Tag: MEDIA-PORTAL

Open Source media center application Media Portal has been under development for 5 years. And this week the developers decided the product was stable enough to remove the beta label and launch Media Portal 1.0. The application was initially based on the popular XBMC application designed to turn Xbox gaming consoles into media playback workhorses. But Media Portal quickly outgrew its beginnings ...

While Windows Vista may have been PC World's biggest disappointment of 2007, but it does have a few nice features. It's pretty to look at, and Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate both pack Windows Media Center, an awesome interface for accessing your movies, music, and other media in full-screen mode, preferably while sitting on your couch 10 feet away from your TV/monitor. But ...