Has anyone tried the new Windows XP Media Edition

[crazyman]

i want to get a new system with media center so i can record episodes and movies from the tv straight to my hard drive,or simply i can get a capture card instead .

[Qyd]

My laptop came with a a remote that works with windvd (in xp home). And of course tv-out.

I'm curious if hd-dvd will necessarily need xp media center.

As i see it this win media edition would not be an add-on, but a simplified os, designed for multimedia-boxes, where proccesses that are not media related are swept out.

[Batman]

You can record with xp media centre, however the files you record are in a "secure" M$ format, so burning, or editing or converting them may be difficult.

The hd-dvd for Terminator special edition, will work on Windows XP (xp media centre is not necessary, only wmv9) provided you are in Canada/US.

[MPS]

True, but i am getting there,. couldnt find the remote for the TV last night to turn it off when i was in bed. Instead of getting out and walking the 1 metre to the plug i just left the damn thing on

what i recommend is a long stick/rod under the bed, which just reaches to the TV button

[Oriphus]

Either that or i should look under the pillow next time for the remote control as thats where i found it in the morning lol

[MPS]

or, using some duct tape, fasten the remote control to the side of your bed, so it's always there

[huni]

Has anyone tried the new Windows XP Media Edition on a laptop

Do u think windows xp media centre pc work on a laptop with DVD burner, 512RAM, 60GIG, 64MB video card, Pentium 4 2.8Ghz,

I really wanna try it and know how, has anybody experimented it yet...

[atifsh]

yes u can use media center edition on ur laptop, only if u have somehow get the OS , well ur functioning will be limited to whatever the hardware u have..................

if u dont have any capture card and the remte u will still use media center to watch ur dvd's or listen to mp3's with the use of mouse , but then there is no point to use it........

and oh if u manage to upgradde to MCE 2004 somwho aswelll dont forget to use the patch frm microsoftthe latest one solves the slow responce time of pc after mce2004 and other bugss

[huni]

Thanx a lot, so its gonna work on my laptop then, I will be getting it in a few weeks, I jus love new technology and been ahead all the time, most pple here don't even know about XPMCE, well I'm gonna introduce it to them...I keep you postred if I have anymore problems...

[huni]

Hey..., windows xpmce worked on my laptop soon I'm gonna get a tv input via my firewire, this is brilliant

[atifsh]

Originally posted by huni
Hey..., windows xpmce worked on my laptop soon I'm gonna get a tv input via my firewire, this is brilliant

cant say if mce will work that way..... checkout these forums......

http://www.xpmce.com/index.php

http://thegreenbutton.com/