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windows media center os

magick · 2005-05-29 00:33:03

anyone have this? whats it like , only ever delt with standard os 95/98/me/2000/xp blah blah only reason im asking im considering in building a media center pc , but wondering if i should just stick with bog standard xp?

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anyone have this? whats it like , only ever delt with standard os 95/98/me/2000/xp blah blah

only reason im asking im considering in building a media center pc , but wondering if i should just stick with bog standard xp?

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#2 29-05-2005 11:17am

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hi
go to PC world they have lots of PC's with Windows media center
You can play with them in the shop and see do you like it

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#3 29-05-2005 12:18pm

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From what i've heard it's meant to be the business. Have a read of this. I'm hoping to get it during the summer when I get a decent tuner card. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=208020 . It's the same as XP until you turn on the Media Centre bit of things. As far as I know if you really don't like it, you can choose not to launch it on startup or choose not to install it.

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#4 29-05-2005 12:33pm

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spartacus93 wrote:

As far as I know if you really don't like it, you can choose not to launch it on startup or choose not to install it.

Correct-ish. You can choose not to start it up - but afaik you have to install it. Plus there would be no point paying the extra money for it if you just wanted 'normal' XP.

I have it and it rocks.

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#5 31-05-2005 6:32pm

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secret_squirrel wrote:

I have it and it rocks.

What's it do?

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#6 31-05-2005 7:47pm

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neuromancer wrote:

What's it do?

Try reading the linked thread or googling. Then post any questions.

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#7 31-05-2005 8:00pm

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magick wrote:

anyone have this? whats it like , only ever delt with standard os 95/98/me/2000/xp blah blah

only reason im asking im considering in building a media center pc , but wondering if i should just stick with bog standard xp?

If your building the PC yourself you may have a problem... Media Centre OS can not be bought on its own and in only available on specific PCs. AFAIK

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#8 31-05-2005 8:01pm

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secret_squirrel wrote:

Try reading this thread or googling ye lazy fecker. Then post any questions.

Lol

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#9 31-05-2005 8:06pm

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beller b wrote:

If your building the PC yourself you may have a problem... Media Centre OS can not be bought on its own and in only available on specific PCs. AFAIK

Technically you are correct - in reality you're wrong. It can be got from Ebay and from several UK mail order places. Try one of the overclockers uk sites. I got mine from Ebay.

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#10 31-05-2005 8:11pm

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would they be genuine copies or cracked versions?

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#11 31-05-2005 9:46pm

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Mine was genuine - if you are that worried get the remote at the same time from the same seller. Its pretty hard to fake the remote.

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#12 04-06-2005 10:10am

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Give Media Portal a look before you buy Microsoft Media Ceneter. It's free and it does a lot of what MC does.

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#13 06-06-2005 7:59pm

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tom dunne wrote:

Give Media Portal a look before you buy Microsoft Media Ceneter. It's free and it does a lot of what MC does.

Looks good - it looks like doesnt have the 1 big flaw of MCE - it supports different capture cards/tuners simultaneously. Tom can you confirm this?

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#14 06-06-2005 9:07pm

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According to this, it can support multiple tuners at the same time, though it isn't clear whether they have to be the same type.

I am sure a trawl through the forums on the website would answer your question.

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