Re: [OT] PC to TV..streaming, anyone succeeded .. how have you achieved this?

["Chris Purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

Are's mainly plays avi's  24,alias,west wing etc. It has played these
flawlessly for best part of 16 months. It also played hard disk based
dvds very well. I do not put dvd's in the xbox - I have a dvd player
for that.


C

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@...> wrote:
>
> Hmmm.=20
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> It's not really too much hassle for the value you get - the thing is
that
> for all the annoyances, you can do things with XBMC that you can't
do any
> other way (without shelling out a lot!)
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> I don't, for instance, think that the MVP would come close to playing
as
> many different formats as XBMC.
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> Get some feedback from the other users - personally, I'm always
amazed at
> the glowingly positive experiences people have with XBMC, as it bears
so
> little in common with my own experience - but there's always the
possibility
> that it's just me ! :D
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> Ian.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of
> Gary
> Sent: 23 February 2006 13:14
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] PC to TV..streaming, anyone succeeded ..
how have
> you achieved this?
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> Hello Ian,
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> I originally asked the above question.....
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> its nice to get an objective point of view (that's why ask questions
on this
> forum)
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> I like things to work, from what you described I think it would be
too much
> hassle!
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> I think I will go back to my original idea and use a Hauppage
mediampv....
> which can be got for =A350. this gives access to your PC via your TV.
als=
o
> there is dedicated forum for it!
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> I will just ask in the room, if anyone has experience of one of
these items.
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> regards Gary
>