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We take a first look at Pinnacle's ShowCenter.
Pinnacle's ShowCenter is a network media player that allows you to stream your digital audio, video, and photos from your PC's hard drive to your TV or stereo system via your home network. The ShowCenter can also perform some DVR capabilities,...
It turns out that Microsoft [I]is[/I] bringing out Windows XP Media Center Edition in Australia, but until such time as it materialises -- and Microsoft Australia is being very sketchy on the dates -- those of us looking to integrate our PC media ...
The Windows XP Media Center Edition-esque ShowCenter from Pinnacle Systems is a perfect example of the technology done right. The ShowCenter is a two-part media adaptor that is comprised of a slimline hardware unit about the width of a DVD player...
Pinnacle's ShowCenter comes in a striking brushed silver box, but despite the living room looks it's essentially an MPEG hardware decoder, and is software-driven.
Pinnacle's ShowCenter offers video and audio distribution, IT-style. It's not perfect, but it doesn't hog your PC the way Media Center does.
The ShowCenter system consists of two separate elements - the ShowCenter Player and the ShowCenter software. Despite the ShowCenter's name, and a TiVo-style TV logo, the one thing you can't do with Pinnacle's new media management box is watch live...
Pinnacle ShowCenter For years, computer hardware companies have been helping us put our favourite videos, music and stills onto our PCs. Now that we've got hard drives full of media, Pinnacle's ShowCenter might actually let us enjoy them - in the ...
Support for all media formats. Video streaming works well.
TV remote is clunky. Limited support for Wi-Fi PC Cards.
Watch and listen to your PC's multimedia files on your TV and stereo.
ShowCenter can read most media file formats, and any file that isn't natively supported is automatically converted to make it compatible with the ShowCenter player. The premise is simple; connect the ShowCenter box to your TV, install the computer...
The latest device to share your media files around the house fits snugly into your living room.
The ShowCenter is a real contender, not least of all because of its living-room friendly shap, but it has its issues - it's slow to connect and proved slightly unreliable.
network players to send music, videos and photos from PC to stereo and TV. The navigation through tracks and albums controls a remote control, the fan noise from the outside remains .
PRICE / PERFORMANCE: very good
Why has the multimedia PC not managed to establish themselves as hi-fi equipment, it is the fan noise! As of now there is a silent box, which are videos, music and photos via wireless network or Ethernet from a PC to the next room sau
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