Re: Installing MCE 2005 on a Win XP PC, help!!

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From: Ben Wicks (BenWicks_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/18/05 

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 06:21:07 -0800

thanks mate, very helpful

"Ian" wrote:

> You can use MCE without a TV card, but I would check that your video card is
> supported (I think it is)
> 256 ram is a bit low.
> As for connecting your PC to your TV you don't need a TV card to do it. You
> connect it via the TV out port on the video card.
> To get the music/pics downstairs idealy you would use an extender but as
> they are not available in the UK you would have to use a Video sender or
> somthing like that
>
> Ian
> MCE Blog http://spaces.msn.com/members/iandixon/
>
> "Ben Wicks" <BenWicks@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0371B01D-9AC3-4030-B9A7-B0D6AD55F565@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am considering installing MCE 2005 (OEM) on to my machine that it
> > running
> > Win XP Pro at the moment. The PC is a 2.0ghz, 60gig HD, 256 Ram, NVIDIA
> > GeForce FX5200 Graphics Card with tv out, Wireless Belkin network with a
> > 4mb
> > internet connection.
> >
> > Is there anything else that I need apart from a TV tuner which I'm not
> > that
> > bothered about because I have sky + (UK) which I think is the same as Tivo
> > in
> > the US ie it records/pauses live TV etc. I'm assuming this is only for the
> > TV? Can I use the operating system with out the TV tuner?
> >
> > Do you connnect the PC via the graphics card to the TV or the TV tuner to
> > the TV (if the latter is the case I'm assuming I will need a TV Tuner in
> > order for me to get pictures and music on TV?
> >
> > Also all this will be done in my bedroom, but is there a way that I can
> > have
> > the facility of getting the same pictures/music downstair in my living
> > room?
> >
> > Many Thanks
> >
> > Ben
> >
>
>
>

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