Re: Vista composite signal

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You might be a good candidate for Vista for several reasons. First off,
Vista comes with a DVD codec, so you don't have to go buy one. The Media
Center portion of Vista overcomes some issues with 2005, such as the ability
to login to a domain. Overall the OS seems smoother, less succeptible to
momentary hangs that XP has. Vista's version of MovieMaker can finally edit
DVR-MS files, and DVD burning is built into the OS.

And using an xBox 360 as an Extender has given it a very high Wife
Acceptance Factor...

The only real drawback is the hardware - you'll want at least a 1Ghz CPU and
128Mb graphics card (fairly recent) and 1Gb of RAM at a minimum, and of
course faster/more = better.

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

"Rusty" <Rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Tom
I am trying to understand .. more exactly how you feel about Snapstream.
What rating you would give Snapstream?
10 the best, 05 average, 01 Vicious, .. considering its price? 69$.
Can I ask such a question in this forum???

<begin boring words>
I did pay for the computer a year ago and I got bundled software included
in
the total cost (not free).. some of which consumes my time with its
omissions
and commisions.

My computer came with a lot of average software .. I dont want more.
Windows Media Center was included .. its from Microsoft ... I give it some
slack ... I hope I am justified .. I do like it once I am viewing.
If I can get decent software for free I do have a preference for it.

In general I am disappointed with video and dvd software bundled with my
computer.
I often wonder what does the average person do when problems arise. I
understand why some people claim they (politely) despise their computer
and
want to turn it into pot hole filler.

Something tells me if I upgrade some of the same disappointments I would
be
only marginally more satisfied at best. Some bundled programs do video
capture/view at small size .. or Full Screen Only .. When many times I
want
Window with size I can change. My computer has Suprise Software. Poorly
documented in content and style. Lack of useful progress indicator or
logs.
DVD Creation related GUIs with which I dont agree, that make me guess, or
attempt to nickel and dime me, Many have ambigous, lack of knowledge,
evasive, blame-fixing finger pointing ,(not problem-fixing), smoke screen,
tech support. Plus daily marketing blurbs to my email once I register.

On the other hand I am typically satisfied to use a version of MS-Office
from a previous year (not 2007). I am more than satisfied with some
famous
graphic and bitmap software.

I dont want more average, time-gobbling software.
<end boring words>



--
Thanks for your time and patience.


"Tom Scales" wrote:

And other TV recording software does it. I use Snapstream's BeyondTV and
have one box with an SD tuner direct from the wall, two SD tuners with
their
own cable boxes and two HD tuners. The lineup understands it all and
chooses the right tuner.


"Dana Cline - MVP" <dcline@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I think its especially unforgivable given that _every_ TV made in the
last
20 years can switch between normal channels and a separate input with
One
Button Press. They should just treat it as channel zero and be done with
it...

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

"Tom Scales" <tjscales@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Tom Lake" <tlake@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"John" <Johna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have done a fair amount of seaching and have become fairly
convinced
that MCE can't handle composite video AND rf on a different tuner.
so
mya question is 2 parts, one is that correct and two, did they get
the
sense to fix it with Vista??

If you're asking about being able to switch between watching TV and
an
external
composite input easily, no they haven't fixed it. You still have to
run
setup and switch
the input to composite then switch it back again to watch TV.

Tom Lake

Yeah, this is nuts. Can't believe they didn't catch the competition
on
this one.








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