Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.

Windows only About a year ago I wrote about a complimentary application for Windows Media Center called Remote Potato. Since then the program has continued to improve at a great pace, and the developer even put together a $7 iOS app (iTunes Link).

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.

Windows only All of my television watching flows through a central Media Center computer that I have in our house, and from there it is distributed to a few Xbox's that serve as extenders.

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.

I use Windows Media Center as my primary source for watching live TV, and last weekend I decided to figure out how I could customize the placement of menu items. For example, I don't really listen to music or look at photos on my Media Center computer so having these options visible only makes it take longer to navigate to some of the other menu rows.

If you are a Windows Media Center user the chances are pretty good that you've already heard of My Channel Logos. With this beautiful addition to Media Center you'll see logos for each of the channels when viewing the television guide. It's one of the most popular add-ons for Windows Media Center, and the developer has done a great job of keeping it up-to-date.

I've been spending some time optimizing my Windows 7 Media Center installation, and in doing so I've found some good information that has helped me pinpoint why I don't always see perfectly smooth video when streaming to my Xbox 360.

I used to be a huge fan of WebGuide, but it seems that the developer joining Microsoft put an end to all updates. The bad news came when I couldn't get WebGuide to work on my Windows 7 64-bit Media Center, and due to the lack of support I started looking for alternatives.

I've been using Windows 7 Media Center as my dedicated media hub for the last few weeks, and it's been a nice upgrade from Vista Media Center. Some improvements include support for up to 4 tuners for each type (QAM, ATSC, etc...), a lot of interface improvements, and HD support to name a few. It can even play AVI/DivX files natively without needing any add-ons.

In the past we have mentioned The Green Button, a site dedicated to Windows Media Center. They have all kinds of great information available to those needing questions about their Media Center answered. Over-time it has become even more helpful with actual members of the Microsoft Media Center team dropping by to personally answer questions.

Today we're taking a look at Apple's Front Row vs. Windows Media Center. We're not really sure if Front Row can be compared to Media Center because right now, they serve different purposes. Front Row is more of an interface for controlling the media already on your computer while Media Center will do that in addition to recording television shows.

If you've got a video recording device and two minutes to spare, you could end up with a $10,000 Digital Home Makeover, courtesy of Microsoft. They started a contest  to help celebrate the availability of several new Extenders for Windows Media Center.

I've had a Vista machine setup for over a year whose sole purpose is to record my television shows, and I have to say that I've fallen deeply in love with it. Prior to owning the Vista Media Center computer I was using a ReplayTV unit to do the recording, and I didn't think that it got much better than that.

I've been using a Vista Media Center computer for over a year to record all of my favorite shows, and overall I have been really impressed with it. The commercial skipping add-on is a real gem, and the WebGuide add-on makes it possible to access and schedule shows no matter where I am.

Netflix subscribers and Windows Vista Media Center users now have at their disposal an awesome plug-in that is available as a public beta.  It's hard to believe that this hasn't been done before (at least to my knowledge) because it's extremely useful.

Microsoft briefly announced in one of their press releases today that they hired on the developer of the popular WebGuide software for Windows Media Center (both XP and Vista).

There is some bad news for those of you taking advantage of free media center software, such as MythTV or Media Portal. As it turns out Zap2it couldn’t continue to provide the television listings that many free media center applications were using.

Microsoft has filed a new trademark for a service that sounds remarkably similar to Joost. The logo being trademarked is pictured to the right, and is supposed to represent “” While the symbol doesn’t seem all that intriguing, the services behind it certainly grab your attention:

The Green Button is a forum that all Windows Media Center users have probably visited at some time or another. The community there is great, and they even have Jessica Zahn (a Windows Media Center Program Manager) participating in some of the topics.