Re: MCE - Will it benefit me?


Thank you for your input.

As I stated in my original post, I don't recieve TV of any sort so recorded
TV is moot.
I happily play my DVDs by mounting them in a virtual DVD drive so converting
them to any other format is also moot.


"Jon" <Jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I had two mce 2005 setup with 4 extenders, to broadcast recorded tv to
other
> sets. I had to remove one of the mce 2005 pc becuase the DVDs stored on
my
> hard drive will not play on anything other than the mce 2005 pc self and
> recorded tv broadcasters that use drm like HBO the record tv will not play
> anywhere except the orginal mce pc it was recorded on.
>
> That is whyI Switched one of the mce 2005 pc to xp pro. with roku hd1000.
I
> have the other mce 2005 in the living with 2 extenders associated with it
to
> watch record tv.
>
> Ps you can watch the DVD collection if you convert them to MPEG 2 or WMV9,
> it is intense to do and Fast Forward etc do not work well.
>
> "Colon Terminus" wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello. I have, in my computer room, a media server with about 3.5TB of
disk
> > storage holding roughly 750 DVD images of my favorite films. In my
living
> > room I have a 52" HDTV with a DVI connector. I also have an ITX form
factor
> > PC connected to the network that plays the DVD images on the TV. I live
in a
> > very remote area of Appalachia and we do not receive TV signals of any
sort.
> > The cable doesn't come this far out and we don't have a clear enough
view of
> > the horizon to receive satellite TV. So all we do is watch movies on
DVD.
> > Currently the PC that feeds the HDTV is running Windows 2000 Pro. I'm
quite
> > satisfied with the performance of the system as it is.
> >
> > So now to the point. Would I benefit in any way by upgrading to XP
Pro/Media
> > Center? Would it have a better driver for my gForce 6800?
> >
> >
> >
> >


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