Vista never lasted long enough on my box for me to try out the media center. I just thought it was a waste of time to get used to the changes in the UI and do the tweaks to speed it up.
Steve On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow. I've had no problems with 1080p blueray on a 400 box with vista > (780g+5200+). Counting access to mytv and the like which are vista only > add-ons, I will deal. > > Sent via BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Steve Tomporowski" <[email protected]> > > Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:28:07 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [H] HTPC - Which Software? > > > Yeah, I looked that up. Vista is a no go for me. I installed on a > new system with plenty of horsepower and it ran like a dog, but worse, > there were so many little changes in everything that it was > frustrating to use, especially dealing with files. I thought, yeah I > can get used to that and yeah, I can tweak it to get faster but then > realized the quickest way to do all of those things was to wipe and > install XP. Vista lasted 3 days.... > > Steve > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:12 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Vmc is vista media center. >> Sent via BlackBerry >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Steve Tomporowski" <[email protected]> >> >> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:00:06 >> To: <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [H] HTPC - Which Software? >> >> >> What's vmc? I was going by the recomendations in this thread, I don't >> think that came up. Meedio was also recommended but I pretty much >> stopped when I got something that actually worked. >> >> Steve >> >> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 2:02 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> So, if I can ask... What's wrong with vmc? >>> >>> ------Original Message------ >>> From: Bobby Heid >>> Sender: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> ReplyTo: [email protected] >>> Sent: Jan 4, 2009 12:49 PM >>> Subject: Re: [H] HTPC - Which Software? >>> >>> It is about $100 retail. >>> >>> Bobby >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Winterlight >>> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 1:44 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [H] HTPC - Which Software? >>> >>> >>>>Beyond TV: Installed easily. Virtually no setup. Uses Hauppauge >>>>Remote. Image quality is fine. Uh, huh? But where's the >>>>problems???? >>> >>> Beyond TV isn't cheap though is it? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Working for about a day now with no issues. I think you can guess my >>>>recommendation.....;-) >>>> >>>>Steve >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent via BlackBerry >>> >> >
