Ricavision is officially dead now, but Phillips
is sort-of taking their place with the SRM7500 SideShow Remote.
Hardly the eye candy that the Ricavision was, but at least it is shipping with
a much lower price tag. Clear downside here is the screen which will
limit functionality.
The Holidays are here and that means deals for you on Media
Center plug-ins. Up
until January 15 you can save up to 40% off on Big Screen applications.
Speaking of deals, how about getting a free DV cam?
Microsoft has launched their Media Center
Consumer Video Testimonial Program at The Green Button (you need to be logged into your TGB account to see this). Microsoft
will send you a $140 Flip Camera (not sure about model, but my guess is this one)
for you to make a quick 2 minute video about your life using Media
Center. You send them the video on CD/DVD along with the camera back, and
they send you a brand new Flip Camera for you to keep!
NCTA says there are officially 374,000 CableCARDs deployed
in third party devices (eg. TiVo, Media Center, HDTVs, etc). You can
compare that to the 9.76 million CableCARDs deployed in the boxes leased by
Cable Providers.
Cross Posted from Chris Lanier's Blog at
http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/