Upcoming Webinars on the new HP MediaSmart Connect

This summer HP is launching a brand new Extender for Windows Media Center device - the HP MediaSmart Connect. The HP MediaSmart Connect will let you wirelessly stream your Windows Media Center experience including content such as Live TV, Recorded TV Shows, Music, Photos and Videos to any TV in your home using your wireless or wired home network. And I've got some information below on how you can attend online webinars put on by HP and Microsoft giving you a first-hand look at the HP MediaSmart Connect! Read on...

Extenders for Windows Media Center are devices that are designed to "extend" the Windows Media Center experience from a centralized Windows Media Center PC running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate to any room in your home with a TV using a personal home network.

The HP MediaSmart Connect packs quite a punch. You can stream recorded or live HD content from your PC to your TV as well as take advantage of Windows Media Center's Internet TV Beta - which I blogged about here a few months ago. With Internet TV Beta - you can watch movie clips, movie trailers and even music videos such as Weezer's brand new single "Pork and Beans" (a personal favorite!). The HP MediaSmart Connect is also capable of searching all the PCs on your home network and creating a single list for all digital media such as photos, music, and videos and as well as access to great entertainment from services like CinemaNow, Snapfish and Live365. There is much more to the HP MediaSmart Connect but I'll save the rest for a later post!

I'm personally very excited to get my hands on the HP MediaSmart Connect myself because I have a Windows Vista PC that serves as my digital media hub in my living room using Windows Media Center that is connected to my HDTV. However with the HP MediaSmart Connect - I can now "extend" my digital media I have on this centralized Windows Media Center PC to any room in my house such as the master bedroom. I'll be able to stream recorded HD TV shows such as Discovery Channel's When We Left Earth series to my bedroom for late-night-geeking-out to stunning video of NASA's early missions. And the form factor is perfect for sitting right next to my TV (whisper quiet - no fans!) in the bedroom.

To celebrate the launch of the HP MediaSmart Connect - HP and Microsoft are putting on 4 webinars this summer to demonstrate the capabilities of the HP MediaSmart Connect. HP's Director of Marketing for their Connected Entertainment group Brian Burch will be headlining the demos along with industry experts who will share their own experiences during the webinars.

Tuesday, June 24th - 10:00 am PST with Ed Bott, http://www.zdnet.com/
Thursday, June 26th - 1:00 pm PST with Ian Dixon, http://www.thedigitallifestyle.com/
Tuesday, July 8th - 10:00 am PST with Patrick Norton, http://www.tekzilla.com/
Thursday, July 10th - 1:00 pm PST with Mike Garcen, http://www.missingremote.com/

And I of course will be attending the webinars myself as well! Click here to register for the webinar you would like to attend!

I will also be talking about the HP MediaSmart Connect here on the Windows Experience Blog in the coming weeks as well. Stay tuned!

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Upcoming Webinars on the new HP MediaSmart Connect

This summer HP is launching a brand new Extender for Windows Media Center device - the HP MediaSmart Connect . The HP MediaSmart Connect will let you wirelessly stream your Windows Media Center experience including content such as Live TV, Recorded TV Read More......(read more)

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How to purchase Windows XP after June 30th

If you are like me, you were brought to Windows Vista kicking and screaming. All of the flash and lights just do not seem to be worth all of the broken drivers, slow boots, and frequent crashes.

Microsoft is trying to sunset XP as quickly as they can, and after June 30th it will be much more difficult to get your hands on it. Microsoft released a statement a few days ago saying: "Windows XP will no longer be available for purchase from Microsoft for general retail and OEM partners as of June 30, 2008."

That seems like there is no way around it, but MS is not telling the whole story with that press release. If an OEM, or a computer store still has copies of XP, or machines with XP installed - they can still sell them as long as they please. The same is true for computer makers like Dell, and HP.

Additionally hardware makers like Dell, and HP are selling their higher end Vista machines with 'Downgrade' rights. This means if you are not pleased with Vista, and want to switch back you can call them up and get an XP disk to upgrade (oops) downgrade your machine. This also is allowed after the June 30th deadline.

Finally, makers of lower end notebooks that simply cannot handle Vista (like ASUS in Taiwan) have been given the right to sell XP all the way through 2010. The requirement is that these machines have a small screen and a low powered CPU.

So it looks like we are almost at the end of the road with XP. At least from Microsoft's perspective. I think people will be using it for many years to come. Heck...I still get asked if we support Windows 98. I bet in 2018 we will still be getting support questions asking if we support XP :)

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