Resources
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.

