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Media Center Bathroom Extender

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the bathing-soundtracks dept.

henrysunset writes "...Extend your stay in the bathroom with this inexpensive Media Center Bathroom Extender for Windows Media Center Edition PC's. The guide shows you how to control a Media Center PC from another room with a cheap XBox controller w/ built in LCD and a little soldering."

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  1. I don't need this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    I just Wifi while sitting on the crapper ...

  2. Laptop by IGTeRR0r · · Score: 1, Informative

    Meh, if you have the money the toshiba satellite media center laptop has been out for a while:
    http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/cmod.to?seg=HH O&coid=-26379&sel=0&rcid=-26367&ccid=12910 21
    They also have a cheaper version called the p15, which is what I am on now, it has the media center, works great.

  3. PCs, not PC's by paj1234 · · Score: 1, Informative

    Cowboy Neal, you mean PCs as in more than one PC, no apostrophe. The apostophe only means "belonging to" (eg: Pandora's box) or a dropped "i" (eg: it is raining; it's raining).

  4. Re:Backlight by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Informative

    Shouldn't this be labeled funny? CCFL backlights do use relatively high voltages, about 1200V to start and 200V to operate, but their current use is best measured in mA. A backlight inverter will give you a jolt you can feel if you're holding the wires, but the current is pretty much guaranteed to mostly go through the skin. I guess if you stuck two nails in your hands (can you put me up for the night?) and attached the leads to them you might get the current to go someplace unfortunate if you coaxed the inverter into producing starting voltage for you, but that's about it.

    --
    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  5. Re:Worst...Article...Ever by JVert · · Score: 2, Informative

    Xbox:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacente r/evaluation/devices/xboxextenderkit.mspx

    MCX linup:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacent er/evaluation/devices/default.mspx

    Saw these at CES at the NextGen home. A prefab home wired up with all the latest stuff. The extenders run on RDP but with an extended protocall for the streaming video. The devices themselvs have no tuners but these are expected to be released with MCE 2005 which should support multiple tuners along with high-def (no highdef for the extenders though). I'll be going to the unveiling on Nov 11th.