Engadget
HD got some shots of PowerDVD 9, or rather what we now know is the extent
of the "native”
Media Center Blu-ray integration announced CES. Native is a bit of a stretch as I figured it
might be. Instead of native playback we
now have a native MCML UI that launches PowerDVD (a la Play Movie, TotalMedia,
etc). It’s a start, I guess. I’m not really that impressed with what is
being offered. On the plus side, word is
video decoding is pretty top notch which is good to hear.
If I can ever find time I’ve got to do an in-depth Sage TV
review. Why? Because not only have I been impressed with
them more and more over the past year but they have also just
added Blu-ray streaming to their Extenders.
That’s a huge step forward that a lot of people are looking for.
If you haven’t checked it out yet, Media
Browser is one of my favorite new plug-ins.
I don’t do a lot with ripped DVDs, but an add-in that automatically
finds cover art and metadata about my ripped content without me doing a single
thing is a beautiful thing (did it just based on folder names).
Microsoft released the February update for Media Center a
few weeks ago. Big item here is a fix
for CableCARD machines that was introduced way back in October.
February
2009 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista
February
2009 Cumulative Update for Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista
Cross Posted from Chris Lanier's Blog at
http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/