[plug] entertainment centre

[Shannon Carver]

Yea, a friend originally had Celeron 2.6, then Pentium4 2.8C doing the
processing.  Still wasn't happy with it.  Athlon64 3200+ worked sweet though

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf
> Of Simon Newton
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 December 2006 1:16 PM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] entertainment centre
> 
> I've got a myth box set up in Perth at the moment with a Dvico fusion
> dual digital tuner. I live in the US so it's used to capture Oz tv
> shows (well mainly the cricket and AFL) so that I can watch them over
> here. It works really well but I second the point about not skimping
> on the hardware.
> 
> Simon N
> 
> 
> > 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
> > >
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