[plug] entertainment centre

[Richard Meyer]

On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 20:50 +0800, Alex Polglaze wrote:
> G'day All,
> 
> I am interested in setting up a new computer to become an entertainment 
> centre, record TV, hold all my cd's and behave as a juke box when 
> required etc., etc..
> 
> When I spoke to my computer supplier today, he suggested that I wait 
> until next year to get the new Windows Vista his reply is below.
> 
> > You'd be best to purchase a PC with Windows Media Centre on, or wait
> > till early next year when PC's with Vista home Premium will be available
> > ( new version of windows )
> > The media centre functionality is the bit that is designed for
> > entertainment
> I don't really want to go the Windows route, so I was wondering just how 
> advanced Linux based equivalents are and what are the pitfalls using 
> this method. I know BillK has a pretty impressive set-up as far as TV 
> goes from reading his posts.
> 
> Anybody else doing/done this sort of thing?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> Alex

If you buy the October issue of Linux magazine (issue 71), it's got an
article on how to set up MythTV, once you've got the TV part set up, the
rest should be easy ....


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