Windows XP Media Center Edition Review

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!"

Comments

First thing that pops into my head ...

[JSkills]

Regardless of how intuitive the user interface or feature rich the application itself is, can anyone imagine running a media server in your home using an M$ OS? I just can't. My Tivos are Linux based. Recording TV / movies is important!

Maybe I'm biased due to my years of favorable experiences with Linux supporting millions-of-pageviews-per-day websites or mission critical ecommerce applications that simply can never be down, but I can just picture my kids crying "Daddy we want to watch Tom and Jerry" as I struggle to reboot the machine and wait through what always seems like an eternity when starting any M$ OS.

Re:MS wins again

[tmbailey123]

Who would want a PVR from a company that can't even manage their own network
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/01/0 8/techweb .microsoft.outage1/index.html

Re:well I'll give them this...

[istar]

2K does have the same code-base as 98, I should I know used to do tech support for it. Additions and enhancements have been mad to the libs and libraries for the visual effects and security changes, but still the same base kernel with additions.
XP took the kernel and rebuilt it by hand, taking out the extra thousand lines of commented out coding as well as unneeded subs. A complete, redone, finished, NEW kernel was applied (not to mention a completely revised GUI code). Yes, even if they made major inprovements it still is a pain in the ass OS simply because it isnt BSD :)

In my opinion, XP uses too much RAM and sys res. than needed, and I too have stuck to BSD and 2K boot systems. I was merely applauding the XP team for getting closer to getting it right.

Re:well I'll give them this...

[istar]

While I appreciate the insight, please next time read all threads, rather than lagging back on one that has already been corrected and replied to.
The problem has already been solved and I've already been corrected. Thanks though.