RE: Windows Media Center Edition - 2005 - Killer App

["Don McAllister" <donmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just signed up for a new PC as part of the Home Computing initiative. It=
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a Fujistu-Siemens Scaleo T ix with 3.4Ghz Pentium 4, 1GB RAM, 250GB SATA
disk and 256MB ATi Radion 9600 XT-4. Oh, and a 19" TFT.

It came with XP Home on it - (spit).

I didn't aim to run MCE on it as it's meant to be my main desktop machine
but as MCE is basically XP Pro with SP2, I thought I'd give it a go.=20

Be interesting to see how the extender technology works when it's available
in the UK but when I get my hi-Def tele next year, I'll probably get
anothe=
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PC just to act as a Media Center PC.

PS the HiDef clips available from MS look stunning!

Regards
Don

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Smith [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 30 November 2004 11:06
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Windows Media Center Edition - 2005 - Killer App


Hi Don,

What spec machine are you using? Specifically the graphics card.


Regards,

Paul


-----Original Message-----
From: Don McAllister [mailto:donmc@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 30 November 2004 10:49
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Windows Media Center Edition - 2005 - Killer App


Seriously considering it now. I see Hauppague(?) have just launched a MCE
edition of a PCI Freeview PVR card for about =A360

Once that's available I might go for that.

One Tivo is proving to be a bit limiting at the moment!

Cheers
Don



-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McCall [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 30 November 2004 10:44
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Windows Media Center Edition - 2005 - Killer App


> DVD collection stored on-line in ISO format created with daemon tools.
I
> know that there have been several homebrew solutions around daemon and
> various frontends but this implementation seems spot on.

Good to hear Don, thanks for that.

Are you planning to try the PVR side?

M.







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