4

Tags: hp, digital camera, universal, remote control

26 July 2004, 4:01 > More matches in Reviews

Loewe Connect 37 Media Full-HD+ DR+ review

Reviews We did try this initially over our office Wi-Fi network and couldn't get it to pick up our Windows Media Player, but corporate networks are never the best place to try this. Sure, the Loewe Connect 37 Media Full-HD+ DR+ is a ridiculous product name.

Editor's rating   8.3

Tags: loewe, hard disk, media player, windows media player

1 April 2008, 13:06 > More matches in Reviews

Loewe Connect 32 Media Full-HD+ DR+ review

Reviews The media streaming feature works well too, although you will need a computer connected via Ethernet, and that machine will need to have an application capable of sharing media. Something like Windows Media Player will work.

Editor's rating   8.5

Tags: loewe, satellite, material, blu ray

24 September 2008, 16:30 > More matches in Reviews

DVICO TViX HD M-6500A: Media streaming wootage

Crave You can also play DVD files in the ISO format, which is handy if you have a big collection of DVDs backed up to a home media centre. Alright, we admit it, we're more obsessed with media streamers than is strictly healthy.

25 June 2008, 11:30 > More matches in Crave

Netgear ReadyNAS Duo: BitTorrent media streamer

Crave That means you can download movies and music directly from the Internet to the device itself, then stream that content through a media adaptor -- such as the Netgear Digital Entertainer HD into a home entertainment centre without requiring any...

Tags: las vegas, netgear, hard drive, digital camera

6 January 2008, 21:57 > More matches in Crave

Moneual Imagine: Stylish, cylindrical Media Center PC

Crave Prepare to hit the plastic: this is a Media Center PC that you might actually consider putting next to your TV. It runs Windows Media Center, although Moneual will offer a model with its own alternative version of the software.

9 January 2008, 10:03 > More matches in Crave