Re: Re: RE: Windows XP Media Center Edition Review

["Gerard McGovern" <stuff@xxxxxxx>]

> If you look at the indivisual costs of the following
>
> Tivo - =A3300
> Network mp3 player - =A3200
> Digital Picture Frame - =A370
> DVD Player - =A3150
>
> TOTAL =A3720
>
> Not far off what this media PC should cost.
>
> The Media PC should be able to do all of these and more in the future<= BR>
But the converged device is NOT as good as the seperate devices. That
makes it worthless.

You'd have to add a sound card with Dolby Digital output to make the
system useable as a DVD player ... another =A380. Now we have video
quality. Every PC I have ever dealt with unless running through VGA/DVI produces a horrible output.

It's a nice idea in theory but crap in practice. And most of all we are forgetting that even with a P4 processor and the MPEG encoding handled
by a seperate card it STILL has high-CPU usage and suffers from
slowdowns. That alone is enough of a reason for me to stay clear of it.

G

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