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Windows XP Media Center Edition Review

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the transparent-holes dept.

Harpreet writes "It took 2 months but someone finally published an informative review of the new Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system. AnandTech's review has got everything you could want, including pictures galore. It looks like the folks who make the Linux based Video Disk Recorder have a new standard to live up to." Update: 01/08 21:06 GMT by T : Read on below for a different (Free software, CD-based) approach to computer-A/V integration.

Trunkboy writes "There are a lot of PVR projects out there (Freevo, TiVo, Dave&Dina, etc... but MoviX is a little different. MoviX is an entire distribution (linux of course) that is designed to play avi/mpg/mp3/etc files from a computer. Upgrading is easy, because it boots from a CD! Videos/music can be stored on a local hard drive, or on a network share. This project is incredible, but needs more developers. Stop in and give Roberto a hand -- MoviX shows some great potential!"

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  1. Check out MythTV!!! by brunes69 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The project mentioned in the topic is only for DBS satelite users. For everyone else, check out MythTV. This project is so impressive I cannot even explain all its features here. Just go look at it yourself. It is amazing, does almost everything TiVo does (including interactive electronic program guide), plus is a MAME front end, CD player, image browser, and more. Make sure to check out the screenshots!

  2. I doubt that.. by notque · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I really doubt that Microsoft is making this software with any intention aside from

    3. Profit.

    I don't think they have any grudge for Tivo, they just would like to make money off anything they can.

    Microsoft has a wonderful monopoly going. Everyone knows they want/need a computer, and it comes packaged with so many things that most people don't have any idea what they bought it for.

    They just continue to package things in it that people will use. Tivo may never make it, but when Microsoft can just bundle things together, you will.

    I don't like corn, but if i had to buy it at the store every time I bought carrots, I would own a lot of corn, and you would never know I hated it.

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  3. Please help us compete! by fons · · Score: 5, Interesting

    We're trying to make a similar thing based on linux. (it's called DAVE/DINA and you can read all about that strange name -and more- over here).
    I must admit, we were pretty surprised with this version of XP. It looks really cool (we haven't tried it though).

    It made us realize we have to speed up our work on DAVE/DINA. So we're planning our first ISO-release this month.

    It will include:
    - Watching TV
    - RECORDING TV (only europ i think)
    - Playing/grabbing music
    - Music Database
    - Photo gallery
    - playing/grabbing DVD
    - playing DIVX

    but a lot of work needs to be done. We hope to lure some contributors with this release.

    But you can already start to help us now: Visit our website, and comment on our plans (so we know what we're doing right and what we're doing wrong), or make us a cool new logo

  4. Cable Boxes by NetJunkie · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How do these and other open source projects handle things like cable boxes? The TiVo will change the box for me. I can't rely on a TV Tuner card to handle that since I need my digital cable box.

    Does anyone make IR blasters that will talk to those boxes that can be made to work?