Re: RE: Re: RE: Windows XP Media Center Edition Review

["BEN.MCCORMACK" <ben.mccormack@xxxxxxx>]

Mark

I agree with you in general but you are forgetting that many poeple have
mo=
re than one hifi, you may have an expensive seperates system in the Lounge
=
as well as a =A3200 Midi System in the Kitchen, Bedroom and in the Kids
roo=
m. You could argue that you are always going to sell more midi systems.

Ben


> Gerard,
> For the last 15 years, UK consumers have been able to buy separates
audio
> systems from Richer Sounds for =A3300 that sound way better than the
"all=
in one"
> midi systems from the high-street multiples.
> Applying your standard of "device not as good as separate
devices", midi =
systems
> are, to use your term "worthless".
> By your logic, midi systems will not sell in any numbers.
> The last time I looked, Richer Sounds had a far smaller market share
of t=
he
> domestic music player space than Dixons, Currys, Comet etc. Likewise,
mid=
i
> systems sell in far greater numbers than separate amps.
> This might suggest that there is something wrong with your model of
consu=
mer
> behaviour...
> M.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerard McGovern [mailto:stuff@xxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: 9 January 2003 10:56
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Re: RE: [ukha_d] Windows XP Media Center Edition Review
> > If you look at the indivisual costs of the following
> >=20
> > Tivo - =A3300
> > Network mp3 player - =A3200
> > Digital Picture Frame - =A370
> > DVD Player - =A3150
> >=20
> > TOTAL =A3720
> >=20
> > Not far off what this media PC should cost.
> >=20
> > The Media PC should be able to do all of these and more in the
future
> But the converged device is NOT as good as the seperate devices.
That=20
> makes it worthless.=20
> You'd have to add a sound card with Dolby Digital output to make
the=20
> system useable as a DVD player ... another =A380. Now we have video=20
> quality. Every PC I have ever dealt with unless running through
VGA/DVI=20
> produces a horrible output.
> It's a nice idea in theory but crap in practice. And most of all we
are=20
> forgetting that even with a P4 processor and the MPEG encoding
handled=20
> by a seperate card it STILL has high-CPU usage and suffers from=20
> slowdowns. That alone is enough of a reason for me to stay clear of
it.
> G
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