Multimedia-PCs

Which Windows Media Center is the right one? I’ll start off with a generic answer, it depends. The reason I say that is because it’s personal preference. For me I would upgrade to Vista MCE. There are questions below to help you decide if you should upgrade or not. [...]

http://mymce.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/how-to-play-ripped-dvds-on-vista-media-center/Some people don’t want to have a Divx copy of their DVDs on their hard drive. By converting the DVD you do lose quality and the special features of the DVD. With a simple registry hack you can get Vista MCE to recognize and play audio_ts and video_ts files. The will get [...]

http://windowsconnected.com/blogs/matt/archive/2007/03/08/windows-vista-media-center-review.aspx
This is a very nice review of Windows Vista Media Center. He waited until he used the system for awhile to write the review. I really like his setup. MCE computer with 3 xbox 360s. That would be my ideal setup. He isn’t using the DVR functionality on a day [...]

http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/163921.aspx
I don’t want to add a bunch of detail about this because the link will walk you step by step through the process of setting it up. If you want to set up your Vista media center so you can schedule it to record shows remotely follow the link.

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/video/edit-recorded-tv-shows-in-vista-movie-maker-232293.php
Lifehacker has a post about using movie maker in windows vista to edit your recordings. This is a good thing if you want to record an entire season and edit it for DVD backup. Since I don’t have vista yet at home I’ll keep everyone posted on tips around the Internet.

http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1031&Itemid=1
Over at missing remote there is a post about how to fix commercial skip in Windows Vista. Most people that used MCE 2005 regularly had this installed on their machine. Now you can have it if you have upgraded to vista. He even has directions on how to get it to work with an extender [...]

http://hauppauge.com/pages/support/vista.html
Do you have a WinTV card or thinking about buying one? Hauppauge has a page up that will tell you if your card is currently compatible with Windows Vista. I’m glad my cards are compatible. Now I just need my copy of Vista.

Well I have been into Media Centers for some time now. With digital media you don’t have to get off your couch to look for a CD or a DVD. Flip on the TV and the media center then browse away. Find a movie you want to watch then click on it. Sit back and [...]

http://www.engadget.com/photos/vista-media-center-extender-hands-on/132910/
Engadget has some nice pictures of a vista media center extender. I want one so somebody needs to start selling them. The interface looks a lot smoother. But it doesn’t seem like everything is there yet. It is missing logos which are on the 2005 extenders. In some of the photos you can see [...]

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/10/gyration-updates-motion-sensing-media-center-remote-for-vista/
Well there have been a lot of remotes that have come out for vista even though vista is not available. I really like this remote except for the price. It does give you the advantage of using it as a mouse but really if you have a mouse you need a keyboard. They do sell [...]