Re: ShowCentre Review

["Simon McCaughey" <simonmcc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, you are right, for watching TV it does the job, and is cheap. But
that's not what I want. I want to press the record button on the software,
and for it to record (like I told it)

point taken :)

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Robinson" <ukcueman@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] ShowCentre Review


> That's not entirely fair...they have their place. I recently got a TV
card
for watching TV
> on my kitchen touchscreen monitor. It works great for that and I'm
very
happy with it
> (I'll be even more happy when the kitchen PC is in the kitchen!). Just
look at this as a
> good excuse for that turbonet and disk upgrade :-)
>
> > To summarise - STAY AWAY FROM PCTV CARDS! Go for a hardware
encoding
card.
> > (or a DV camcorder :)
> >
> > Simon
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark McCall" <lists@xxxxxxx>
> > To: "Ukha_D@xxxxxxx" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>;
> > <ukha@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 11:01 AM
> > Subject: [ukha_d] ShowCentre Review
> >
> >
> > > Simon McCaughey's review of the ShowCentre is now on-line.
> > >
> > > "The idea of the Showcenter is to make media files
stored on your PC
> > > available for use on your TV in the living room. I don't
have (and
can't
> > > get) broadband, so my selection of media is limited to a few
ripped
DVDs,
> > > loads of MP3's, and about 1000 photos. My main objective was
to remove
the
> > > DVD player and VCR from the living room, so I only have a
TV, HiFi,
TiVo
> > and
> > > Showcenter."
> > >
> > > http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article1430.html
> > >
> > > M.
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