Make sure if you go MCE, you get the MCE REMOTE bundle as well. Some of the features of MCE are remote only.
Jeff On 3/9/06, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Those bundles are pretty tight. The cheaper ones aren't bad at all. > > > -- > Tim Heald > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 703-300-3911 > -----Original Message----- > From: J W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 12:41 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Media Center > > XBOX media center is nice. No TV tuner though. It also has a hard time > playing (Choppy video) videos from a network share when those files are > recorded at DVD standard play. > 150gb drive bare minimum. Will fill up quickly even though you don't think > you will.. I have trouble keeping my 250 free. > Non Hi-Def card. The Happague PVR-150 or PVR-500 dual tuner. You want a > card > that does HARDWARE encoding for SURE. > Hi Def cards.. Pretty much in its infancy, not much over the air stuff yet > (at least in my area) Not on the cheap... > > Lots of media Center bundles.. Since you got to buy a TV card anyway, you > can get > > http://www.pcalchemy.com/index.php/cName/mce-bundles?osCsid=d966ec6e60b23d3d > 94340291e43ad37c > > Wealth of information here. http://www.htpcnews.com/ Forums are very > informative too. > > Jeff > > On 3/9/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Tim, google for MythTV. It is an open source DVR, made to do on the > > extreme cheap. > > > > > > > > On 3/9/06, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a 150 GIG USB 2 drive, would that be sufficient you think? > > > > > > I'm not looking to store shows, just hit up my weekly favorites. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Tim Heald > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 703-300-3911 > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: James Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 12:11 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Media Center > > > > > > > *IF* you want to spend a little extra cash you can get it as part > > > > of the MS action pack. The AP costs $300 but you can write off as > > > > a biz expense. With it you get all currently supported MS OS's, > > > > SQLServer 2k and 2k5, Exchange, Office. > > > > > > This is where my copy came from. Just be aware of the HCL for TV > > > cards > > as a > > > surprising number of cards you would think would be supported are > > > not > > and > > > even a lot of cards with multiple versions are sometimes a bit > suspect. > > > > > > -- > > > Jay > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199405 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
