RE: RE: Windows XP Media Center Edition Review

["Kenneth Watt" <kwatt@xxxxxxx>]

> Isn't this just like any STB? Sure it'll be a little bit more
powerful,
> but the idea of the media PC is that it's a PC as well, that's
back
> tracking into what we have now.

Here's the question I keep asking though...

When is an STB not an STB and a PC or when is a PC an STB? ;)

Is TiVo, for example, a Linux based PC for TV or is it an STB that just
happens to run Linux at its core? 

The lines are getting blurred on this more and more as every new device
appears IMO.

> Your loosing the PC element of the media PC, the next generation
of
PVRs
> will have more power to cope with the tasks as well, but if the
tiny
> spec that's inside a tivo can handle TV pausing and recording
without
> strain, why does it take something like a p4 2.53gig to do it? 

Quite, something I was wondering myself.

>This is the horses for courses argument, and without a doubt a
dedicated >device will always do a better job at something than a PC
trying to do 50 >tasks at once plus the TV components.

Exactly, but again with reference to the above, why can't it with that
kind of power?

> Oh and if it crashed when it was recording something I would be
less
> than impressed.

Definitely not the way to go! ;)

K.




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