Windows XP Media Edition

camaro1185 · 04-06-2006, 11:31 PM

can someone tell me whats the major difference between xp and xp media edition, im thinking of upgrading. if you have ever used it, what were your first impressions of it. any informaton would be greatly appreciated.

m3incorp · 04-07-2006, 12:04 AM

If you are planning to watch, record TV, or video editing then it is worth it to have media center. The cost is only $10-15 more. Now if you already have XP, then you probably don't need the upgrade. There are other programs (some free) that will sort of do what Media Center does.

lee101 · 04-08-2006, 05:28 PM

my initial thoughts for it was that it was great, then i got my "MCE Compatable" TV tuner, plugged it in a scanned for channels with media centre, only got a couple, used the supplied software and got them all, if you already have XP then it's not worth the upgrade, it looks good at first, but then after a week the joys of having a fancy and annoying thing lying on your computer wears out

Lee

Dr Studly · 04-08-2006, 06:05 PM

its really nice... if you have memory to spare... i had it for a few months and it was great but i realized that it takes more memory than XP PRo and Home...
i.e. i installed windows xp mce and right after install nothing elserunning my PF usage was 150MB... my PF usage right after i installed XP PRo was 85MB...

m3incorp · 04-09-2006, 06:24 AM

I don't know if Media Center is blame for that or the "TV Tuner". More than likely it would be the TV tuner. Both of my MCE computers pull in all the channels the same as my TVs. I use a Hauppauge TV tuner.

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Originally Posted by lee101

my initial thoughts for it was that it was great, then i got my "MCE Compatable" TV tuner, plugged it in a scanned for channels with media centre, only got a couple, used the supplied software and got them all, if you already have XP then it's not worth the upgrade, it looks good at first, but then after a week the joys of having a fancy and annoying thing lying on your computer wears out

Lee

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camaro1185 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 92	Windows XP Media Edition can someone tell me whats the major difference between xp and xp media edition, im thinking of upgrading. if you have ever used it, what were your first impressions of it. any informaton would be greatly appreciated.

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lee101 VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,150	my initial thoughts for it was that it was great, then i got my "MCE Compatable" TV tuner, plugged it in a scanned for channels with media centre, only got a couple, used the supplied software and got them all, if you already have XP then it's not worth the upgrade, it looks good at first, but then after a week the joys of having a fancy and annoying thing lying on your computer wears out Lee __________________ My PC: Core2Duo E6300 @ 1.86 Ghz, Asus P5v-VM DH , 200 GB Maxtor SATA ,2GB (21GB Kingston DDRII), Radeon x1650 Graphics (256 mb), 2 Acer 17 inch TFT's, Windows Vista Home Premium Server: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 256 Mb Ram, 8Gb IDE for o/s, 2 * 250GB SATAII for storage, Ubuntu Server 7.10

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04-07-2006, 12:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
m3incorp Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 262	If you are planning to watch, record TV, or video editing then it is worth it to have media center. The cost is only $10-15 more. Now if you already have XP, then you probably don't need the upgrade. There are other programs (some free) that will sort of do what Media Center does.

04-08-2006, 06:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dr Studly banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hales Corners Wisconson Age: 17 Posts: 2,435	its really nice... if you have memory to spare... i had it for a few months and it was great but i realized that it takes more memory than XP PRo and Home... i.e. i installed windows xp mce and right after install nothing elserunning my PF usage was 150MB... my PF usage right after i installed XP PRo was 85MB...