The Digital Lifestyle Show

Welcome to the second and final batch of CES interviews.  As mentioned last week Windows Embedded team had a private room showing a great range of Media Center systems powered by Windows Embedded, including set top boxes, TVs and entertainment systems and I have an interview with Mark Pendegrast from the Embedded team talking about Media Center. Mark explains what the embedded team are doing with...

In a follow up to show 57, we've gone all Windows  Phone  7 again!  Tonight we're absolutely delighted to welcome Will Coleman to the show.  Will is Product Manager for Windows  Phone  7 at  Microsoft  in the UK and joins us to give us some news and views from the inside.  Working on the apps side and with developers, he's able to give some great insight in terms of how things have gone from that...

Welcome to the first show of 2011, back from CES where we saw a lot of tech, some of it good and some of it very strange! This week on the show I have the first batch of CES 2011 interviews. At CES I was a little disappointed that Microsoft’s booth didn’t feature Windows Media Center as it had in the last few years but they did have a press room with lots of Windows Media Center systems powered by...

Welcome to the Christmas edition of the show and this week Garry, Andrew and I are joined by Bjorn Morris from Cybersmart systems. Bjorn is installing iPads as part of this Windows Media Center custom installs and he expains how the iPad has moved home automation away from the TV screen to the mobile device. We also talk about the weeks news including CES Windows Tablet rumours, XBMC, Microsoft ge...

And we are back, fresh after last weeks round table with plenty of mobile news to get our teeth into and rip apart.  We start off by chatting about the new Amazon Window Shop UK app for iPad then move into talking a bit about our thoughts on mobile streaming, piracy and what we think is in store for the future.  We then wrap it up with some of the news hitting the net this week including an impres...

We had fun recording this week so I hope you enjoy it. This week Garry, Andrew and I talk about the weeks news including Windows 8 mock-ups, new addins for Windows Media Center and email on archiving TV shows. We also we are kicking off TDL Product Of The Year, were we each pitch for a what we think our product of the year is and you can vote in at the bottom of this post.  Plus we have another bo...

Great show for you this week. Andrew , Garry and I discuss email sent in to the show including topics on whether we will ever see our vision of the connected lifestyle, the future of Extenders and distributing TV content. We also talk about topics hitting the blog in the last week including, Voice Control for Media Center, Apple TV,updates for DVBLink. My Movies and how I have got my Media Center...

It’s good to be back and thanks to Andrew and Garry for covering for me last week. Unfortunately this weeks news has been dominated by the bad news around Windows Home Server and Andrew is not happy. But we do have good news around Freeview HD working in Windows Media Center and other news   Links from this weeks show: Microsoft Remove Driver Extender from Windows Home Server Vail Apple TV gets an...

Back for another instalment, Jon and Sheldon dive pretty deep into the weeks news.  From a pretty intense discussion on the good and bad of location based services and  Apples  efforts in the enterprise, we lighten the mood with talk of a release for the fabled Playstation phone, new  iPad -only magazines and talk of exciting new hardware from Dell,  Motorola , HTC and Pocketbook –  plus news of t...

I am working away this week so we make  Andrew  do the hard work for a change. He takes charge and  Garry  joins him to talk about the weeks news including iPad updates, media streaming, EPG apps, Xbox Kinect and planning for the next user group   Listen Here (download mp3)  -  Subscribe via iTunes  -  Subscribe via RSS  -  Subscribe with Zune this was recorded before  Microsoft's Vail announcemen...

We start this weeks show with an apology.  Despite our best efforts, we missed putting out a show last week and we explain why.  The good news is it gives us plenty to talk about in this weeks bumper edition!  From news of the follow up to the Nexus One, we cover the new handset from Sony-Ericsson, plus news of the worlds first dual core Android handset.  Plus we provide a round up on tablets, new...

Garry and Andrew join me to talk over the weeks digital lifestyle news including new apps for Windows Media Center, running Windows Media Center on a MacBook, the problems with Android Tablets, multi-platform streaming and the weeks biggest news a Universal remote in a pillow!   The HTPC Build show will in the next couple of weeks, thanks to everyone that sent in questions.   Listen Here (download...

This week Andrew joins me to talk about the weeks news including Freeview HD Media Center PCs, using Play To with iOS, Extendergate and running Media Center on a Macbook Air. Plus Garry joins in live from Microsoft's TechEd conference in Germany where he is spending all his time play with Xbox Kinect. Next week we will have a special HTPC Q&A show with  Evolve Media 's David Simpson so send in you...

t has been quite a while since our last installment.  Ian and I pick things up again after several months by taking a look at what has been going on in the industry and how it impacts our custom installs.  Naturally, we want you to listen to the Podcast, but here are some of the topics we cover . HOW ARE YOU GOING TO EMBRACE ALL OF THOSE "NEW LITTLE BOXES" THAT HAVE STARTED FLOODING THE MARKET The...

Jon’s back! And with him a shiny new iPad. He shares his experiences with it so far, and even records the show using it.  And could Flash be hitting the iPad imminently? Possibly (well sort of).  After a few weeks dominated by Windows Phone 7, we take a look at some other players including details on the Facebook mobile event this week, Amazon opting to sell the Kindle on the high street and a bra...

Garry and Andrew are back from their travels and we have lots of news to catch up on. We have emails on DLNA, meta data problems with Media Center, lots of remote control solutions and Media Center  keyboards. We also talk about Freeview HD in Media Center, Andrews experiences with Google TV and Apple verses Microsoft new product availability. As ever we have good fun recording the show so I hope...

Microsoft’s Charlie Owen joins me to talk about how the industry has progressed since he left the Windows Media Center team just over a year ago. Charlie has some great thoughts on Google’s TV effort, the way Apple are going and Microsoft approach. We also talk about al-carte TV consumption verses subscription and whether internet delivered content can replace broadcast methods. I always enjoy my...

We’re back with a bumper show this week, covering everything from the Nook Colour to the PSP phone that seems destined to land very very soon.  Jose joins Sheldon to pick through all the big news, including some first thoughts on living with Windows Phone 7.  If you love mobile tech, you really don’t want to miss this one!   Show Notes Windows Phone 7: First Thoughts Dell Venue Pro to get an Andro...

Back for show 52 and with a guest presenter as well! No Jon this week, and with Jose stepping away from a regular slot for the forseeable future, Jason Coombes (aka DatabaseJase) joins Sheldon on this weeks show.  Jason has some great insight into the WIndows Phone 7 launch in the UK, and we ask if things could have been handled better.  Plus, based on recent comments from Steve Jobs and Eric Schm...

This week Garry and I are joined by  Media Center enthusiast Anthony Lomas to talk about his how he got into digital media and how he uses Windows Media Center in his home.  Anthony is using Media Center to distribute media around his home and we talk about his setup. We talk above the weeks news including, Boxee box, Windows Phone 7, DVBLink 3.2 and automating Windows Media Center file conversion...

I return this week while Andrew and Garry are off around the world so this week Jason Coombs and Daniel Vieira join me to talk about the weeks digital lifestyle news and we have a chat about how they are using Media Center in their home. Jason uses DVBLink to distribute TV around his home and Daniel uses Media Center as a backup to a Virgin Media box and we talk about streaming verses recording. P...