iTheater to be Released December 23rd

Well, I guess you will have to retract this statement when December 23 rolls around. I know your doubtful, but we got some great stuff happening. You'll see it soon enough, and believe it. ;)

I can't believe anyone even thinks they will see anything. There is actually no sign of progress. Making a diagram showing how the product might be organized does not make a product. I'll believe it when I see it. Can't believe anyone is even reporting on this. There's nothing there.

I have been looking at this stuff for just over a week. Spent way too much time on it so far, but i'll probably spend more. I have a whole list of things i want now, none of which will be in any of these products. I have a lot of integration needs, and have not found a great solutions - hardware or software - at a reasonble price. I might be building my own and selling it ;). Anyhow, of note for the HDTV crowd who wants Digital only recording. Cheapest entry point is to buy a TV with an ATSC tuner and 1394 built in. You can also get one from your Cable Company etc and they are required to have a working 1394 port on it [FCC regulation]. Currently all 37" TVs [might have to be wide screens, not sure] are suppose to have the ATSC. Next year, they will have to include it with smaller TV's also. I have seen atleast 1 26" at BestBuy with the tuner built in, but no 1394. Anyhow, get the Tuner and the 1394/firewire/iLink, and you can set your computer up as your PVR. Pretty easy, and that's the cheapest solution I have seen. Best wishes to all of you. Hope i get the time to write my own. Get me a little ObjectiveC programming in and maybe a little income. Of note though guys... current intel processors do not hold up to current PowerPC processors. You can wait, but you will most likely be disappointed. Apple has a knack for picking processors that will not make it to market on time and intel has been performing better than par.

Microdot: according to the CenterStage site, the movies is all that functions, i didn't want to waste too much time playing with it backstage if centerstage wasn't going to play it. you're right about the new machine, but i'm waiting for intel the crashing happens whenever i try to play certain avi files, and i had one crash just clicking on an empty region in the source list

These guys have no clue how to deal with the press. Took me forever to realize what they f*ck they were really doing that was different and innovative. They certainly don't have Apple's talent in getting to the point.

I looked at both - I will download CS and BS to try on my powerbook tonight. I tried the slightly modified FR on my PB the other day and it works fine (I did not try the DVD though). While I applaud CD and iT's efforts, I just don't see the difference (for me). They don't seem to support TV tuners or FM/AM Tuners yet :-) Of course it is quite early to be commenting on these systems and I would LOVE to see them flurish :D What I would like to see: 1. FM/AM support for appropriate hardware (with Personal Radio Recorder for the shows you miss) 2. TV Tuner compatibility 3. Compatibility with associated DVRs for the aforementioned TV tuners 4. If the DVRs have internet TVGuide capability - integration with it 5. Send-to-Ipod capability (Songs/PodCasts/TV Shows) Dream living room setup Mac Mini (BT + WiFi + external FW 1GB HD + iPod Dock) HDTV Cable + associated elGato hardware FW Audio 5.1 Dolby FM/AM tuner unit AirPort Express Tablet Touch Panel control unit (Or a modified salling clicker on my Life Drive) One of these fine products Droooooooooooool

wastern: centerstage has iphoto, itunes, and movie capabilities. never had it crash on me... works great. couldnt tell you on older machines though... only run g5's. time to buy a new mac loser! hahaha

Looks to have much more functionality than FrontRow - and has the flexibility of an Open Source project as well. As a user, adding in something like EyeTV with DVR or AlchemyTV DVR would make for a killer bundle.

i'm a developer on iTheater and everyone on the team is on a real high about the 1st release and working on it around the clock to make sure that its gona be ready in time. We are soo not late for the party :)

centerstage only has the movies part functional. and backstage crashes on me routinely. as far as Front Row, its a little too slow for non-G5s, not to mention it has VERY limited functionality. i'm not saying this will be better or worse, because i honestly don't know. but the fact that they are releasing an RC vs the CenterStage Alpha makes me optimistic