Tag Archives: Windows 7

OneShot App Automates & Organizes Screen Captures for W7 PlayTo

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

One of the great things about “community” is that you meet talented people virtually who come up with neat ways to enhance Windows features. Jensigner has developed just such an add-on called OneShot which I see all kinds of interesting … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Play To/DLNA Streams to iPhone/iPad

Posted on November 2, 2010 by

Yes, you read that correctly. The iPxxx devices don’t natively support DLNA functionality, which rules out using Windows 7 Play To”, so I decided to see what could be done, at least as a proof of concept, to try to … Continue reading →

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Connecting Multiple IP Cameras to Windows Media Center

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

After publishing a piece on how to connect an Internet enabled camera to WMC, iPhones and iPads yesterday, I received a couple of emails basically saying, “great, but I want to monitor more than one camera in a master view … Continue reading →

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Intel WiDi, Push2TV and Remote Desktop

Posted on June 25, 2010 by

Here’s one I did not expect to work but did. I’ve been able to use Windows Media Center to display non DRM’d High Def content over WiDi (since the TV HD is at best 720p, it will work.. higher 1080p … Continue reading →

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Intel WiDi – Wirelessly view your PC screen on your TV

Posted on June 21, 2010 by

There is a lot of interest in this technology and naturally, accompanying confusion as to what this is and how to get it. Some of this has been driven by a recent Windows 7 was My Idea commercial. That commercial … Continue reading →

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Looks like Netflix MCE HD is Rolling Out

Posted on May 16, 2010 by

Fired up a machine that never had Netflix installed previously (W7 x64 Ultimate) and installed Netflix. I’m streaming Stargate Continuum in HD 3800/3800 (screen shot below) over 802.11n 5GHz wireless to me 1920 x 1080 Sony “laptop”. No HD icon, … Continue reading →

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RAW Image Support – W7/Media Center 32/64 bit

Posted on September 22, 2009 by

I feel like I just hit the jackpot. I’ve been bemoaning the lack of support for Nikon NEF 64 bit support for as long as I can remember inside Windows Explorer. And I’ve been wishing for RAW support for NEF … Continue reading →

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Windows 7, Play To, and a Samsung DLNA enabled TV

Posted on July 24, 2009 by

This is a love story. Sometimes diving off the technology cliff means you follow your heart and take a chance on emerging/converging standards. When my nine year old once upon a time bleeding edge first of its kind 45 inch … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 WMP Internet Streaming Adapts to Connection Speed

Posted on May 6, 2009 by

The more I use WMP secure Internet streaming, the more impressed I become. The empowering technology is obviously very slick and smart. I discovered that the bit rate for streaming is adaptive and adjusts to your connection speed. While I … Continue reading →

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W7 RC Secure WMP Internet Streaming is Impressive

Posted on April 30, 2009 by

None of the info I’d see on the web mentioned much about the ability to stream Recorded TV in Windows 7 over the Internet as part of the just revealed Windows 7 Windows Media Player Internet Streaming function added to … Continue reading →

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