Says Gizmodo Australia. Need we say more?

CEPro has some more must-share CEDIA news about Life|ware’s new High-Density Television initiative. Basically, we are announcing a new Life|media, the LMS-810, which will have support for up to 8 CableCARDs and 10 Media Center Extenders.

The LMS-810 is a pretty sweet machine, with up to 12 TB of storage and the aforementioned support for 8 CableCARDs and 10 extenders using our new Life|tuner.

CEPro has the story, or check out the press release (along with some of our other CEDIA news) here.

What’s the main issue with general adoption of Media Center? According to Wired’s Gadget Lab blog, it’s nuts-and-bolts issues.  

Media Center users get stuck on the fact that they can’t set a TV tuner preference for an individual channel or that it lacks a record HD content-only feature.

Microsoft’s new venture, the Media Center Integrator Alliance, aims to help integrators and users address those issues by providing more information about how to maximize their Media Center experience. But the Gadget Blog is more interested in Exceptional Innovation’s new Life|medias.

The Lifemedia comes with customizable UI’s, support for the iPhone (to make it a useful remote control), and a fully integrated wireless connection. Basically, the promise is that if every Vista owner had one of these boxes, the ‘Vista Sucks’ jokes would be hard to come by.

The newly-announced Life|media LMS-172 and LMS-175 provide premium service for much-less-than-premium prices.

Wired’s article here.
More on the new Life|medias (did you know they have a 5.1 surround-sound amplifier, ZigBee control technology, and support for iPhone as a remote?) at CEPro.

Their conclusion?

The LMS-500 is a well-endowed high-end Media Center that’s ideally suited for the person who wants dual-tuner DVR functionality for SDTV or over-the-air HDTV.

See the full review here.

Nominations are out, and EI is up for two CEA Mark of Excellence awards! Life|ware 2.0.3 has been nominated in the “Best Control System” category, and Life|media LMS 754 media server in the “Best Media Server” category.

Check out all the nominations at the CEA website.

Winners will be announced at an awards dinner on Friday, March 14, 2008 at the Rosen Centre Hotel, during the ninth annual Electronic House Expo (EHX) Spring 2008, in Orlando, Florida, March 11-15.