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Theme Music

• Digital Bliss – Project Van
• “I am scanning all frequencies.” is from Scanning All Frequencies by Music Alley

Links of Interest

• Windows Media Studio
• Windows Vista-mail
• Heatwave
• What are VOB files
• Music play lists
• Boxee

Mr. Sysop Q&A

• Why would I want to build a media Center?
• What’s your setup?
• Should I buy in the US or Japan?
• How about Blu Ray discs?
• What about Hulu & Netflix?
• Is there a browser I can use in my media center?
• How about copy protection?
• Control the media center with an Ipad or Iphone?
• What’s the Cost?
• Why is Digital important?
• What about 3?

Don’t forget to write in with your Media Center questions.

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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Merry Christmas

Too busy to create a regular show, so today’s episode is jJust a very short message to pass on holiday greetings and to say thanks to everyone for being part of our audience.

Ending Song (Music Alley)
Doo’lit’Saa’Da (The Gift) Featuring the Dine’ Children’s Choir – Douglas Spotted Eagle

Links of Interest
* JAPUNDIT YouTube Channel
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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Theme Music

• Digital Bliss – Project Van
• “I am scanning all frequencies.” is from Scanning All Frequencies by Music Alley

Links of Interest

• Japanese TV Tuner with Media Center remote control
• TV Channels in Japan
• PVR
• Time shift
• Online TV Guide
• Japanese Broadcast channels
• NHK BS Channels
• B-Cas Card

Don’t forget to write in with your Media Center questions.

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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Opening Monologue
* One week until Christmas
* Kobe report
* Bad Communication
* At The Moron Mansion
* Meeting Maggie Sensei
* Suicide on the Shinkansen
* Japan Vlogger People’s Choice Awards on the gimmeaflakeman channel
* Busan Kevin’s Christmas collaboration video
* David Silva’s Moorpark Oasis named CD Of The Year by Indie Music Digest

Tokyo cracks down on anime, manga porn

Open kimono

Japan creates new medical visa

Tokyo Marathon to implement membership fee (bribe) system

Colon coffee

World’s most expensive coffee beans

Suntory may restrict shipment of premium whiskeys

Middle Song
Christmas Cheese Polka – A Don’t Hug Me Christmas Carol

McDonalds to test home delivery in Tokyo

Japan players criticized by U.S. baseball official

Fukuoka woman sues Google over underwear images

Japan crimes at 23-year low

Japan to tolerate unlicensed use of copyrighted material

J-gov’t mulls rescue plans for abductees

J-deflation affecting sex industry

Ending Song
Cold Christmas – Project Van

Links of Interest
* sukosh
* cafecolon.com
* Cafe Colon Products
* Tokyo Marathon
* Kobe Meet Up Video
* Christmas Collaboration Video
* Japan Vlogger People’s Choice Awards Video
* Bad Communication
* Project Van on Facebook
* Project Van Blog
* Budget Trouble
* Music Alley
* JAPUNDIT YouTube Channel
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Christmas Cheese Polka courtesy of Music Alley.

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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Theme Music
Digital Bliss – Project Van

“I am scanning all frequencies.” is from Scanning All Frequencies by Music Alley.

Links of Interest
* Digital Photographs
* Digital Music
* DVD movies
* My videos
* Ripping Movies
* Japanese Television
* DVR
* Internet TV
* Boxee
* Streaming
* Tagging Photographs * Tagging Music files
* What are VOB files
* AnyDVD
* MTS files or AVCHD
* Japanese TV Tuner with Media Center remote control

Don’t forget to write in with your Media Center questions.

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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Opening Monologue
* Going to Kobe tomorrow
* Stopping by to see Victor, gimmeabreakman, gimmeaflakeman, King of the Morons
* Watch the Kobe Meet live on USTREAM TV
* BusanKevin’s Christmas collaboration vid
* Big JAPUNDIT YouTube channel T-shirt/sweatshirt giveaway complete

Mozart Bananas

More J-adults living with parents, marrying later

Apple Computer employs 1million Chinese workers

Akihabara massacre site traffic-free again

25% of all J-weddings of the shotgun kind

A-bomb victims worry about same things everyone else does

Middle Song
Christmas Eve In The Trailer Park – Bill Kahler

Fraudsters adopting poor, homeless to create false identities

Body scanners coming to Japan

Speeder arrested for eating speed gun report

Supreme Court upholds life sentence for Luck Blackman killer

Japanese stop growing

Cell phone spat delays 70,000 commuters

Ending Song
Man It’s Christmas – Jimmy Bratcher

Links of Interest
* Kobe Meet Up Live! (Starts 18:30 December 12 JST)
* Shukan Bunshun Online Magazine (J)
* Discovery Sound
* Kobe Meet Up, December 12
* Budget Trouble
* Jimmie Bratcher Website
* Bill Kahler Website
* JAPUNDIT YouTube Channel
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

All music courtesy of Music Alley.

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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* Consolidate all media in one central entertainment center
* No Media Center For Dummies
* Talking tech directly
* Japan going all digital next year
* Dedicated media players are limited.
* Look at SqueezeBox (Logitech)
* Hardware options
* Need a Windows 7 computer
* Windows Media Center
* No Vista!
* Check your video card output
* Plenty of disk space required
* Cable for connecting to the HDMI terminal of your TV

Theme Music
Digital Bliss – Project Van

“I am scanning all frequencies.” is from Scanning All Frequencies by Music Alley.

Links of Interest
* Windows Media Center
* Japan All Digital
* Apple TV
* Google TV
* Media players Guide
* The Logitech Squeezebox
* Windows Home Server
* Cat 6 Cable
* SageTV
* MythTV
* Dsub Connector
* DVI Connector

Don’t forget to write in with your Media Center questions. I will do a Q&A bonus podcast at the end of each month.

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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Opening Monologue
* Year of the Tiger drawing to a close, get ready for the rabbit.
* Kobe Meet Up next Sunday, December 12!
* Watch the Kobe Meet live on USTREAM TV
* In The Annex off to a great start
* Update on Show Me Japan photo meme.
* Subscribe to JAPUNDIT Video Channel to win a free T-shirt or sweatshirt!

Watching a tuna being butchered… A great way to celebrate a wedding!

Tokyo taxis go WiFi

Twitter (rice) balls?

Shinkansen service extended to Aomori

Middle Song
Christmas In Hawaii – The Hot Rods

J-professor sues “Cove” producers
“Prosecutor” arrested for fake ID
What passes for politics in Japan
Family Mart to offer funeral services

Ending Song
The Christmas Season – Devo Spice

Links of Interest
* Discovery Sound
* Kobe Meet Up, December 12
* Budget Trouble
* The Hot Rods Website
* Devo Spice Website
* JAPUNDIT YouTube Channel
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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* First show of In The Annex, a new weekly Wednesday podcast on the Japan Talk channel.
* Your host: Mr. Sysop
* Options for creating a home media center
* What is a home media center?
* What can it do?
* Home theater PC
* Upcoming topics
* Cutting the cable
* 3 required components: Computer, high-speed Internet connection, display unit (TV)
* HDMI connector + computer + Internet connection is all you need
* Connecting to a smart phone for streaming of content
* Windows 7 system
* Media center automated content management
* 24-hour recording capabilities
* Next time: Required hardware

Theme Music
Digital Bliss – Project Van

“I am scanning all frequencies.” is from Scanning All Frequencies by Music Alley.

Links of Interest
* Windows Media Center
* Windows 7
* Home Theater PC (HTPC)
* Cut the Cable
* HDMI Connector
* JAPUNDIT YouTube Channel
* Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com