On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:17:15 -0500, "Joe"
<EatAtJoes@nospam_please.com> wrote:
>
>Man, i just got a new box with Windows "media center" on it.
>
>What a ****ing piece of **** !!!!
>
>I've been looking at ATI's website for some other tuner
>application, and can't find any.
>
>I'm stuck using "media center" to access the tv tuner.
>
>Does anyone know if some other software application is
>floating around that can be used with the ATI tuner card?
>
>by comparison, I have an older box with the older ATI application that
>is way superior to the current implementation (of having
>it done thru that ****ing piece of garbage "media
>center" !) ggggrrrrr !
>
>I may return the entire system to Dell because of this
>poorly designed piece of crap.
I didn't read through all 36 responses to this thread so someone may
have already said this but here is my take...
- Beyond TV is much better than Media Center. I recommend using it
with the trial period to see if that gives you what you want.
- I don't know anything about the quality of the ATI tuner. I do
know that my Hauppauge tuners have always been excellent.
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:45:27 -0600, me@privacy.net wrote:
>"ol****" <ol****65@excite.com> wrote:
>
>>If you want to view your tv on your computer
>
>Question...rather than viewing TV shows on your
>computer via TV signal input..... how possible is it to
>get TV shows right OFF the Internet period thereby
>bypassing the normal channels for TV anyway?
As ol**** said, you can Google for "Free TV". You didn't say that you
want it for free though but I think that's a good assumption.
For movies, Apple announced this week that all of the major movie
companies (6 of them) will allow downloads of their movies one month
after they are released on DVD. I think the price is either $2.99 or
$3.99. For more info. check the Apple site.
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:40:33 -0600, Journey <journey@merr.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:17:15 -0500, "Joe"
><EatAtJoes@nospam_please.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Man, i just got a new box with Windows "media center" on it.
>>
>>What a ****ing piece of **** !!!!
>>
>>I've been looking at ATI's website for some other tuner
>>application, and can't find any.
>>
>>I'm stuck using "media center" to access the tv tuner.
>>
>>Does anyone know if some other software application is
>>floating around that can be used with the ATI tuner card?
>>
>>by comparison, I have an older box with the older ATI application that
>>is way superior to the current implementation (of having
>>it done thru that ****ing piece of garbage "media
>>center" !) ggggrrrrr !
>>
>>I may return the entire system to Dell because of this
>>poorly designed piece of crap.
>
>I didn't read through all 36 responses to this thread so someone may
>have already said this but here is my take...
>
>- Beyond TV is much better than Media Center. I recommend using it
>with the trial period to see if that gives you what you want.
>
>- I don't know anything about the quality of the ATI tuner. I do
>know that my Hauppauge tuners have always been excellent.
Oh and by the way, Hauppauge has probably the best support I've
experienced. My USB TV tuner was OK with the TV on Vista but the FM
radio didn't work. They offered to replace it for a newer model for
free.
Tom Scales wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tony Harding [mailto:ToHard@nowhere.org]
>> Posted At: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:01 PM
>> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>> Conversation: Meida Center SUCKS!
>> Subject: Re: Meida Center SUCKS!
>>
>> Tom Scales wrote:
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: me@privacy.net [mailto:me@privacy.net]
>>>> Posted At: Monday, January 14, 2008 10:49 AM
>>>> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>>>> Conversation: Meida Center SUCKS!
>>>> Subject: Re: Meida Center SUCKS!
>>>>
>>>> "Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The servers are in my server room in the basement. Each TV has a
>> PC
>>>>> attached to run BTVLink. They are all interconnected with Cat5E
>>>> running
>>>>> Gigabit.
>>>> Are the servers that contain the tuners true server
>>>> type machines? Or just old desktops that you have
>>>> relegated to server use
>>> Define old
>>>
>>> Four total servers, all XPS410/Dimension 9200. Two E6600 Core 2
> Duo,
>>> two Q6600 Core 2 Quad.
>> Are you running WHS on one of the 4 or a dedicated server?
>>
>>> Yeah, just old machines.
