Never enough time…

• Pirate content with PC HDMI capture card in October. (HDBeat)
• Video walk-thru of Media Center features on Vista. (RetroSight)
• DirecTV’s new HD DVR recalled? (PVRWire)
• Video sharing coming to Akimbo via Blip.tv. (Yahoo)

Not to be outdone, Yahoo has just released a fantasy football widget for Windows MCE HTPCs which can downloaded via Viiv’s Online Spotlight.

Yahoo! Sports for TV is available to sports fans through an easy-to-install, lightweight, downloadable application that is currently only available for PCs equipped with Intel Viiv technology and works with any Media Center Edition compatible remote control.

Using the remote control, consumers can get real-time updates on their fantasy football scores without missing a minute of the live game (or without missing the action) on their television screen. Key features of the new service include:

• League Scores - Keep on top of games across the league and track real-time scores and player stats.
• My Teams - Personalize the service to closely follow favorite teams.
• Fantasy Football - Access real-time fantasy scores and league standings updates.
• Scoreboard - Get a bird’s-eye view of what’s happening across the league and fantasy football scores.

If you recall, Yahoo purchased Meedio and then promptly released a beta of Yahoo Go TV. The beta was impressive, but a little rough around the edges (it is pre-release software, after all) — tonight’s update responds to some of the original complaints by adding support for additional tuners while improving responsiveness and consistency through-out the app. Additionally, personal Flickr photostreams, picture in picture, and LAN music streaming features have been implemented. The download is available here.

HTPC enthusiast Eirik Solheim spent some time with TVedia and came away very impressed, despite the software’s lack of DVR functionality. However… What immediately caught my eye was the Amazon affiliate advertising built into the interface (in addition to the $35 software fee). I exchanged a few emails with Eirik who informed me the “feature” is optional and sent along a screenshot showing how users can toggle the ads. It’s an interesting strategy and well executed given TVedia’s spartan interface and disable options.

Eirik writes: TVedia is a media center frontend with some extremely interesting networking functionality and a very nice interface for YouTube, Google Video, Flickr, LastFM and other media related web sites. I recently gave it a run on my Windows Media Center Edition box. So far this is one of the most interesting products I have seen in this space for a long time! The music library, networking and online features are way better than what I am used to in MCE.

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Never enough time…

• TiVo tastes some sweet revenge. (Wired)
• Yahoo television guide updated with video clips and pilot episodes. (Yahoo)
• What’s holding up international deployment of SlingPlayer Mobile? (SlingCommunity)
• Omnicom Media Group signs advertising agreement With TiVo. (TiVo)
• KnoppMyth updated. (PVRWire)

Never enough time…

• Record every new fall season show with BeyondTV. (SnapStream)
• Hand’s on with the MPEG4 HD DirecTV receiver in LA. (DBSTalk)
• Portable Sirius receiver outed by Crutchfield. (Orbitcast)
• How-to replace dead drive in a DirectTiVo. (Engadget)
• RealNetworks to offer open source support for WMV on Linux. (ZDNet)