Engadget HD Podcast 142 - 06.20.2009: Macrovision's Richard Bullwinkle
By Trent Wolbe 
posted Jun 20th 2009 3:00PM
posted Jun 20th 2009 3:00PM
Everyone likes to predict the future right? So when Richard Bullwinkle of Macrovision wanted to share his vision of the future of TV once it has converged with the internet, we decided to record it for your listening pleasure. We actually think you'll be surprised to hear how much his, and Macrovision's, predictions of the future have in common with our own. Without giving too much away, we'll just say that it isn't anything like Yahoo's.Get the podcast
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Host: Ben Drawbaugh
Producer: Trent Wolbe
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Every time I glance at the title I see Macrovision's Rocky & Bullwinkle
the "[MP3] Download the show (MP3)" link is pointing to last weeks show, 141.
Fixed, thanks for letting us know.
Hi, great podcast , and I have a question. Just about to buy a new house, and I am going to have an opportunity to re-wire.
I have an xbox 360 currently attached to my 50" HD tv, and a gaming rig PC in the office. I tried doing a dry run with the xbox as an extender and the quality really sucked compared to an HDMI cable direct from PC to TV (have 2 tuner cards and a media library of m4v and avi files), so the question is, would I be best running HDMI cables from the PC (upstairs) to the TV and keeping the xbox as a game console only, or can I get better quality from the xbox as an extender over ethernet (100mbs connection)
If I am going to run HDMI down from the office, what is the best way to switch the HDMI source at the PC? I dont want to have to go upstairs and change monitor output, though I guess I can use VNC through my mobile?
Last Q, I have a surround amp with optical in, running back from the xbox, so using it as an extender would be advantagous in that respect, but when using it as an extender, does the surround sound get transmited, or is the xbox just guessing speaker output?