>> <heh>
>
> One of the four. I just put it up this weekend and actually run
> BeyondTV on the WHS server. Six 750GB drives and two 1TB drives in the
> pool. Some directories are duplicated, some not. So far I've
> configured four of our laptops to automatically backup to the server.
>
> I'm experimenting with the remote access tonight. So far, pretty slick.
Thanks, Tom. I've been wondering how to evaluate my 120 day eval copy of
WHS.
There is nothing wrong with Media Center for the application it was
intended for (a living room, connected to a TV). However, if you want
to use the computer as a computer, it's not a good interface. So turn
it off !!! Media Center is a variant of Windows XP Pro, and the XP Pro
standard desktop is still present. You can select between the standard
Windows XP Pro desktop and Media Center with a few mouse clicks, both as
to which is the "default" interface (the one that appears when you first
boot up) and you can also switch back and forth between them without
rebooting. You are complaining, it would appear, about having a choice,
because you don't like ONE of the choice and don't realize that the
other choice (the standard XP Pro desktop) is also present and available.
[It is possible, however, that ATI only supplied software to use the TV
tuner under the Media Center interface.]
Joe wrote:
> Man, i just got a new box with Windows "media center" on it.
>
> What a ****ing piece of **** !!!!
>
> I've been looking at ATI's website for some other tuner
> application, and can't find any.
>
> I'm stuck using "media center" to access the tv tuner.
>
> Does anyone know if some other software application is
> floating around that can be used with the ATI tuner card?
>
> by comparison, I have an older box with the older ATI application that
> is way superior to the current implementation (of having
> it done thru that ****ing piece of garbage "media
> center" !) ggggrrrrr !
>
> I may return the entire system to Dell because of this
> poorly designed piece of crap.
>
>
If you think that spelling Media "M-E-I-D-A" is fine spelling, yours
sucks also.
BluePlanet wrote:
> "Morph" <hack@hairball.org> wrote in message
> news:8hPhj.14682$E01.2330@newsfe22.lga...
>> So does your spelling. ;|
>
> He was unnecessarily crude and it was badly laid out, but his spelling seems
> fine.
>
>
From past work, $75.00 per drop plus server room/closet ammenities (Patch
panel and other materials, etc. Based on an average house at least a
$2000.00 from the look of it. But then some local cost vary.
"Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:5DB876346B564DA198EDEE211C92A7DF@M2010...
> No comment
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: WSZsr [mailto:nospam@hotmail.com]
>> Posted At: Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:46 AM
>> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>> Conversation: Meida Center SUCKS!
>> Subject: Re: Meida Center SUCKS!
>>
>> And just how large was that large check you had to write for the
>> cabling?
>>
>>
>> "Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:F5B21C8A10D24AC881BD618AD2957451@M2010...
>> > Not sure how literal the question was, but.....
>> >
>> > Living Room
>> > My Bedroom
>> > Daughter's room
>> > Daughter's room
>> > Guest room
>> > Family room
>> > Kitchen
>> > Home office
>> >
>> > TV's all have standard coax for cable plus a PC connection for
> access
>> to
>> > TV tuners/recorded content. Actual wired network (gigabit) to every
>> > location (plus a few for future enhancement)
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: WSZsr [mailto:nospam@hotmail.com]
>> >> Posted At: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:41 PM
>> >> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>> >> Conversation: Meida Center SUCKS!
>> >> Subject: Re: Meida Center SUCKS!
>> >>
>> >> Tom,
>> >>
>> >> Where are your pcs in the house? How do you get the signals to 8
>> tvs?
>> >>
>> >> "Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:8D0A5CB544634B378F3A00A9E2154421@M2010...
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> Check out www.snapstream.com for Beyond TV - seems to get good
>> >> > reviews.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Also suggest you check out www.avsforum.com home theater PC
>> section
>> >> -
>> >> >> excellent resource for this type of thing.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -- Paul
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > I use BeyondTV. I have 12 tuners (6 HD, 6 SD) driving 8 HDTVs.
>> >> >
>> >> > Works flawlessly.
>> >> >
>> >
>
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