Windows Media Center
- Thread starter stosh
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I believe WinMCE is XP+media tools. I also believe you can't buy it seperately, at least through 'legal' channels. You also need TV capture and output hardware.
FYI, there are other products out there that will do almost as good to far superior job of media management. I think one is http://sagetv.com/
FYI, there are other products out there that will do almost as good to far superior job of media management. I think one is http://sagetv.com/
I just purchased a wireless device thru www.woot.com so I can set it all up wirelessly to my TV but I need WinMCE.
ive found media center to be pretty pointless also, its a seperate program... at least on my computer.. i have windows vista though. but you can still use media player.. itunes.. whatever for your media also. i think it would be nice if you have to present alot of stuff. but for personal use its kinda dumb
media center is useful if you use the machine to record television or view television on your computer (use it as an HTPC) or if you like to use it to stream television/recorded applications to a tv via an xbox 360.
Media Center is great if you've got a media PC that you control over your TV, especially with a remote control. It provides nice, easy to navigate menus that are large enough to read on low resolution TV displays (if you don't have a high-res HDTV) and with a remote control instead of a mouse or keyboard.