RE: How can I use my MediaMVP better ?

["Rob Mouser" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is something that constantly niggles me:

IMHO the best interface as yet with a decent TV out is still XBMC.

Both Medio and Xlobby also provide excellent front ends for a media server
but getting a decent s-video image appears to be an impossibility!

But, perhaps I'm missing something! In my 'simple' mind a decent TV output
(S-video or Composite or even RGB for that matter!) can't be that hard to
achieve with a PC? Isn't this what an X-box or Tivo does anyway?

How well do the latest line of XP Media Centres do from the major
manufacturers? Or do they suffer the same problems?


Many thanks,

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Mal Lansell [mailto:mlansell@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 25 October 2004 10:16
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] How can I use my MediaMVP better ?



It's not simple because the software is crap.  I think the hardware can do
all that is needed (and pretty well), but it's let down by a slow and
clunky
interface.  It really needs to run the menus natively, rather than by the
PC
server sending an entire image to be displayed every time a button is
pressed.  I think I feel a rant about html-based interfaces coming on...

Having said that - I don't know of any player that is any better.  IMO a TV
menu is essential - I don't want to search through 15000 MP3s on a 4 line
display!

Mal



----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Cooke" <acooke@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] How can I use my MediaMVP better ?


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> I figured for 24 quid even as a network MP3 player I couldn't go
wrong.
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> However it hardly manages to do that...
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> I just can't figure why this is not simple. I even heard about a guy
putting
> more memory in the thing and getting a linux kernal of some
description
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> Worst thing is I have 2 of them !
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> Looking on ebay they are going for about 30 quid.. might have to sell
them
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