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Resources

By mcguides_admin - Posted on April 2nd, 2008

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Not finding what you need here? Check out some of these other home theater and Media Center related sites:

General:

Microsoft's official Media Center webpage - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/mediacenter/default.mspx.
The Digital Lifestyle - http://thedigitallifestyle.com/cs/ - Ian Dixon (a Media Center enthusiast) has his Media Center Show podcast here, as well as a blog about Media Center, and forums for Media Center discusion.

Forums:

http://www.thegreenbutton.com - This is an excellent forum site. Chances are that if you have a question about Media Center, someone on thegreenbutton can answer it for you.
http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/ - Another excellent forum site, but this one is focused more on the Australian community.
http://www.avsforum.com/ - A great community site for everything related to audio/video and home theater issues.
http://www.remotecentral.com/ - A great resource for universal remote help.
http://discuss.mediacentersandbox.com/forums/default.aspx - The Media Center Sandbox - an excellent community for discussing application development for Windows Media Center.

Blogs:

Chris Lanier - http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/Default.aspx - covers just about everything having to do with Microsoft and digital media.
Ed Bott - http://www.edbott.com/mediacenter/ - covers general information about Media Center, as well as some of its shortcomings.
Ryan Tollefson - http://www.ryansfindings.com/ - My own personal technology blog with a strong Media Center emphasis. Also home to several of the freeware Media Center programs that I have created.
Windows Media Center Platform Team Blog - http://blog.mediacentersandbox.com/ - all about developing applications for Windows Media Center.

Podcasts:

The Media Center Show - http://thedigitallifestyle.com/cs/blogs/podcast/default.aspx - Ian Dixon (from The Digital Lifestyle) does a podcast all about Windows Media Center, he answers email, has interviews with people in the industry, and has a lot of general information about Media Center.

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